Bankers Face Tough Questions

February 11, 2009

It came the turn of the nation’s chief bankers Wednesday to go to the woodshed for the customary congressional public spanking in reaction to perceived anger by the American taxpayer.

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Unions Launch Attack Ads on Cantor, GOP Leaders

February 11, 2009

President Obama’s allies on the left, AFSCME and the labor-backed Americans United for Change, are ramping up with a massive advertising blitz containing the most direct and hard-hitting attack yet on specific GOP leaders, demanding that they get behind the recovery package and stop saying “No.”

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FL Obama Questioner Gets Announcer Job

February 11, 2009

It was quite a moment at the end of President Obama’s town hall meeting in Fort Myers, Fla., yesterday. As The News-Press writes, 19-year-old Julio Osegueda “rocketed from a Cape Coral teenager who flips burgers for $7.85 an hour at a McDonald’s to an instant celebrity of sorts.”

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Jindal to Give Faux-State of the Union Response

February 11, 2009

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Republican leader John Boehner today jointly announce that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal will give the response to President Obama’s budget message on February 24.

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Harkin: We Need Fairness Doctrine Now

February 11, 2009

Just this morning, I reported that Sen. Debbie Stabenow has backed off on the idea of holding hearings for radio accountability, something she discussed last week with liberal radio host Bill Press (leading to an uproar on conservative talk radio over the Fairness Doctrine).

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James L. Jones Fires Shot Across the Bow

February 11, 2009

The headline on this front-page story from Sunday’s Washington Post is: “Obama’s NSC Will Get New Power.” It might well instead have been “National Security Advisor Jones Cautions Other Cabinet Members That He Is In Charge.”

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StimPack Fun: $300M for Green Golf Carts

February 11, 2009

WASHINGTON – “Fore!” The federal government is preparing to spend millions to purchase a fleet of small electric vehicles that critics compare to golf carts.

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Biden Surprised by Plan's Criticism

February 11, 2009

Vice President Biden voiced surprise at the criticism some House liberals have voiced about the administration’s economic stimulus plan and said yesterday that he is holding out hope that the final version of the measure will attract support from “more than a handful of Senate Republicans and more than a couple dozen in the House.”

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Back to Mississippi: Favre Retires Again

February 11, 2009

Without the tearful public ceremony that accompanied his retirement announcement from the Green Bay Packers just 11 months ago, quarterback Brett Favre has instructed agent Bus Cook to inform the New York Jets Wednesday that he plans to retire.

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Malanga: Housing Won't Lead Us Out of Recession

February 11, 2009

Last week both Democrats and Republicans in Congress floated housing proposals which say a lot about how politicians misunderstand our country’s economic fundamentals. Republicans in the Senate backed an amendment to the federal stimulus package that calls for a government-subsidized, four percent mortgage rate designed to spur home purchases and hence bolster falling prices, which […]

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