January 26th, 2012
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Highlights from Conference Call With RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and Rep. Ben Quayle (AZ-3)
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus: “The president’s State of the Union address last night and again, taxpayer-funded campaign stop today in Arizona, makes it abundantly clear that this president has given up completely on governing and he’s gone into full time campaign mode… he’s been in campaign mode for three straight years. Arizonans have heard all [...]
RNC Rapid Response Video: “Failed Promises: Washington Still Broken”
WASHINGTON – The Republican National Committee (RNC) released a new web video highlighting Barack Obama’s biggest failed promise yet: changing Washington. After making it a central theme of his 2008 candidacy, President Obama has instead made Washington more divisive and more partisan. Matt Lauer’s question is key: if Barack Obama hasn’t changed Washington like he [...]
Highlights from Conference Call W/ RNC Chairman Priebus & RNC Political Director Rick Wiley
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus: “Obviously, the President’s State of the Union address last night and now, as always, his taxpayer-funded campaign stop in Iowa, makes it just absolutely clear that President Obama has given up governing…and he’s gone into full campaign mode… “Iowans, like many Americans, have heard all of this before. More failed promises. [...]
Tech at Night: More Copyright, and the Wyden-Issa OPEN act gains attention
Some are still worried about the Megaupload takedown (including many the less bright members of the anti-SOPA coalition) and the voluntary shutdowns of some anonymous ‘file sharing’ as a result, but I still say that copyright needs protection. Even Obama got the concept right when he said “It’s not right when another country lets our [...]
The Brutal NRCC ‘Every Day’ Ad Memorial Open Thread.
This is one of the NRCC‘s harsher web ads… if you define ‘harsh’ as ‘true.’ Something to remember, folks: if you think that campaigning on behalf of Republicans who may or may have not done enough is hard, imagine what it must be like for the netroots, who are all kind of glumly aware that [...]
Wisconsin’s Walker Leads Poll As Union Bosses Burn Through Members’ Money
Following Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s reforming his state’s collective bargaining laws and breaking the stranglehold unions held on taxpayers (saving them $476 million so far), union bosses across the country laid siege on the dairy state’s capitol and declared war on Walker and his fellow Republicans. In 2011, union bosses and other outside groups spent [...]
They Spent Our Taxes on This?
Our national debt stands at $15.2 trillion, and is growing by roughly $6 billion per day. We have tens of trillions in unfunded liabilities for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Unfortunately, we have learned that Republicans lack the gumption to fight for transformational spending cuts and reforms of major entitlements. However, at the very least, [...]
Establishments and Our Money: A Response To Avik Roy
Following my essay on the nature of the Establishment vs Tea Party or Outsider divide on the Right as driven primarily by a divide over whether and how we can roll back the seemingly endless growth of spending and the size of government, a number of people offered criticisms. Some noted that there are longstanding [...]
A Successful Rescue in Somalia and a Psychological Lift for America
Last night, a joint force from America’s Tier One special operations command conducted a raid on a pirate camp in Somalia, freeing two hostages – an American and a Dane – and killing their captors before exfiltrating north to Djibouti via helicopter. USA Today‘s lead paragraph captures the mission well, while also serving as the [...]
A Bit More on Newt and Redemption
I see quite a few have taken exception with the word “redemption”. I don’t know if these complaints are lodged just to be outraged about the religiosity of the word, despite the appropriateness of its use, or if you truly think I was being literal in only the spiritual sense. If it is the latter, [...]
