tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78517963636568479962023-11-15T09:53:05.894-08:00Conservative Victory 2010a political blogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-26462481801644422202010-10-26T19:40:00.000-07:002010-10-26T19:40:36.862-07:00President Obama refers to his political opponents as "enemies"The man who was going to <a href="http://conservativevictory2010.blogspot.com/2010/07/president-obama-came-into-office-having.html">bring us all together</a> has now decided his political opponents are the enemy. He has difficulty using that word to describe terrorists who want to destroy our country, but he has no problem at all using it to describe anyone who disagrees with his policies. Here he is, in his own words via a <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/in-appeal-to-hispanics-obama-promises-to-push-immigration-reform/">New York Times</a> blog:<br />
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<i>“If Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, ‘We’re going to punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us,’ if they don’t see that kind of upsurge in voting in this election, then I think it’s going to be harder and that’s why I think it’s so important that people focus on voting on November 2.”</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-21859865433219205052010-10-16T19:40:00.000-07:002010-10-16T19:40:24.666-07:00While conservatives are energized, liberals are demoralizedAs the midterm elections draw near, President Obama and the Democrats are becoming more desperate than ever to find a winning message. They thought President Obama's health care reform would be popular, even while polls showed it was not. But they rammed it through anyway, and now most Democratic candidates are running away from it as a campaign issue.<br />
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President Obama and congressional Democrats spent the past two years running away from the issue that was really important to voters, which was and remains jobs. Instead they made their focus health care reform, and now they have nothing to run on. From Associated Press, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130610701">via NPR:</a><br />
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<i>Analysts in both parties say all major indicators tilt toward the Republicans. President Barack Obama's policies are widely unpopular. Congress, run by the Democrats, rates even lower. Fear and anger over unemployment and deep deficits are energizing conservative voters; liberals are demoralized.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-36131544018935503212010-09-20T20:05:00.000-07:002010-09-20T20:05:39.314-07:00Some Democratic candidates are distancing themselves from PelosiHow unpopular is Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House? She's so unpopular that some members of her own party are running campaign ads to state their opposition to her. She's so unpopular that one of her Democratic underlings is calling for her resignation, as reported by <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/19/AR2010091904585.html">Washington Post:</a><br />
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<i>More than a few Democrats have said they are wavering on supporting Pelosi as their leader next year. At least four House Democrats are running ads stating their opposition to the speaker's agenda, and one Democrat running in Tennessee called for her resignation.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-1467721475866794752010-09-05T10:01:00.000-07:002010-09-05T10:01:30.454-07:00Gallup says Americans are showing a preference for new Republican candidatesA Gallup poll indicates Americans are intent on changing the makeup of Congress in the 2010 midterm elections, with 75% of the American people saying Congress would be improved if most incumbents are replaced with new members. And it's Republican newcomers who are the choice of a majority of Americans, according to <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/142880/Americans-Likely-Favor-GOP-Newcomers-Congress.aspx">Gallup:</a><br />
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<i>In a year when Americans are dissatisfied with the state of the nation and give relatively low ratings to the president and Congress, it is not politically beneficial to be either an incumbent or a member of the ruling party. That is reflected in Americans' preference for a Republican newcomer over other types of candidates they may have a chance to vote for in this fall's midterm congressional elections.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-22473828108101907602010-08-27T22:44:00.000-07:002010-08-27T22:44:03.860-07:00Some Democrats want to extend the Bush tax cutsPresident Obama has vowed to let the Bush tax cuts expire at the end of the year. The President promised to focus on creating jobs, but he spent the first year of his presidency working on ramming the health care bill throgh Congress. Now, with the economy continuing to sputter along, raising taxes would make a bad jobs situation even worse than it already is. Because of this, some Democrats are starting to talk about extending the Bush tax cuts, as reported by the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/26/AR2010082606788.html">Washington Post:</a><br />
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<i>With the economy rapidly weakening, some senior Democrats are having second thoughts about raising taxes on the nation's wealthiest families and are pressing party leaders to consider extending the full array of Bush administration tax cuts, at least through next year.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-27289703894773511342010-08-18T21:19:00.000-07:002010-08-18T21:19:10.640-07:00Speaker Pelosi wants to investigate the 9/11 familiesSurvivors of people who were killed by terrorists at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and on Flight 93, have made their opposition to the Ground Zero Mosque well known. Now Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has called for an investigation of anyone who opposes the building of a Ground Zero Mosque. This is just another example of Democratic leadership finding itself out of step with a majority of the American people. If the Speaker is serious about investigating people who disagree with her, such as 9/11 families, she needs to be replaced immediately.<br />
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Here she is, in her own words, via the <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/08/nancy-pelosi-wheres-mosque-opp.html">Washington Post:</a><br />
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<i>"There is no question that there is a concerted effort to make this a political issue by some," said Pelosi, "and I join those who have called for looking into how is this opposition to the mosque being funded? How is this being ginned up?"</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-5751551402364653882010-08-10T06:25:00.000-07:002010-08-10T06:25:13.403-07:00The First Lady's overseas vacation is not playing well at homeThe first lady decided to take her daughters and entourage to Spain. She could just as easily have vacationed somewhere here at home, which would have helped our own economy at a time when many Americans are struggling. <br />
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Kirsten Powers, who is not a conservative, wrote about this in the <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/foolish_trip_U9ovxbpefIXEOlmbzshMRL">New York Post:</a><br />
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<i>The first lady's well-publicized, expensive vacation in southern Spain last week was a PR gift to her husband's opposition.<br />
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After all, we're in the middle of a major recession, with many Americans suffering terribly. President Obama himself, in discussing American economic woes with George Stephanopolous in January, said, "Everybody's going to have to [sacrifice]. Everybody's going to have to have some skin in the game."<br />
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"Sacrifice for thee but not for me" is not a great campaign slogan.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-67521491165392241742010-08-06T17:20:00.000-07:002010-08-06T17:28:23.119-07:00Many Democratic Congressional candidates want the President to stay away from their campaignsAs the President's job approval numbers continue to nosedive, Democratic congressional candidates continue to <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/7922959/Barack-Obama-offers-to-stay-away-from-mid-term-campaign-trail.html">distance themselves</a> from him. President Obama has been pushing policies that are just not popular with a majority of the American people. Independent voters are abandoning him, which is bad news for Democratic congressional candidates. Meanwhile, conservative voters are highly energized for the 2010 midterm elections, as reported by Michael Gerson in the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/05/AR2010080505119.html">Washington Post:</a><br />
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<i>Independents have fled the Obama coalition, largely out of concern about debt, deficits and spending. Intensity is all on the Republican and conservative side. A recent Gallup poll found that the percentage of Republican voters who say they are "very enthusiastic" about voting in 2010 is twice the percentage of Democrats who say the same (44 percent to 22 percent). President Obama's job approval rating now flirts with 40 percent, with solid majorities disapproving of his handling of the economy, deficits and health care.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-39876193163595242062010-07-28T19:07:00.001-07:002010-07-30T16:31:02.002-07:00Rather than being a unifier, the President is a dividerPresident Obama came into office having campaigned on promises to end the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/06/AR2008010602402.html">political</a> and <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/18/AR2008031803486.html">racial</a> divides in this country. He said he would bring us all together, but the reality of his governance is that he is further dividing us.<br />
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Two Democratic pollsters, Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen, wrote an article for the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703700904575391553798363586.html">Wall Street Journal</a> that expresses their disappointment with the President:<br />
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<i>Rather than being a unifier, Mr. Obama has divided America on the basis of race, class and partisanship. Moreover, his cynical approach to governance has encouraged his allies to pursue a similar strategy of racially divisive politics on his behalf.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-53336582814618979882010-07-19T18:11:00.000-07:002010-07-19T18:11:27.923-07:00First the President said mandated health care wasn't a tax, now he says it's a taxLast year, President Obama argued with television host George Stephanopoulos that forcing Americans to buy health insurance wasn't a tax. Stephanopoulos brought out the dictionary to show the President the correct definition of the word tax, and the President still insisted his mandated health care wasn't a tax. Now he's changed his mind, as he's done on any number of issues. From the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/health/policy/18health.html">New York Times:</a><br />
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<i>When Congress required most Americans to obtain health insurance or pay a penalty, Democrats denied that they were creating a new tax. But in court, the Obama administration and its allies now defend the requirement as an exercise of the government’s “power to lay and collect taxes.”</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-34516293251582249442010-07-11T12:04:00.000-07:002010-07-11T12:04:29.581-07:00Independent voters turning away from ObamaThe President's popularity among independent voters is gone. He needed independent voters to get elected, and he won them over with his campaign of moderation. But his actual governance is causing independents to abandon him. This is just one more factor working against the Democrats as the 2010 midterm elections loom on the horizon. <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/141131/obama-job-approval-rating-down-among-independents.aspx">Gallup</a> has more:<br />
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<i>Over the past year, Obama has lost support among all party groups, though the decline has been steeper among independents than among Republicans or Democrats. Today's 38% approval rating among independents is 18 percentage points lower than the 56% found July 6-12, 2009. During the same period, his support has fallen nine points among Democrats (from 90% to 81%) and eight points among Republicans (from 20% to 12%).</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-71430075770889933592010-07-06T20:57:00.000-07:002010-07-06T20:57:57.256-07:00Polls continue to show most Americans support ArizonaAs the Obama administration files a lawsuit challenging Arizona's immigration law, the President is once again governing against the will of the people. But he doesn't seem to care, as his own personal job approval polling numbers are on a steady <a href="http://conservativevictory2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/on-presidents-job-performance-more.html">slide downward.</a> <br />
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Here's some polling information on the Arizona law, via <br />
<a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/06/recent-polls-majority-support-arizona-law/">CNN:</a><br />
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<i>According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey conducted in May, 57 percent of the public favored the measure, with 37 percent opposed. Since then, national polls by Quinnipiac University (51-31 percent in favor), ABC News/Washington Post (58-41 percent in favor) and Fox News/Opinion Dynamics (52-27 percent in favor) also indicate that a majority back the new law.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-35671554530320868632010-06-30T19:56:00.000-07:002010-06-30T19:56:58.794-07:00Our open borders President fails to keep his promise to Arizona's GovernorWhen Arizona Governor Jan Brewer met with President Obama in the Oval Office, he promised he or a member of his staff would get back to her within two weeks to discuss her concerns about our broken border with Mexico. So far the only thing she's heard is that the President's Department of Justice is contemplating a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/19/us/politics/19arizona.html">lawsuit</a> over Arizona's new immigration law. <br />
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Now Governor Brewer has gone on the air with a campaign ad that speaks directly to President Obama, via the <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/06/30/2010-06-30_arizona_gov_jan_brewer_to_president_obama_do_your_job.html">New York Daily News:</a><br />
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<i>"Washington is broken Mr. President," the governor says. "Do your job. Secure our borders."</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-31302269154542372032010-06-27T18:54:00.000-07:002010-06-27T18:54:05.313-07:00Harry Reid's son drops the family name from his campaignThe son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is running for governor of Nevada, and it seems he's not very proud of his last name. He wants only to be known as Rory, as his own <a href="http://rory2010.com/en/rory">website</a> confirms by making no mention of his last name. Now Rory has introduced a campaign ad that also leaves out his last name, as reported by <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/governor-races/105011-harry-reids-son-leaves-last-name-out-of-first-campaign-ad">The Hill:</a><br />
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<i>Nevada gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid (D) is on the air with his first campaign ad and it's missing one thing: his last name.<br />
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Reid, the son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), doesn't say his name at any point during the ad, but it prominently features his campaign logo, "Rory 2010."</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-28563434167696370402010-06-26T07:36:00.000-07:002010-06-26T07:36:50.581-07:00On the President's job performance, more Americans now disapprove than approvePresident Obama's job approval numbers continue to slide. His <br />
<a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/steffy/7043272.html">refusal</a> to allow foreign countries to help with the BP oil spill is just one factor as polls show a growing number of Americans disapprove of his job performance. Now we have an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll that shows more Americans actually do disapprove of his job performance than approve, via <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37881749/ns/politics-white_house/">MSNBC:</a><br />
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<i>For the first time in the survey, more disapprove of his job performance than approve; for the first time in his presidency, more than 60 percent believe the country is on the wrong track; and as he relieves Gen. Stanley McChrystal of his command in Afghanistan, Obama’s scores on being able to handle a crisis and on being decisive have plummeted since last year.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-52043786250976088922010-06-22T20:08:00.000-07:002010-06-22T20:08:11.114-07:00The President declares war on -- ArizonaThe Obama administration is planning to sue the State of Arizona over its new immigration law. The announcement was made by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as she visited Ecuador. Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona learned of the announcement via an interview Hillary gave to Ecuadorian television. <br />
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It's amazing that in the midst of the Gulf oil spill crises, President Obama plans to focus on defeating Arizona's new law. He has no intention of securing the border, but instead he'll harass a state that wants to do something about it. Here's Byron York in the <a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Amid-crises_-Obama-declares-war----on-Arizona-96839529.html">Washington Examiner:</a><br />
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<i>The president has stiffed Gov. Jan Brewer's call for meaningful assistance in efforts to secure the border. And the White House has accused Arizona's junior senator, Republican Jon Kyl, of lying about an Oval Office discussion with the president over comprehensive immigration reform. Put them all together, and you have an ugly state of affairs that's getting uglier by the day.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-24217784770301691042010-06-16T20:45:00.000-07:002010-06-16T20:45:44.933-07:00The President's job approval rating hits a new lowPresident Obama's job approval number keeps dropping, while his disapproval number continues to climb. Even some of his former supporters are starting to turn on him. <a href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll">Rasmussen Reports</a> polls only likely voters, which gives yet another indication of the difficult challenge Democrats will face in the 2010 midterm elections:<br />
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<i>Overall, 42% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's performance. That’s the lowest level of approval yet recorded for this president. Fifty-seven percent (57%) now disapprove.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-54411998583994444182010-06-15T06:20:00.000-07:002010-06-15T06:20:43.514-07:00New poll is bad news for DemocratsThe poll chose 70 Congressional districts where the incumbent is not considered to be in a lock for reelection, and it's not good news for Democrats. The poll says Republican incumbents are more likely to be reelected than Democratic incumbents. This is just the latest indication of a potential conservative victory in November 2010!<br />
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From <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127845693
">NPR:</a><br />
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<i>These are this year's swing seats — the political terrain where the battle for control of the House of Representatives will be won or lost. In this battleground, voters are choosing Republicans over Democrats 49 percent to 41 percent.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-23355536056260571422010-06-12T08:55:00.000-07:002010-06-12T21:44:42.676-07:00Democrats set out to sell their health care bill, but it could backfire on themThe President and his political allies have embarked on a campaign to once again try to sell their unpopular health care bill to the public. Convinced that they just didn't do a good enough job selling it the first time around, they seem quite sure (again) that an unpopular bill will become popular if only sold properly. What they don't seem to understand is that the more a majority of the American people learned about the bill, the less they liked it. <br />
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So a politically tone-deaf Democratic Party will now go out and spend a lot of money trying to convince the people to like something they don't like. The 2010 midterm elections are already shaping up as a disaster for Democrats, but it could get even worse according to the <a href="http://newsok.com/obamacare-blitz-could-blow-back-on-sponsors/article/3467363?custom_click=headlines_widget">Oklahoman:</a><br />
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<i>The campaign could remind Americans why they were so upset with Washington earlier this year — with the spending and the arrogance that pushed Obama and his allies to forge ahead despite consistent public opposition to their plan. It could make every election in November turn on health care, realizing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's prediction back when Obamacare became law.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-56340654482697684092010-06-10T18:23:00.000-07:002010-06-10T18:23:07.621-07:00The President's hypocrisyIs it odd for a President to address a high school graduating class and advise them to take responsibility for their successes as well as failures? Only when he's the President who lays blame everywhere but with himself, as noted in the <a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Obama-falls-head-first-into-the-hypocrisy-trap-95980699.html">Washington Examiner:</a><br />
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<i>In a speech to high schoolers he said: "Don't make excuses. Take responsibility not just for your successes. Take responsibility where you fall short as well."<br />
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While still in Kalamazoo, Obama sat down with NBC's Matt Lauer for the journalistic equivalent of heavy petting and blamed everybody but himself.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-71113781453496048422010-06-09T20:27:00.000-07:002010-06-09T20:27:09.260-07:00The American public's concern with deficits and debt is growing rapidlyThe President's proposed deficit spending over the next decade is not sitting well with many Americans. Something needs to be done to stop this country's headlong run into bankruptcy. That's why it's important we elect real conservatives to Congress in the 2010 midterm elections. <br />
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William Galston, in the <a href="http://www.tnr.com/blog/william-galston/75390/the-us-not-too-big-fail">New Republic</a>, writes of the growing concern and what could happen if we don't get all this deficit spending under control:<br />
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<i>As several recent surveys make clear, concern about deficits and debt is rising sharply. An NBC/Wall Street Journal survey conducted in early May showed that the share of individuals rating “the deficit and government spending” as the top priority for the federal government to address has jumped since January from 13 to 20 percent — second only to job creation and economic growth.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-27189230687340016932010-06-08T16:58:00.000-07:002010-06-08T16:58:17.103-07:00Out of control government spendingThe Democratic Party is still trying to sell the American people on the unpopular health care bill the President and Congressional leaders rammed through Congress. But there's a problem. We can't afford it. <br />
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Despite the claim the health care bill is paid for, it is not. Only slick accounting tricks allowed the Democrats to say their health care bill would not be the cause additional government borrowing. Outside studies have concluded the health care bill will bring on additional debt. <br />
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Unfortunately, the bill for all that debt will come due someday, and a generation that had no say in any of this will have to pay it back. <br />
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Here's what <a href="http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/536549/201006071833/The-Doctor-Will-See-You-Later.aspx">Investor's Business Daily</a> has to say about it:<br />
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<i>What have the congressional Democrats who rammed through their health care overhaul been watching over the years as both hard and soft socialist governments have either collapsed, continued to bring misery or become unsustainable? Despite ample evidence that a welfare state cannot thrive, these lawmakers have forced on the country a "reform" that will load Americans with a burden they will not long be able to bear.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-62214423014166637912010-06-07T17:58:00.000-07:002010-06-07T17:58:54.677-07:00President Obama is not inspiring confidence in his ability to handle a crisisAs the White House stumbles along trying to figure out how to handle the oil spill crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, it's becoming increasingly clear that the President's lack of executive experience is having a major impact on his administration's inability to get something done. Juan Williams has some thoughts on this topic, via <a href="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/307911">Commentary Magazine:</a><br />
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<i>But when it comes to the crisis, when it comes to the gulf oil spill, the wars, the recession, they feel as if it’s being imposed upon them, rather than taking the helm. I think that’s what Americans are sensing right here. And I think it’s the source of their problem at the moment. Are you able to handle a crisis in a convincing way that inspires confidence? And so far, the president hasn’t done that.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-87338782483019615772010-06-06T07:11:00.000-07:002010-06-06T07:11:38.320-07:00Republicans will keep up the pressure on White House job offersCongressmen Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Darrell Issa (R-California) are planning to keep the pressure on the Democrats to look into the job offers made by the White House to two Senate candidates in Democratic primaries. Democratic candidates Andrew Romanoff of Colorado and Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania have both said they were offered jobs by the White House to get out of the primaries. <br />
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Both Smith and Issa have said they will use the tools available to them, as the ranking members of two Congressional committees, to force the Democrats to hold hearings on the issue. In the months leading up to the 2010 midterm elections, the Democrats will be hoping this issue goes away, as reported in the <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/house/101589-gop-still-has-tools-to-keep-heat-on-white-house-about-job-offers">Hill:</a><br />
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<i>The summer before a critical election, Democratic leaders and chairmen will likely prevent any committee action aimed at forcing cooperation from the Obama administration, but Issa and Smith have a number of parliamentary weapons at their disposal that could continue to fan the political fires over the growing controversy.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851796363656847996.post-55394782248744761352010-06-05T20:27:00.000-07:002010-06-05T20:27:47.938-07:00Chicago-style politics at the White HousePresident Obama promised his administration would be the most open and transparent in history. Remember the way he promised his health care negotiations with Congress would be on C-SPAN? Or that legislation would be posted on the internet for a few days before he signed it? <br />
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We've discovered his promises aren't worth much. Even people on the left are unhappy that he's broken some campaign pledges, such as his promise to close the Guantanamo detention facility. <br />
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Now we're finding out about job offers made to primary challengers, hoping to keep them from defeating the Democratic Party's favored incumbents. The Obama administration is not what Candidate Obama promised it would be, and Calvin Woodward of <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gI7Vep7CvVem44LqH8DKWpXgPDVQD9G5CH900">Associated Press</a> has something to say about it:<br />
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<i>Barack Obama, being from Chicago, knows there are two basic ways to play foul in politics.<br />
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One is to break the law.<br />
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The other is to keep it legal, if shadily close to the line. It may not stink to high heaven, but it smells a little.<br />
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In the 2008 campaign and after, Obama said he'd tolerate neither as president, and he set the bar high.<br />
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How's he doing now?<br />
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Well, it's not all smelling like roses on the political front.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com