Politico: President Obama spent a good amount of time at his “town hall” in Minnesota on Monday talking up his health care law, and trying further still to tie it to the plan enacted by the Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. “You’ve got a governor who’s running for president right now who instituted the exact [...]
New York Times: The administration may also merge the Department of Commerce, the Office of the United States Trade Representative and some economic divisions at the State Department into a new agency, administration officials said. Possible names include the Department of Jobs or the Department of Competitiveness.
Chris Whalen For Reuters: In a clip from a longer interview with WSJ’s Simon Constable, Dr Nouriel Roubini claims Karl Marx was right about capitalism eventually destroying itself. While not quite yet at the breaking point, Roubini observes, we are headed down the road to disaster as predicted by Marx. Roubini echoes my view that [...]
Obama speaks during a town hall-style meeting in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, today. CANNON FALLS, Minn. (AP) — President Barack Obama accused Congress on Monday of putting politics ahead of the country and called on voters to tell lawmakers to cut it out, as he kicked off a three-day Midwestern bus tour aimed at promoting his [...]
The Hill: Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus will be on the ground in Minnesota on Monday for the first stop of President Obama’s bus tour, part of an effort by the GOP to offer counter-programming to the bus tour. The RNC will launch radio ads, autodialed phone calls and Web videos in Minnesota, [...]
NY Daily News: Kansas City officials want to crack down on teenage hellraisers that have overrun an upscale mall after a gunman took pot shots as the city’s mayor spoke to a group there, wounding three. Mayor Sly James’ bodyguards tackled him into a flower bed outside a restaurant at the Country Club Plaza as [...]
Excerpted From The New York Times: WASHINGTON — As the economy worsens, President Obama and his senior aides are considering whether to adopt a more combative approach on economic issues, seeking to highlight substantive differences with Republicans in Congress and on the campaign trail rather than continuing to pursue compromises, advisers to the president say. [...]
Townhall Fincance: Well the geniuses on the progressive left have decided that the county’s premier abortion provider, Planned Parenthood should take on “certain union tasks.” In short, they are trying to put the union “hood” back in Planned Parenthood. Local Planned Parenthood “healthcare” workers in Oregon voted last week to hook up with their partners [...]
PARIS (AP) — Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb wants to put its footprint on the Arab Spring now that violence is fueling the uprisings, and in a two-part video is trying to lure new followers for revolt by jihad. The push comes as the group has sought to expand its operations beyond its Algerian base [...]
The Hill: The reign of the Tea Party may be coming to an end in Washington, according to academic political experts who say polls show a backlash against the conservative movement. Two national polls released this month by CNN and The New York Times in conjunction with CBS News showed the Tea Party’s unfavorable rating [...]
He uses Palin for cover, but will launch the same jihad on her if she announces her candidacy…don’t fall for his attempt to present himself as objective and reasonable…you know the game…
The Hill: A Republican lawmaker from Kansas wants to prevent the administration from helping Sony make a move about the killing of Osama bin Laden. The Stop Subsidizing Hollywood Act introduced by Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) would stop the Obama administration from spending taxpayer money to share information about the killing of bin Laden with [...]
