National Journal: SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Michele Bachmann is on the defensive about comments she made earlier this week suggesting that vaccination against a virus linked to cervical cancer poses a danger to young girls. “During the debate, I didn’t make any statements that would indicate that I’m a doctor, I’m a scientist, or that [...]
The Hill: House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) criticized President Obama’s jobs plan in an economic address in Washington on Thursday, calling it “a poor substitute for the pro-growth policies that are needed to remove barriers to job creation in America.” In a speech to the Economic Club of Washington, Boehner outlined the Republican plan for [...]
The Hill: Senior administration officials met with Senate Democrats for an hour and a half on Thursday to answer their complaints about President Obama’s jobs bill. Democratic lawmakers voiced objections to several of the president’s proposals to pay for the $447 billion stimulus package, including an elimination of tax breaks for the oil-and-gas industry. David [...]
Politico: President Barack Obama’s support among Jews has dropped, new data shows. Four out of 10 Jewish Americans currently disapprove of Obama, according to polling data provided to POLITICO by Gallup, which has yet to post the numbers on its website. This 40 percent disapproval rating is 8 percent higher than the 32 percent disapproval [...]
Politico: Here’s what you need to know from Thursday’s White House briefing with press secretary Jay Carney: – President Obama hasn’t been briefed about the questions raised over Solyndra’s loan, Carney said. “I think he’s probably read some news accounts of it,” he said. “There’s not a lot to brief him about.” – Carney insisted [...]
Excertped from The Daily Caller: Grammy award-winning musician Barry Manilow told The Daily Caller that he agrees with “just about everything” 2012 Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul says, calling him a “solid” contender for the highest office in the land. “I like him. I like what he says, I do. I like what he [...]
For most of the last ten years Michael Fay was an official war artist for the Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan. A war artist, in case you don’t know, is someone who heads to combat zones to draw what he sees there, which seems both incredibly dangerous and a potent counterargument to anyone who still [...]
Life News: A new CNN national poll of Americans finds results that are almost identical to a Gallup survey earlier this year, and it shows 62% of Americans want all or most abortions made illegal. CNN asked the question, “Do you think abortion should be legal under any circumstances, legal under only certain circumstances, or [...]
On the heels of the rushed $500,000,000 loan to failed Solyndra, one has to ask, just what quality of decision-making will go into these rushed loan choices. Are we looking at $10,000,000,000 about to be wasted in an era when that’s the last thing this government can afford? National Review Online: As mandated by the [...]
