Wente: AIG is Obama's Exploding Cigar

March 18, 2009

AIG is the cigar that keeps exploding in Barack Obama’s face. The giant insurance wreck is effectively owned by U.S. taxpayers, who’ve already bailed it out four times, to the tune of $170-billion (U.S.). Now they’ve discovered they’re on the hook for $170-million in “retention bonuses,” payable to the very idiots who crashed the company […]

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New Deal for Blackwater Bucks Decision by Iraq

March 18, 2009

Days after the Baghdad government decided it no longer wanted the company then known as Blackwater in Iraq, the State Department signed a $22.2 million deal in February to keep the embattled contractor working there through most of the summer, contract records show.

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Rasmussen: Six Point Shift in Party ID Numbers

March 18, 2009

Hey, what do you call a six point shift in the partisan identification numbers?

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Playing Politics with Health Science? Scientists try to Shut Down Alt Medicine

March 18, 2009

The impending national discussion about broadening access to health care, improving medical practice and saving money is giving a group of scientists an opening to make a once-unthinkable proposal: Shut down the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.

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Obama Brings Boom Times for Lobbyists

March 18, 2009

Early numbers suggest that the first quarter of 2009 has seen lobbying in the nation’s capital spike by nearly 22 percent over last year, which would be the largest ever increase in lobbying activity — and a strong indication that President Barack Obama has helped usher in a Golden Era for K Street.

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NBA Coach Tells Player: No Halftime Tweets

March 18, 2009

Bucks coach tells forward Charlie Villanueva to shut down halftime tweets. Offensive statement in part: “We’re playing the Celtics, tie ball game at da half. Coach wants more toughness. I gotta step up.” Villanueva finished with a team-high 19 points in the win. Get ready for a boring morning on ESPN.

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Why the Right Should Shoot for Upscale Voters

March 18, 2009

Michael Barone breaks down the numbers behind a valid idea from David Frum of the New Majority, essentially arguing “there are more votes available to Republicans from a “go upscale” strategy than from a “go downscale” strategy” because of demographic factors among lower class whites. The debate goes on.

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With Republican Friends Like These…

March 18, 2009

Kyle Smith outlines his views with gusto for the benefit of media bookers. “I’m a conservative who believes that other conservatives are fat, drug-stuffed, money-grubbing warthogs like Rush Limbaugh, or scary inbred backwoods retards like Sarah Palin. So can I please be your go-to guy whenever you need a conservative viewpoint?”

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Obama Defends Tackling Multiple Problems

March 17, 2009

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama pushed back Tuesday against criticism that he’s trying to take on too many issues at once, defending a $3.6 trillion budget that seeks to shore up the economy while also overhauling health care, energy and education.

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Amid AIG Furor, Dodd Tries to Undo Bonus Protections He Put In Legislation

March 17, 2009

Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) on Monday night floated the idea of taxing American International Group (AIG: 0.924, 0.1439, 18.45%) bonus recipients so the government could recoup some or all of the $450 million the company is paying to employees in its financial products unit. Within hours, the idea spread to both houses of Congress, with […]

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