Progressives Squawk at Obama
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 26th, 2011 4:31 am by HL
Progressives Squawk at Obama
Dana Milbank, Washington Post
It was another day of President Obama-bashing at the Capitol.“I’m profoundly disappointed,” one lawmaker said at a news conference Thursday morning.“A disappointment to say the least,” said another.“Wrong decision,” said a third.“His proposal failed.”“It is unjustifiable.”“Quite simply unconscionable.”
California’s Mess Not Texas’ Fault
Steven Greenhut, OC Register
As California's budget battle continues, Republicans and Democrats have engaged in a rhetorical battle regarding the relative merits and demerits of our lovely state and one of the nation's other megastates, Texas. This debate started after a legislative delegation made up mostly of Republicans went eastward in April to meet with Lone Star State officials to learn about job growth; it has re-emerged as Texas Gov. Rick Perry is being mentioned as a potential GOP presidential hopeful.
Did the IEA Just Deliver a QE3 Quick Fix?
Larry Kudlow, IBD
Did the International Energy Agency (IEA) just deliver the oil equivalent of Quantitative Easing 3?The decision to release 2 million barrels per day of emergency oil reserves — with the U.S. covering half from its strategic petroleum reserve — is surely aimed at the sputtering economies of the U.S. and Europe following an onslaught of bad economic statistics and forecasts. This includes a gloomy Fed forecast that Ben Bernanke unveiled less than 24 hours before the energy news hit the tape.I wonder if all this was coordinated.The Bernanke Fed significantly downgraded its economic…
Bachmann: Queen of the Tea Party
Matthew Continetti, Weekly Standard
If she'd fallen backward, she'd have been killed. It was September 2009, during her second term in Congress, and a magazine had sent a photographer to shoot Michele Bachmann. He escorted her to the third floor rotunda in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, where he positioned a large orange crate next to the balustrade. He told her to stand on it. She reluctantly obliged. Behind her were three stories of empty air.
