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I’m a bit less scandalized than Andrew McCarthy at the following actions of the Obama/Eric Holder Justice Department: The Washington Post reports this morning that Holder has overruled OLC’s objective, well-reasoned, constitutionally-rooted opinion that the controversial D.C. voting rights bill pending in Congress is unconstitutional. OLC’s conclusion, if accepted by the Attorney General, as is [...]
Remember when our President gave the Prime Minister of Great Britain a cheap set of DVDs? At the time, some predicted that the gift would be even worse than was known, because the DVDs would turn out to be produced for the region the US is in, and would not play in UK DVD players. [...]
According to this Washington Post story, “President Obama’s apparent inability to block executive bonuses at insurance giant AIG has dealt a sharp blow to his young administration and is threatening to derail both public and congressional support for his ambitious political agenda.” I’ve previously thought that the drop in Obama’s poll numbers in the past [...]
By “self-suppression,” the source explained that he means the Republican base is not enthused about their candidate, State Assemblyman Jim Tedisco. “He has serious Albany problems, and that’s not a good place to be associated with right now.” While it’s a challenging environment, this source laments that Tedisco has nullified a major issue by taking [...]
This is less of a President Obama issue than it is a Democratic party, and specifically a Democratic Congress issue: “Since 2002, Colombia has been the top U.S. ally in Latin America. Yet it still can’t get a vote from a protectionist U.S. Congress on a free trade agreement it needs.” IBDeditorials.com: Editorials, Political Cartoons, [...]
The Chinese government had an interesting exchange with our President this week about US debt. John Hinderaker summarized it: Of course, what the Chinese are worried about is not that the United States government will default on its bonds. That obviously won’t happen. The Chinese concern, now being expressed openly for the first time, is [...]
Tom Smith gets it right: But isn’t it obvious? This is not about whether Cramer picks stocks well or not or has a good crystal ball. It is about the fact the Cramer dared to criticize Obama harshly and effectively from his very prominent pulpit. Mad Money has a huge audience, and Cramer went off [...]
Today’s WSJ has an article, by a pair of bipartisan professional, pollsters, about Obama’s slipping poll numbers. A detailed examination of presidential popularity after 50 days on the job similarly demonstrates a substantial drop in presidential approval relative to other elected presidents in the 20th and 21st centuries. The reason for this decline most likely [...]
Interesting thought experiment from one of Rand Simberg’s commenters: I bet if the entire Obama Administration and Democratic Congressional Leadership were sentenced to hang on December 1, 2009, if the stock market were not above 9000 and unemployment were not below 7%, they would become raging tax-cutting pro-business libertarians overnight. That is, I don’t believe [...]
