October 28th, 2011
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ICYMI: Priebus: Colorado Can’t Wait for Obama to Fix the Economy
By: Reince Priebus Thursday, October 27, 2011 “In 2008,…Barack Obama came to Denver for the Democratic National Convention to deliver his speech accepting the party’s nomination for president, with…promises of hope and change. This week, the president was back in the Mile High City. But this time, he came for money. “Over the last [...]
Dems Dodge Questions On Discriminatory Union PLAs For DNC Convention
In February, when North Carolina was awarded the Democratic National Convention over forced-union states, we alerted you to the devil in the details of the DNC having its convention in a predominantly union-free state. At issue is something traditionally known as Project Labor Agreements that give work to unionized employers and, as well, discriminate against [...]
Ohio Democratic Party Targets Pro-SB5 Businesses
As Ohio’s SB5 (collective bargaining reform) goes to a vote on November 8th, pressure is being ramped up in the final week and a half. According to the Columbus Dispatch, unions and their fellow reform opponents have bankrolled the We Are Ohio anti-SB5 campaign to the tune of $19,048,680, dwarfing the pro-reform Building A Better Ohio’s [...]
Right Now It’s The Message
I got emailed from a few people tonight that I was rather harsh toward Governor Perry’s campaign on CNN tonight. I was. When Rick Perry unveiled his economic plan, he spent the better part of two days talking about Barack Obama’s birth certificate. Now, instead of moving back to the economic plan, we’ve moved on [...]
Romney’s Former ‘Green’ Quarterback is ‘Excited’ EPA Job-Killing Regulations Nearing Finish Line
Lisa Jackson isn’t the only one happy about how the Environmental Protection Agency is destroying jobs. You may recall some remarks Jackson made previously about the EPA in the face of evidence that proposed regulations would cripple some industry and deeply harm the national economy: In fact, Jackson believes that there is no reason to [...]
Europe Kicks The Can; Buying Time With Borrowed Money
“No one should take for it for granted that there will be peace and affluence in Europe in the next half century,” Chancellor Merkel. (HT:CNBC) Ka-Blam! The Eurozone is saved. They’ve found just the right drug cocktail of financial bailouts. The markets are all a screaming buy!1!1.(/sarcasm off) If only this were the truth. The [...]
The Horserace for October 27, 2011
Is Rick Perry wasting our time? He came out with a great energy plan. He came out with an amazing economic plan. But I get the sense the campaign is in denial. Word is leaking that he may start skipping debates. I don’t blame anyone for skipping some of the debates. There are far too [...]
#OccupyThis: Free Enterprise, It’s More Than An Idea & It Works
Never before, on the face of the earth, has there ever been a nation that has produced as much wealth for its citizens, the technological advancements for mankind, and saved the world from totalitarianism, than these United States. It was not by accident that our nation was able to accomplish this, it was because our [...]
The Need for Real School Reform and the Obstacles it Faces
Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Joy Pullmann to discuss Obama’s recent student loan initiatives, lessons to be learned from the battle with teacher’s unions in Wisconsin , and the need for dramatic reform in America’s [...]
