Obama Has a Knack for Ticking Off Friends
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 17th, 2011 5:31 am by HL
Obama Has a Knack for Ticking Off Friends
Michael Barone, DC Examiner
The election of Barack Obama, we were told, would bring new respect and friendship for America in the world.No longer would we be led by a Texas cowboy ignorant of and indifferent to world opinion. Instead, we would have a visionary leader sympathetic to the governments and peoples of the world.But Obama's best moments in foreign policy have been when he follows the leads of predecessors. In his twice-postponed trip to Australia this week, he will reportedly announce that a U.S. Navy base will be opened there.That cements ties already strengthened by George W. Bush and previous…
Housing Crisis: Repeating Mistakes?
Sen. Jim DeMint, RedState
Posted by Senator Jim DeMint (Diary) Wednesday, November 16th at 12:18PM EST Sometimes it seems like Congress didn't learn anything from the housing crisis at all. Early Tuesday morning, leaders in the House and Senate unveiled an appropriations bill, called a "minibus," to fund several government agencies for the fiscal year 2012. Tucked inside the 401-page bill was language to increase the limits for which the Federal Housing Administration can insure mortgage loans up to $729,750, effectively allowing the agency to back McMansions with…
Obama Abandons (Private) Labor
Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
The decision by the Obama administration to “delay” building the Keystone XL pipeline is a watershed moment in American politics. The implication of a policy choice rarely gets more stark than this. Put simply: Why should any blue-collar worker who isn't hooked for life to a public budget vote for Barack Obama next year? The Keystone XL pipeline would have created at least 20,000 direct and indirect jobs. Much of this would have been well-paid work for craftsmen, not jobs as hod carriers to repave the Interstate. On a recent trip to Omaha, Neb., Mr. Obama signaled where his…
