"Rep. Steve King (R-IA) has been a long-time opponent of government health care, but when asked on CNN news if he would give up his government health care the same way Rep.-elect Joe Walsh (R-IL) recently did, King said he would not, but gives Walsh “a lot of credit ...
" In the aftermath of the midterms, President Obama acknowledged the "shellacking" handed to him and his party. "I've got to take direct responsibility for the fact that we have not made as much progress as we need to make," he said the day after the GOP slapped...
" The year in Washington began with Republicans complaining that President Obama and Democrats were ramming health care reform down their throats and ended with House Democrats complaining that Obama and Republicans were ramming a tax cut deal down their throats. In ...
" Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a possible Republican presidential candidate, recently caused a major stir. In an interview with the Weekly Standard, he referred to race relations while growing up in Mississippi this way: "I just don't remember it as being that bad." Of...
"Incoming House Speaker John Boehner has made it very clear: When he takes control of the House, slashing the federal budget by $100 billion will be priority number one.The stakes are high. Republicans view their midterm electoral victory as a mandate to cut spending, and...
"With significant Republican gains in the U.S. House and Senate and a new session of Congress around the corner, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the Republican Party now has more responsibility to govern. "There was a responsibility of government that I think...
" MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow blasted former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for his opposition to federal unemployment benefits. “I’m opposed to giving people money for doing nothing,” Gingrich insisted during a recent speech to GOP activists in South Carolina. ...
"Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman told Rachel Maddow that the Republicans are intentionally opposing economic policies that would create jobs and put money into the hands of consumers. Krugman said that businesses aren’t hiring because they don’t have sales,...
"On the Daily Show, Jon Stewart held a panel discussion with four 9/11 rescue workers suffering from serious health issues to offer their views on the Republicans who used another filibuster to block the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 for 9/11...
"On a right-wing Internet radio station last week, Rep.-elect Allen West (R-FL) condemned Julian Assange, and said the U.S. government “should be censoring the American news agencies which enabled him to do this.” He added that American media outlets which “supported...
"After securing electoral victory this November, Ohio Gov.-elect John Kasich quickly erased many of his campaign promises off his web site. Then he unveiled his “personal philosophy” of worker’s rights at a recent press conference. Kasich said, “I don’t favor the...
"At least 13 freshmen Republicans have hired corporate lobbyists as chiefs of staff. The Washington Post’s Dan Eggen picked up on this trend as well and reported on it today. Asked about Eggen’s article on CSPAN this morning, Rep. John Campbell (R-CA) gave a spirited...
Ooooo, this is NOT a good week for Dems...or the unemployed...or the children of illegal aliens...or 9/11 first responders...and now, gays in the military. Senate Republicans have blocked the passage of the Don't...
According to Politifact...mostly. With all the incredible bitching and whining coming from the left and progressives regarding the President's tax deal with the GOP, many are diving over the deep end in regards...
opinion by cconyersjr | 2 years ago 284 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
"Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather says President Obama’s caught in a “political nightmare” over the likely extension of the Bush tax cuts for another two years. Rather, speaking on MSNBC’s Jansing & Company said an extension of those cuts will...