Capehart: Sen. Susan Collins isn’t afraid to trap the Mama Grizzly
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 11th, 2010 5:37 am by HL
Capehart: Sen. Susan Collins isn’t afraid to trap the Mama Grizzly
Many of you probably think my Republican political crush is Rep. Paul Ryan (Wisc.), since I’ve written lots (not all nice) about his “Road Map for America” and how he’s the only GOPer willing to put his ideas up for public debate. And you’d be wrong. My real Republican crush is the plain-spoken a…
Deficit panel leaders propose curbs on Social Security, major cuts in spending, tax breaks
The chairmen of President Obama’s bipartisan deficit commission on Wednesday offered an aggressive plan to rebalance the federal budget by curbing increases in Social Security benefits, slashing spending at the Pentagon and other agencies, and wiping out more than $100 billion a year in popular t…
Michele Bachmann ends bid to join GOP leadership
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a favorite of conservative activists around the country, ended her campaign to join the GOP leadership late Wednesday, electing to bow out rather than face near-certain defeat in next week’s leadership elections.
Jonathan Capehart: The color of murder and gun violence in New York
I ran into Police Commissioner Ray Kelly last week while dining at a favorite breakfast joint in New York. Since I still read the Daily News and the New York Post, I asked him about the increase in crime that I’d read about. He assured me that the bad old days in the Big Apple weren’t returning. …
