On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office projected a deficit of $1.1 trillion in 2012, jobless rates to stay well above 8.0 percent and economic growth to stay around two percent. Nebraska Sen. Mike Johanns says these numbers prove that the Obama agenda is not working and is actually making things much worse. Johanns is stunned […]
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Sunshine State Showdown
Posted in January 31st, 2012
After watching more than a week of ad blitzes, debates and character attacks, Florida Republicans will decide the winner of today’s primary and the recipient of its 50 delegates to the GOP convention later this year. Florida Rep. Dan Webster tells us why the economy will undoubtedly be the top issue for Floridians this year […]
CLASS Warfare
Posted in January 31st, 2012
One of the provisions of the president’s health care plan that helped to make the package fiscally palatable was the CLASS Act. It’s a program originally designed to allow people to pay a small amount monthly for a few years and then receive about $18,000 per year if they require long-term care in a nursing […]
Three Martini Lunch 1/31/12
Posted in January 31st, 2012
Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review like a new poll showing Republican Denny Rehberg in very good shape to defeat incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester. They also groan as the Congressional Budget Office projects high deficits, little job growth and sluggish economic growth in 2012. And they wonder why the […]
‘The Spending Has to Stop’
Posted in January 30th, 2012
Former Michigan Rep. Pete Hoekstra is running for U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Debbie Stabenow. Hoekstra says Michigan suffered through a deep recession because of a terrible tax code, too much regulation and way too much spending. He says Washington has followed suit and reaped the same dismal results. Hoekstra says Michigan’s new governor has […]
Three Martini Lunch 1/30/12
Posted in January 30th, 2012
Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review cheer the remarkable recovery of three-year-old Bella Santorum after a very serious health scare and give Rick Santorum credit for putting his child before his campaign. They also rip the Occupy movement for once again demonstrating it’s real legacy is lawlessness, anarchy and destruction […]
Akin Makes His Case for Senate
Posted in January 27th, 2012
Missouri Rep. Todd Akin is seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill later this year. The six-term congressman tells us what he’s hearing most from voters across his state and he gives his reasons for why Sen. McCaskill does not deserve a second term.
An ‘Incredible Volume’ of Cuts
Posted in January 27th, 2012
Missouri Rep. Todd Akin is a member of the House Armed Services Committee and is not at all comfortable with the amount of cuts in military spending proposed by the Obama administration. Rep. Akin explains why the sheer volume of cuts is alarming to him and which specific reductions in funding and personnel concern him […]
Three Million Jobs?
Posted in January 27th, 2012
President Obama claimed in his State of the Union message that since his economic policies took effect, three million jobs have been created. Is that true? Americans for Limited Government ran the numbers and concludes that not only is Obama’s total wrong, it’s horribly misleading. ALG Senior Editor Robert Romano explains how the basic arithmetic […]
‘Under the Sea’
Posted in January 27th, 2012
President Obama delivered his State of the Union message on Tuesday. While Obama tried to paint a positive picture on the economy, it was clear he felt much more comfortable discussing the one undeniable achievement of the past year - killing Osama bin Laden. The president mentioned it twice in his speech and even used […]
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