Greg Corombos and National Review’s Jim Geraghty enjoy the panic at NPR as executives get the boot after an undercover video shows them degrading Tea Party activists and Christians. We also sigh as President Obama insists on much more education spending while paying meaningless lip service to spending restraints. And we shred Harry Reid for suggesting even his beloved Cowboy Poetry Festival can’t possibly lose federal funding.
After several years of condemning the Bush administration policy of indefinitely holding terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay, President Obama has largely reversed his plans to close Gitmo, bring detainees to U.S. soil and charge them in civilian courts instead of military tribunals. So why the change of heart? How important is this reversal of policy? Why is Guantanamo Bay such an important piece of the anti-terrorism strategy? And does this mean President Obama is getting better in this arena? We ask former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Peter Hoekstra. We also get his thoughts on the uproar leading up to the Congressional hearings on Islamic radicalism.
Greg Corombos and National Review’s Jim Geraghty salute a Democratic senator for saying President Obama has failed to be a leader in the budget debate. We also rip Obama for taking years to realize Guantanamo is the right policy and for failing to give credit to those who implemented the policy. And we chronicle the latest lunacy from Wisconsin Democrats.
Gas prices are rising rapidly in the wake of Middle East turmoil. And while the Obama administration is considering the tapping of emergency reserves, there has not even been a whisper of opening more of America’s natural resources to domestic production. What impact could opening access to pre-BP disaster levels have on energy prices? How are other countries reacting to our refusal to make use of our own resources? Why is President Obama more than happy to see gas prices rise to as high as seven dollars per gallon? We discuss it all with Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
Michigan Rep. Thaddeus McCotter brings his refreshing personality to some the biggest challenges facing our nation. In his new book “Seize Freedom!”, McCotter explains how heavily-bureaucratic government is a national albatross, why the War on Terror is really a War for Freedom and why moral relativism is very harmful for America.
Greg Corombos and National Review’s Jim Geraghty find themselves in agreement with John Kerry for once. They also rip the hyped-up condemnation of Congressional hearings into the role of radical Islam in terrorism. And they’re stunned to hear White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley say that President Obama never considers the political impact of the decisions he makes.
The unrest in the Middle East has led to sharply higher fuel prices, and Louisiana Rep. John Fleming says President Obama is in no rush to see them come down again. Why would Obama welcome painfully high prices? What is the economic impact of these higher energy prices? What is the administration doing and not doing to encourage domestic energy production? Is Obama really in favor of domestic energy or are his policies really just window dressing? We discuss it all with Rep. Fleming, who grilled Interior Secretary Ken Salazar over these issues this week in the House Natural Resources Committee.
John Gizzi of Human Events previews the next budget fight and explains why he thinks House Republicans are being tough enough when it comes to spending cuts. Gizzi also sizes up a likely Newt Gingrich presidential run and whether the GOP has a shot at the open Hawaii senate seat.
This week, Attorney General Eric Holder was criticized for failing to fully prosecute members of the New Black Panther Party for intimidating voters in 2008. In response, Holder said the details in the case did not come close to the discrimination suffered in the Civil Rights era and any such suggestion was a disservice to “my people”. What did we learn about Holder’s view of the law and how race factors into that view? What can we glean from his handling of the voter intimidation case and his advice to President Obama to stop enforcing the Defense of Marriage Act? Is there a racial bias at the Justice Department? Is there evidence to back up that claim? We discuss it all with J. Christian Adams, a former lawyer in the Justice Department’s civil rights division. He is now with Pajamas Media.
While it’s been overshadowed by huge stories at home and abroad, the sex scandal surrounding Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi still threatens his grip on power. This week, the Capitol Steps have some fun with Berlusconi and his scandal. Our guest is Steps co-founder and star Elaina Newport.
