Archives for September 2011

Tennessee Rep. Diane Black details the federal government’s harassment of Gibson Guitars over the past three years.  And why?  The company has American workers assemble the wooden parts of their guitars but U.S. law mandates that workers from the country where the wood originated do that work.  Why does that law exist?  What is being done to change it?  Why did House Republicans pass a bill designed to keep the National Labor Relations Board in check?  We ask Rep. Diane Black, who also explains why the Obama jobs and tax bills are non-starters in the House and how GOP members are beginning the work of fundamental tax reform.

Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review enjoy the further erosion of President Obama’s case for his jobs bill – this time by telling the real story of Obama’s favorite bridge in the Midwest.  They also welcome Gary Johnson to tonight’s Republican presidential debate but wonder why Rep. Thaddeus McCotter is on the outside looking in – at least we were before he dropped out this afternoon.  And they have some fun with today’s Charlie Rangel portrait unveiling.

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Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton says President Obama’s United Nations speech was long on evenhanded rhetoric toward Israel and the Palestinians, but he says Obama is largely responsible for this confrontation over Palestinian statehood.  He adds that by not decisively stopping it, Obama is giving unspoken approval to the idea.  Bolton also says Obama is giving an overly rosy assessment of the international scene in order to justify ignoring national security concerns in favor of his domestic agenda.  We discuss this and much more with Amb. John Bolton.

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Last week, Republican Bob Turner shocked the political world by scoring a convincing upset win in New York’s strongly Democratic 9th Congressional district.  One of the reasons for his success was his condemnation of President Obama’s approach towards Israel in his Middle East policy.  Today, Rep. Turner explains why he was not impressed with Obama’s United Nations speech on the Middle East, what the president should have done to ward off a push for a Palestinian state and what Congress may do if the statehood idea advances.  We discuss it all with New York Rep. Bob Turner.

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Greg Corombos of Radio America and Kevin Williamson of National Review enjoy the news that even tax-hiker-in-chief Bill Clinton doesn’t think now is a good time for President Obama to pursue tax increases.  They also groan at Obama’s moral equivalence on the grievances of Palestinians and Israelis.  And they’re not exactly stunned that the Ed Rollins experiment didn’t work out for the Bachmann campaign.

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President Obama and the Democratic Congress failed to pass the bill most favored by organized labor and now the idea known as ‘card check’ is on indefinite hold as Republicans control the House.  In response, the Obama administration is seeking to implement the agenda piece by piece through new regulations.  The latest is commonly known as the Persuader Rule.  What does the rule mandate?  What would be the impact on employers and anyone they consult for anything that could possibly be linked to their workforce?  Will this mean more or fewer jobs?  We discuss it all with Diana Furchtgott-Roth of the Manhattan Institute.  She is also a former chief economist for the Department of Labor.

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Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review are pleased to see the IRS admitting what we already know – that the rich already pay way more in taxes than the middle class.  They also fear how President Obama and the United Nations will handle the push for Palestinian statehood this week.  And their jaws drop as the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus says if someone other than Obama were president then black lawmakers would be marching on the White House over the huge unemployment rate for black Americans.

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Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review unload on President Obama for his tired, whiny and deceitful speech pushing new tax hikes on “the rich”.  We also like Rep. Paul Ryan’s explanation of why the Obama tax hikes are a terrible idea for the economy and for job creation.  And we marvel at how the once-urgent jobs bill probably won’t get to the floor of the Democratically-controlled Senate until sometime next month.

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Later this week, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will formally request the United Nations to declare the recognition of a Palestinian state.  How far will this proposal get?  Why would the recognition of a Palestinian state almost certainly trigger a war involving Israel against several Arab states and terrorist organizations?  How could President Obama stop this from happening?  Why won’t he?  What would Israel do if this war happens?  And what is the latest on the Iranian nuclear threat?  We discuss it all with Dr. Mike Evans, adviser to many Israeli leaders and author of books such as “Atomic Iran” and “Jimmy Carter, the Liberal Left and World Chaos”.

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On Monday, President Obama made yet another push for the wealthiest Americans to pay much more in taxes to help ease the national debt.  But how much of a dent would his plan make?  What may be the real purpose of the plan?  Why would any revenues gained be more than offset by renewed stifling of job creation?  What would give business owners incentive to hire?  And on the debt front, how would Republicans get serious and specific about entitlement reform?  We discuss it all with Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Kelly, a longtime small business owner.

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