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In today’s Politico there was an article about the health-care bill then governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts signed into law 2005.  The bill has been called Obamacare light due to the similarities between the two.  The gist of the article was other Republican presidential contenders will use this bill to set themselves apart from the Mr. [...]

President Obama gave the economy of Washington a big boost this past week.  It was in the form of the 10,000 people who converged on the nation’s capital to attend the CPAC convention.  Restaurants and bars, especially near the hotel where the convention was held, were packed throughout the three-day event.  What they had in common was [...]

Republican Scott Brown’s defeat of Democrat Martha Coakley in the election to complete the Senate term of Senator Edward Kennedy is in many ways the fault of the late senator himself.  Granted, no one—including Mr. Kennedy—thought a Republican would gain the seat.  Yet as the old saying goes, there are no certainties in politics. Hindsight being [...]

The blog hotair.com links to a video from the Daily Show, which has host Jon Stewart criticizing the main stream media (MSM) for not uncovering the corruption in many ACORN offices.  (Just think of all real prostitutes and pimps who now are not going to get the proper help they need to evade taxes and import under-age girls [...]

The main argument made by Democrats for health care reform is there are anywhere from 35-50 million people without health insurance.  The Democrats insist the reason for this is insurance costs too much.  Mark Perry at Carpe Diem links to a video from Reason T.V. which punches holes in this argument. It seems to me [...]

The Labor Department said today second quarter productivity rose 6.4%.  That is certainly good news for the economy.  Economic growth and wealth creation comes when individuals produce more goods and services with the same amount of inputs.  As well, the higher than expected productivity numbers help ease some of the fears of higher inflation from [...]

In the past couple of months President Obama has repeatedly stated he does not want to nationalize health care.  He said his proposal of a federally run healt care plan would only compete with private insuance companies, not put them out of business.  Yet this Youtube video contradicts him (h/t to the Drudge Report for [...]

Last week BLS reported the unemployment rate rose to 9.5 percent in June–much higher than the Obama administration’s prediction at the time of passage of the stimulus plan.  I thought the purpose of the nearly $800 billion stimulus package was to prevent such unemployment numbers?  The website Instapundit links to a chart released by the Obama [...]

During the campagin then Senator Obama said he would not raise taxes on the middle class, saying that 95% of taxpayers would pay no new taxes.  Four months into his administration and he has broken his promise.  He did so by requiring car makers to raise the fuel-efficiency standards of all cars and trucks (about [...]

This past Friday I saw an interview on Fox News with Notre Dame’s valedictorian.  Her answers reminded me of the press people for presidential candidates who have a set of talking points they give interview after interview.  From the way she answered the questions it sounded like Notre Dame officials told her what to say.  When asked about [...]