Obama’s failed stimulus program cost more than the Iraq war

Washington Examiner | Expect to hear a lot about how much the Iraq war cost in the days ahead from Democrats worried about voter wrath against their unprecedented spending excesses.

Dems may use food-stamp money to pay for Michelle Obama’s nutrition initiative

The Hill | Democrats who reluctantly slashed a food-stamp program to fund a state-aid bill may have to do so again to pay for a top priority of first lady Michelle Obama.

Gibbs: ‘Critics Of Obama Ought To Be Drug Tested’

August 11, 2010 Guardian by Richard Adams The Obama administration’s most public face, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, has tried to climb down from angry remarks he aimed at leftwing critics, calling them “crazy”. In an interview with The Hill newspaper in Washington DC, Gibbs revealed frustration at attacks on the administration from liberal Democrats and others on

Prop C Passes Overwhelmingly

August 5, 2010 STLToday Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a federal mandate to purchase health insurance, rebuking President Barack Obama’s administration and giving Republicans their first political victory in a national campaign to overturn the controversial health care law passed by Congress in March. “The citizens of the Show-Me State don’t want Washington involved in their health

Dems Want To ‘Make Government Our God’

August 5, 2010 My Way News By: Michael R. Blood Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle sees her campaign as a battle to stop Democrats in Washington who want to expand entitlement programs and “make government our God.” In an interview with a Christian radio network, Angle describes her effort to oust Majority Leader Harry

Obamacare Only Looks Worse Upon Further Review

Bloomberg | Nancy Pelosi told an audience that Democrats would “pass the bill so you can find out what’s in it, away from the fog of controversy.”

Lack of Votes for Senate Democrats’ Energy Bill may mean the End

By Perry Bacon Jr. Conceding that they can’t find enough votes for the legislation, Senate Democrats on Thursday abandoned efforts to put together a comprehensive energy bill that would seek to curb greenhouse gas emissions, delivering a potentially fatal blow to a proposal the party has long touted and President Obama campaigned on. Instead, Democrats will push for a more limited measure that would seek to increase liability costs that oil companies would pay following spills such as the one in the Gulf of Mexico. It also would create additional incentives for the development of natural gas vehicles and would provide rebates for products that reduce home energy use. Senate Democrats said they expected to find GOP support for the bill and pass it in the next two weeks. Read the rest at the Washington Post.

Facing Higher Taxes Under Obama Plan

ATR | The Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats have said that they want to raise taxes in the top two income tax rates in January 2011.

Wealthy Tax Cuts to Expires

July 23, 2010 The Wall Street Journal By: Deborah Solomon The Obama administration will allow tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans to expire on schedule, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday, setting up a clash with Republicans and a small but vocal group of Democrats who want to delay the looming tax increases. Mr. Geithner said

Hundreds Of Emails Prove Obama Was Promoted By Press

July 22, 2010 The Wall Street Journal By: Fred Barnes When I’m talking to people from outside Washington, one question inevitably comes up: Why is the media so liberal? The question often reflects a suspicion that members of the press get together and decide on a story line that favors liberals and Democrats and denigrates

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