Louisiana Rep. Bill Cassidy, also a practicing physician, says Democrats would be making a huge mistake by ignoring the Republicans and the American people by ramming through government-run health care on a party-line vote through a procedural gimmick. What does he say about President Obama’s vow that this plan would be deficit-neutral? And does he believe this would expand patient choice or cripple it?
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Ron Pollack, executive director at Families USA, explains why he likes the public option and why he’s not fearful that it will swallow up private competition. He also says the commotion over the public option is drowning out other good provisions contained within the bill.
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Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Tom McInerney says the convicted Pan Am 103 bomber deserves no compassion and should never have been released. Why is he so adamantly opposed to the Scottish court’s decision? What message does this send to the Islamic radicals of today? And what does Gen. McInerney think of the current security operations in Iraq and Afghanistan?
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John Gizzi of Human Events says organized labor was outraged by the possibility of the public option being removed from the health care bill and forced Obama to run away from compromise by threatening to stay out of the 2010 campaign. Gizzi also explains why he thinks splitting up the bill will not be a successful strategy for Senate Democrats. And he weighs in on the Afghan elections, the release of the Lockerbie bomber and the passing of legendary reporter Robert Novak.
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A new report from Stanford University says the $15 billion Bush administration program to fight AIDS in Africa is responsible for saving as many as one million lives that would otherwise be ravaged by the deadly disease. What this tell us about Bush as a president and as a man? And what does it say about the mainstream media that this report is getting virtually no coverage? We discuss it all with Dr. Paul Kengor of Grove City College.
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Dr. Walid Phares of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies discusses the Afghan presidential elections and how things would change, if at all, depending upon who wins the Thursday’s vote. He also explains how our military is performing a vital service in securing Afghanistan but ultimately the country’s future rests on wholly rejecting the radical ideology and embracing the principles of freedom.
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The Center for Immigration Studies has released two new reports that ought to impact the immigration reform debate. One focuses on the jobs many people assume illegal immigrants do because Americans don’t want to do them – landscaping, taxi driving, construction, housekeeping, etc. But is that true? What percentage of those jobs are held by native born Americans and how many are done by legal or illegal immigrants? The other report focuses on the staggering levels of unemployment for the least educated Americans – the people most impacted when jobs are taken by those illegally entering the country. Just how high are the jobless rates for those people most impacted by the influx of illegals? We ask Steven Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies.
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Longtime political reporter and syndicated columnist Robert Novak died on Tuesday at age 78 following a year-long battle with brain cancer. What made Novak a Washington institution? Why could he get scoops that no one else got? How was able to transition so well from the print world to cable television? How much political influence did he have? And was he really the curmudgeon he appeared to be on TV? We ask Weekly Standard Executive Editor and Fox News Channel commentator Fred Barnes, a friend of Novak’s for more than 35 years.
The latest numbers from Gallup show Americans not at all convinced the economic stimulus package is helping the economy or their own personal bottom line. So where do Americans think the economy will be a year from now? How many worry that their tax dollars are being wasted through the stimulus bill? Do they think the stimulus is doing the economy or their own finances any good? We discuss the numbers with Frank Newport, editor-in-chief at Gallup International.
After years of being battered and bruised by customers flocking to foreign competitors, the U.S. auto industry is enjoying its highest rate of customer satisfaction ever. According to a new study from the University of Michigan, consumers are especially happy with Ford and GM. Why? What has changed to change attitudes so significantly? We ask Bennie Fowler, Group Vice President at Ford.
