American Power (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Newly-elected Congressman Bill Owens has joined President Obama and Speaker Pelosi in voting for the House healthcare bill with the "public option" provision. This is the ultimate stab-in-the-back to constituents in the district, since Owens campaigned in opposition to the bill. From Michael Patrick Leahy (via Memorandum ): From the start of his campaign on August 10 until an election eve...
U.S. Politics and the World (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Jayman931 posted a new topic: Best-selling author and conservative talk-radio host Mark Levin says that members of Congress who want to force Americans to buy health insurance--as both House and Senate versions of the health care plan would do--are saying "the hell with the Constitution." Levin, an attorney who served as chief of staff to Atty. Gen. Ed Meese during the Reagan administration,...
Green Mountain Daily - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I know I'm not the only person thinking this. How did GMD convince Patrick Cashman to kneel at the alter of the liberal juggernaut? One thing is certain, General Cashman is definitely wearing his GMD kneepads on the pages of the Times Argus as he publicly gargles the precious bodily fluids of GMD's muscular political influence. What did you guys pay him for servicing you so well? Let's take the good...
Riehl World View (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Via Michael Patrick Leahy at his blog. The defining moment for me giving up on Newt Gingrich actually came a couple months back on Twitter, see below. Mr. Speaker you are doing a real disservice to the Republican Party and...
Chlorinated Liberty (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Patrick Leahy and Nancy Pelosi may pretend that no one questions the authority of Congress to impose a federal mandate to buy health insurance, but one of their colleagues on Capitol Hill certainly does. CNS News interviewed Senator Orrin Hatch, a member of Leahy’s Judiciary Committee, who says that the Constitution never gave Congress that kind of power. In fact, Hatch says that the interpretation...
Political Activity Law (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The Burlington Free Press reports that Sen. Pat Leahy has about $2.5 million cash on hand. Sen. Patrick Leahy is on track to raise and spend more money for his 2010 re-election campaign than in any of his six previous Senate races, even though no Republican opposition has yet surfaced.
All Hands On Deck! (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Daniel Henninger has an interesting piece out in the Wall Street Journal. He notes that we are living in an amazing time marked by decentralization and increased individual choices. Yet, oddly, the Democrats are pushing centralization and decreased individual choice as the solution to a myriad of our nation's problems. This approach, he argues, makes the Democrats (and President Obama despite his rhetoric)...
And So it Goes in Shreveport (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Via Hot Air , Hotline reports that Dede Scozzafava and her husband are quietly endorsing Bill Owens in the NY-23 race. This comes as no real shock as they disagree on absolutely nothing with regard to policy issues. Hotline quotes both the New York Post and the Watertown Daily Times: First, in a Watertown Daily Times ' editorial switching its endorsement from Scozzafava to atty Bill Owens (D), the...
The Virginian (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Riehl World View: Michael Patrick Leahy wants to know who lied to Newt Gingrich, or is Newt now lying himself to protect members of the old boy GOP network. Unfortunately, it seems to be a fair question to ask. If there is a game afoot, it wouldn't be the first time Newt Gingrich went to bat for Tom Reynolds, now a figure in the Scozzafava nomination. Read the whole thing. More at TCOT Report: Who...
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Daniel Henninger of the Wall Street Journal approaches the gargantuan bureaucracy that Obamacare would bring from a fresh perspective: "In a world defined by nearly 100,000 iPhone apps, a world of seemingly limitless, self-defined choice, the Democrats are pushing the biggest, fattest, one-size-fits all legislation since 1965. And they brag this will complete the dream Franklin D. Roosevelt had...
Weapons of Mass Discussion (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The Dems are always looking backward when the rest of the world is looking forward. For example, they are still carrying on as if there are separate restrooms for blacks and whites, that lynchings are an everyday occurrence and everyone who happens to be white has an inner klansman growing inside them. They do not see the truly postracial world that elected a black President, however much he lied his...
Saintknowitall (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
From patriotpost.us Last week, however, three leading Democrats in Congress were asked during news conferences to cite the constitutional authority for their healthcare proposals. To a one, they responded with answers that betrayed unmitigated arrogance and a disdain for our Constitution second to none in our nation's noble history. "Are you serious? Are you serious?" replied House Speaker...
The Virginian (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
When you think of new and hip and agile and smart, do you think of "medicare for all" or "health care reform?" is Barack Obama, who campaigned on being smart and innovative, a political troglodyte promising to bring back those great old days of the 1930s? Daniel Henninger ... In a world defined by nearly 100,000 iPhone apps, a world of seemingly limitless, self-defined choice, the...
Political Byline (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
The saga of the NY-23 election race continues. Seems that there has been some interesting stuff uncovered by some very enterprising reporters. Michael Patrick Leahy over at the TCOT Report writes about some interesting information about how this Liberal-lite candidate was chosen. Dan Riehl also has some interesting information as well. Dan is also making some [...]
The Snooper Report (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Dan Riehl has the exclusive but here's just a tad: [...] A known, well-placed NY Republican source with no dog in this fight reached out to provide the full story behind the nomination of Dede Scozzafava in NY - 23. Unfortunately, I'm forced to contradict a previous post where I blamed it on the local GOP, while encouraging conservatives to become more involved - as I would still do. Also, to be clear,...
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