December 9th, 2011
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GOProud’s Outing of Rick Perry Pollster Tony Fabrizio Backfires, Outs Them Instead
Earlier this week, Governor Perry released a campaign ad which contained a line about gays being able to serve in the military, but children not being allowed to pray in schools. The theme of the ad was ending President Obama’s ‘war on religion.’ It was, of course, met with the usual and expected responses from [...]
Sending Mixed Messages, Obama’s NLRB Drops Wrongful Prosecution of Boeing
Following the ratification of a new Seattle-area contract between Boeing and its largest union, the International Association of Machinists, eight months of the union extremists running Barack Obama’s National Labor Relations Board wrongfully prosecuting Boeing offcially and quietly comes to an end. [via New York Times] A top official with the National Labor Relations Board announced on [...]
Nikki Haley Intends to Govern
The legislature and Governor in South Carolina have had a rather fractious relationship for the past decade. The Governor during that period has typically broken up the good old boy network and actually fought to reduce government in South Carolina and privatize what could be privatized. Well, recently there’s been a port expansion issue affecting [...]
North America’s Energy Bounty, By the Numbers
On Tuesday, the Institute for Energy Research issued its North American Energy Inventory (.pdf link), a report which documents the government’s own estimates of oil, natural gas and coal resources for the U.S., Canada and Mexico. (The IER is a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)3 organization that is dedicated to advancing America’s supply using free market principles.) [...]
Newt Gingrich on Entitlement Reform, the Federal Reserve and the Eurozone
Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech and Francis Cianfrocca are joined by Newt Gingrich to discuss his plans for entitlement reform, how he would change the Federal Reserve, the Eurozone crisis and more. We’re brought to you as always [...]
This Conor Guy Just Wanted to Slam Limbaugh, Right?
That Conor guy at the Atlantic felt the need to slam Limbaugh and in the process claim there is some sort of fight between Limbaugh and others on the right. But there’s a bit of a problem with him dragging me into this fight he wants to pick. He uses a Limbaugh monologue about the [...]
The GOP Payroll Tax Cut/UI Extension Proposal
“will they finally hold the line on their own promises this time, or will they pass all the extensions without the reforms, riders, and spending offsets? This package must be the final offer.” Earlier today, House Republican leaders unveiled their package deal to extend the payroll tax and unemployment benefits for another year and to [...]
First They Attack Him for Opposing Tax Increases. Now They Attack Him For This?
Yesterday the Romney camp sent John Sununu out to attack Newt Gingrich for opposing the George H. W. Bush tax deal. Today, the Romney Super PAC is attacking Newt Gingrich for supporting the individual mandate. Yes, the same mandate Mitt Romney supports. So is the Romney team admitting the individual mandate is bad? And if [...]
Morning Briefing for December 9, 2011
RedState Morning Briefing For December 9, 2011 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. I’m filling in for Neal Boortz today from 8:30 am to 1pm ET. You can call in at 1-877-310-2100. We’ll be delving into a lot of Presidential politics. Listen live right here on the WSB Radio [...]
Is Lisa Jackson Looking to Get Back at Barack Obama?
As Obama moves closer to his perception of the center, he moves further from the environmental base that had placed their hopes and dreams in him. Over the summer, he ended up in a heated battle with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Lisa Jackson over a proposed Ozone rule that he was set to weaken [...]
