November 28th, 2011
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ICYMI: Obama Swing-State Visits Surpass Presidential Record
Excerpts from The Wall Street Journal By Jonathan Weisman & Carol Lee November 28, 2011 “When President Barack Obama jets to Scranton, Pa., Wednesday to promote his jobs package, he’ll log his 56th event in a presidential battleground state this year, putting him well ahead of President George W. Bush’s record-breaking swing-state travel [...]
This Week in Washington – November 28, 2011
After a week to digest the Super Committee Turkey, Congress is back. The Senate will debate the Defense Authorization bill this week and tax issues. The House will consider a bill to stop the National Labor Relations board from rubber stamping a pro-union proposed rule. A Senate committee will have a hearing on a Balanced [...]
Is This the Beginning of the End for the Euro?
Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Germany’s failed bond auction, calls for a more politically unified Europe, and the potential end of the Euro. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment [...]
Things to Cut?
Paul Krugman wants to tax all sorts of things and in his zeal to tax (coupled with his partisan hackery) he chooses to ignore the GOP was willing to raise taxes on the Super Committee. Krugman wants to tax the rich, tax financial transactions, tax pretty much everything. It has become the Democrats’ mantra: tax, [...]
Why Mitt Romney Will Be A Terrible Nominee
The Democratic Party decided a while back that Romney is going to be the nominee so they aren’t waiting to define him as John Kerry. What is it about guys from Massachusetts? An enterprising campaign should do a bumper sticker with a pair of flip-flops and “Not Romney” on it. Oh, that might be the [...]
Fact Check: Ron Paul is Wrong About Defense Spending
During last week’s foreign policy debate, Ron Paul won accolades from the crowd when he professed that there are no real pending cuts to the military, just reductions in baseline spending. Here is the full quote: “Believe me. They’re cutting — they’re nibbling away at baseline budgeting, and its automatic increases. There’s nothing cut against [...]
Morning Briefing for November 28, 2011
RedState Morning Briefing November 22, 2011 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. Welcome back. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and started the Christmas season engaged in the annual first religious rite of the season, i.e. untangling Christmas lights without using the Lord’s name in vain. — Erick [...]
The rapidly-decaying Pakistan situation.
A quick review of the recent breakdown in Pakistani-American relations: Last Saturday a NATO airstrike reportedly killed 24 Pakistani troops located in military bases on Pakistani soil. The exact details of the situation are still unknown: the Pakistanis are claiming that the assault was completely unprovoked, while (admittedly anonymous) Afghan sources claim that NATO troops [...]
The Union Leader’s endorsement record
The New Hampshire Union Leader having endorsed Newt Gingrich in the Republican Presidential primary, I thought it would be worthwhile to look at how often the paper’s endorsed candidates actually go on to win the primary. The modern primary system came about in the late 70s and early 80s. Ronald Reagan’s challenge of President Gerald [...]
‘It’s Time To Close The NLRB For Renovations’
According to The Hill, unions and their Democrats in Congress are apoplectic over the fact that Brian Hayes, the lone Republican on Barack Obama’s National Labor Relations Board, has (allegedly) threatened to resign in protest over the union appointees at the NLRB deciding on Wednesday (Nov. 30th) to force ambush elections on companies and their employees. Due [...]
