Pajamas Media: November 3, 2009, was a great day for the Republican Party with resounding wins in Virginia and, improbably, New Jersey where Bruce Springsteen blared as Chris Christie began his victory speech. (I wonder if Bruce will sue.) But in the midst of the welter of re-upped GOP glory only one year after ignominious [...]
MSNBC: The morning after, conservative idol Sarah Palin’s message for the tribe was essentially: The sky IS red, conservatives. A defiant Palin wrote on her Facebook page last night, “The race for New York’s 23rd District is not over, just postponed until 2010.” You betcha! Those who thought a loss for the Conservative Party candidate, [...]
ABC: Vast economic discontent marked the mood of Tuesday’s off-year voters, portending potential trouble for incumbents generally and Democrats in particular in 2010. Still the gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey looked less like a referendum on Barack Obama than a reflection of their own candidates and issues. The gubernatorial elections in Virginia and [...]
Bloomberg: The Islamic Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip can now launch rockets capable of reaching the Israeli metropolitan area of Tel Aviv, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said at a Jerusalem briefing. “We know they have tried to, and have obtained missiles that reach 60 kilometers (37 miles),†Ayalon said today. “Tel Aviv and [...]
Both articles courtesy of Poltico: Hours after urging reporters not to draw sweeping conclusions from Tuesday’s gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told POLITICO President Barack Obama wasn’t even keeping an eye on the results. “He’s not watching returns,” Gibbs said. The Obama administration and other top Democrats [...]
The Smoking Gun: NOVEMBER 3–Meet Aaron Siebers. The 27-year-old Denver man, a Blockbuster employee, was skateboarding yesterday afternoon when he fell and ripped his uniform pants. Due to work last night–and concerned about getting “written up” by Blockbuster superiors for not wearing his work-issued khakis–Siebers came up with a harebrained idea. Instead of just calling [...]
Telegram: DUDLEY — Voters last night added language to a town bylaw that will make it illegal to own more than three cats without a kennel license, though Selectman Steven Sullivan said housing three felines was already a violation. The article came after a neighborhood feud over cats owned by Mary Ellen Richards of Kennedy [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – The most common deals under the government’s $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, aimed at putting more fuel-efficient cars on the road, replaced old Ford or Chevrolet pickups with new ones that got only marginally better gas mileage, according to an analysis of new federal data by The Associated Press. The single [...]
By Cal Thomas Washington Times Does the U.S. Constitution stand for anything in an era of government excess? Can that founding document, which is supposed to restrain the power and reach of a centralized federal government, slow down the juggernaut of czars, health insurance overhaul and anything else this administration and Congress wish to do [...]
Politico Most House Democrats tried to put a good face on Tuesday’s election results, saying they picked up two more votes for a sweeping health care bill that could be on the floor as early as Friday. But it can’t make it any easier for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she works to corral the [...]
Investors Business Daily Leadership: What are we to make of a White House visitors list that includes 22 swiftly scheduled appointments with a union boss at a time when Gen. Stanley McChrystal can’t get face time with the commander in chief? Late Friday during the idle hours of the news cycle, the administration released the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – The government’s latest count of stimulus jobs significantly overstates the effects of the $787 billion program under a popular federal preschool program, raising fresh questions about the process the Obama administration is using to tout the success of its economic recovery plan. An Associated Press review of the latest stimulus reports—which the [...]
NY Post: CHRIS Christie’s gutsy win in New Jersey puts the arrogant big spender Jon Corzine in his place. But it is the election in Virginia that probably has more to say to marginal Democratic congressmen considering how to vote on health-care reform. Obviously, Christie’s victory is a body blow to Obama after Corzine outspent [...]
The post-Election Day glow means a bit of reflection for both winners and losers. But for Kinky Friedman, it’s a day to look forward. One year from today, he might be the newly elected governor of Texas — or an also-ran. He still has to capture the Democratic nomination, and his chances to do that [...]
Fox News: WASHINGTON — Republican gubernatorial wins in New Jersey and Virginia mark a troubling turn for President Obama, whose personal efforts couldn’t stop the fall of Democrats facing a voter backlash over the economy and a notable uptick in the government’s would-be role in people’s lives. Obama’s 2008 victory in Old Dominion had marked [...]
Fox News: A New Jersey hospital is denying accusations that ACORN workers have been inside collecting absentee ballots for the state’s gubernatorial race. East Orange General Hospital CEO Kevin Slavin said Tuesday that “all proper protocols” were followed as part of its program to allow patients to vote via absentee ballot, and that no third-party [...]
