New York Times reporters David Herszenhorn and Jackie Calmes reported on Obama’s politically calculated visit to the Tastee Sub Shop in Edison, N.J. in Thursday’s ” Obama Trumpets Party’s Small-Business Bona Fides .” The paper’s political team let Obama fully sell himself as a down-home populist by completely skipping (in the print edition) the fact that Obama would…
How Obama blew his lead and devastated his party
It’s been a bad stretch for the Democratic majority in Congress. Their polling numbers have been going from bad to worse. The White House press secretary has openly speculated that House Democrats could lose their majority in November. Nasty disputes between Democratic congressional leaders and the White House staff have broken out in the press . One of the most senior House Democrats is now under an ethics-investigation cloud. And, worst of all, the public now sees the Obama agenda clearly and recognizes that it is far too liberal, government-heavy, and anti-business to be compatible with a vibrant American economy. That spells near-certain doom for many House and Senate Democrats seeking reelection and who …
On June 24, 2010, I had a post on BigHollywood that examined Robert Redford’s asinine statements about the Gulf Oil Spill. From his support of a drilling moratorium to the fact that he literally blamed the spill on Dick Cheney to the way he expected George W. Bush to respond instantly to Katrina, while making excuses for President Obama’s slow response to the BP disaster, his words were just another proof that many actors in Hollywood are out of touch with reality. And although I hoped Redford would rethink his pomposity before speaking again on topics that he seems unable to …
Kevin, speaking of TV, I made an appearance on MSNBC’s The Ed Show last night to talk about this article . As you might expect, Ed Schultz and I don’t see eye to eye on this subject; he sees nothing wrong with politicizing the banking sector as long as it’s his guys doing the politicizing. At the end of the segment, he asked what I would do instead to help small business. I told him it might be a good idea not to raise their taxes. Well, that did it: Ed talked over the rest of my spiel, drowning out the part where I pointed out that raising taxes on the top two tax brackets would hit over 70 percent of small…
[Guest post by DRJ] Ho, hum. Another day, another Daily Caller story about how Journolist members — including political operatives — worked to shape the news to fit the liberal narrative: “Journolist founder Ezra Klein, a staffer at the Washington Post, says he “tried to be very strict” in making sure no active political operatives joined Journolist. “It’s possible I missed someone,” he explained in an email. In …
It’s been more than three months since Governor Jan Brewer (R-Ariz.) signed SB-1070 into law, but Larry King continues to misrepresent both the spirit and letter of the popular anti-illegal immigration measure. On his eponymous program yesterday, the CNN host asked a guest if the law codifies racial profiling and empowers police officers to arbitrarily question and detain those suspected of being in the country illegally. “One of the things in this law that’s puzzling that [Judge Susan Bolton] pointed out is – and a police officer was on a recent show discussing it – you can just…
-By Warner Todd Huston ACORN whistleblower Anita MonCrief, the brave young woman whose conscience wouldn’t allow her to cover for ACORN’s criminal activity while she was in its employ, has started a new venture. A website dedicated to rooting out government corruption called www.EmergingCorruption.com was launched last weekend headed by Anita and a cadre of writers and researchers (myself being one of them). Emerging Corruption is a political news website that provides to the public information and investigations into ACORN and other center…
On Thursday’s CBS Early Show, senior White House correspondent Bill Plante praised President Obama taping an appearance on ABC’s ‘The View’ on Wednesday: “…the President is trying to reach people who may not normally pay attention to politics….It’s not the first time [he] has reached out to audiences beyond the Washington Beltway.” Plante went further, explaining: “…it is the beginning of the Democrats’ strategy to try to save their majority …
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On Thursday’s CBS Early Show, senior White House correspondent Bill Plante praised President Obama taping an appearance on ABC’s ‘The View’ on Wednesday: “…the President is trying to reach people who may not normally pay attention to politics….It’s not the first time [he] has reached out to audiences beyond the Washington Beltway.” Plante went further, explaining: “…it is the beginning of the Democrats’ strategy to try to save their majority in Congress.” He touted how Obama “blamed Republicans for holding up a bill with tax cuts for small business” while visiting a New Jersey sandwich shop. Plante then highlighted the President’s fundraising ability: “Two fund-raisers in Manhattan on behalf of congressional Democrats….it …
