Obituary addresses on the occasion of the death of the Hon. William R. King, of Alabama, vice president of the United States, delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives
Say Anything (Free subscription) | yesterday
Conservatives have been laughing at Obama’s transparently bogus “jobs created or saved” numbers. But now as the grim reality of Obama’s economic policies set in, the “created or saved” numbers are, more and more, sticking out like a sore thumb . It is hard to reconcile Friday’s dismal Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report with Vice President Joe Biden’s...
The Plank (Free subscription) | yesterday
From a new cover story on Sarah Palin by Weekly Standard hack Matthew Continetti,: Last week, when Joe Biden traveled to upstate New York to campaign for Democratic congressional candidate Bill Owens, the vice president took aim at Sarah Palin. "The fact of the matter is that Sarah Palin thinks the answer to energy was 'drill, baby, drill,' " Biden said. "No, it's a lot more complicated,...
YID With LID (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
During the campaign, Obama made a definitive promise not to raise any taxes on families making less than $250,000 per year: “I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes” (September 12, 2008, Dover, NH) "No one making...
The Plum Line (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
* Joe Biden has been working the phones in a last-ditch effort to round up support among moderate House Dems for the embattled health care bill. A senior White House official emails: “He’s calling moderate Democrats and talking up the cost-containment and premium-reduction aspects of the bill — issues that matter a lot to [...]
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Representative Darrell Issa can afford to bite this microphone in half because he's the richest person in Congress. Ever wonder why Congress so often feels so out of touch with regular Americans? It's because they're not regular Americans! A study by the Center for Responsive Politics finds that out of the 535 members of the Senate and House of Representatives, 237 of them are millionaires. That means...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
In response to my post on Obama's aloofness, a lot of email like this: Surely you recall the media making hay of Bush reading a book to some group of small children on Sept. 11, chastising him for "going on reading while the US was being attacked" among other things. Wanna bet the same spin is put on Obama's meeting with AmerIndians during an attack on US soldiers? Yeah, me either. And: How...
SWJ Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Going Tribal in Afghanistan - James Dao, New York Times. In Washington, the debate over Afghanistan seems to center around two broad ideas: counterinsurgency versus counterterrorism. Should the United States add troops for a more population-centric strategy, as Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal advocates? Or should it use a less ground-heavy approach, disrupting Al Qaeda with Special Operation Forces and...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Some of you may remember a vibrant young military wife and mother who traveled from Fort Hood to campaign for then-Sen. Joe Biden during 2008 caucuses. I was honored to have an opportunity to interview Carissa Picard , and have been even further blessed by our long-distance friendship. [...]
The Washington Note (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- 10:00 am -- Vice President Joe Biden was raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania and has lived for decades in Wilmington, Delaware -- both working middle class communities that have been under siege from both domestic and international economic...
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Here’s the robocall from Vice President Joe Biden that dropped over the weekend. Script: Hi. This is Vice President Joe Biden asking you to join me in supporting Bill Owens for Congress on Nov. 3. Bill Owens is an Air Force veteran who spent his career helping create over 2,000 jobs. In Congress, he’ll be the [...]
First Read (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
MASSACHUSETTS : “Today, after a half dozen debates, thousands of handshakes, and countless visits to coffee shops and senior centers, Councilor at Large Michael F. Flaherty Jr.’s upstart campaign for change confronts Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s vaunted political machine as voters go to the polls to decide whether to give the incumbent an unprecedented fifth term in office.” The...
The Humane-Rights-Agenda Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
http://tinyurl.com/ybao6jt Obama's Support From Pa. Independents Erodes by Brian Naylor November 1, 2009 Listen to the Story All Things Considered Add to Playlist Download Transcript In 2008, voters rally for then-Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joseph Biden in Media, Pa. The town is the seat of largely Republican Delaware County, but the district voted for Obama last year. November 1,...
The Lonely Conservative (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Joe Biden couldn’t make a campaign stop for Democrat Bill Owens without slamming Sarah Palin. Biden appeared at a Monday rally for Democratic candidate Bill Owens, during which he attacked conservative leaders such as Palin, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R), Dick Armey and Fred Thompson for supporting Hoffman in the upstate New York special election that [...]
Sister Toldjah (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Sarahcuda strikes again (via Gateway Pundit): Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) on Monday responded to Vice President Joe Biden’s comments about her support for Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in a hotly contested special election. Biden appeared at a Monday rally for Democratic candidate Bill Owens, during which he attacked conservative leaders such as Palin, [...]
The Immoral Minority (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Vice President Joe Biden showed up in New York state to provide a little support to the Democratic candidate for the Congressional seat that has received so much attention as of late. He made a short speech in which he made this offhand remark: “I like her. I really do – not a joke,” Mr. Biden later added. “The fact of the matter is Sarah Palin thinks the answer to energy was...
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