Do They Have the Votes?
Normally, one would assume that President Obama and Congressional Democratic leaders wouldn’t press forward toward Armageddon on health care unless they knew they had the votes. This time, however, I don’t think anyone knows whether they have the votes or not. Byron York is skeptical. In today’s column, he deals with the [...]
AG Eric Holder admits nine Obama Dept. of Justice officials worked for terrorist detainees, offers no details
As Pamela Geller quips over at Atlas Shrugs, we keep coming back to the same disturbing question, just whose side is the Obama administration on?
Byron York: Holder admits nine Obama Dept. of Justice officials worked for terrorist detainees, offers no details:
Attorney General Eric Holder says nine Obama appointees in the Justice Department have represented [...]
My son the terrorist’s lawyer
Byron York reports that nine Obama Justice Department appointees represented or advocated for terrorist detainees before joining the Justice Department. The admission comes in answer to a question posed last November by Republican Sen. Charles Grassley.
Holder did not disclose the names of the nine. Two are already known: Principal Deputy Solicitor [...]
A Shot Heard ‘Round the World?
Byron York reports that the “bottom has fallen out of” the Martha Coakley Senate campaign. In her own polling, she is now running, York, says, around five points behind. Both local and national Democrats are convinced that unless something dramatic shifts in the next four days, she will lose to Republican Scott Brown. [...]
Wheels Coming Off for Massachusetts Democrats?
Byron York traces the latest line of attack by Democrats in the Massachusetts Senate race. And it’s pretty weird:
Frantic over the possibility that a Democrat might lose the race to replace Sen. Ted Kennedy in Massachusetts, the Democratic National Committee has sent its top spinner, Hari Sevugan, to the aid of Democratic candidate Martha Coakley, [...]
White House On Broken C-Span Promise: ‘Forget About It!’
Byron York writes at The Examiner:
On Tuesday, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs declined to answer questions about the president’s campaign commitment to hold health-care negotiations on C-Span. Gibbs said he had not seen a letter from C-Span’s Brian Lamb to congressional leaders requesting the coverage and thus could not comment on it.
On Wednesday, Gibbs [...]
