Bret Baier Interviews Barack Obama
Fox News Channel's Bret Baier interviewed President Obama today. It wasn't what you'd call a friendly encounter. Baier, concerned that the president was filibustering, repeatedly interrupted the chief executive. Obama quickly grew frustrated. Before long, the look on his face suggested he was wondering why he agreed to the interview in the first place.
Obama stuck [...]
The Current Tally
Byron York’s sources say their best estimate is that there are now 204 votes for the government health care takeover bill, 209 votes against it, and 18 undecided. The good news, one could infer, is that the Republicans only have to carry seven of the 18 to block the bill, while the Democrats have [...]
Throw the Bums Out
Voters seem to be paying attention to the corrupt processes the Democrats are using to try to take control of the health care industries, and they don’t like them. I’m pretty sure that’s the explanation for Scott Rasmussen finding Republicans with a ten-point lead in the generic Congressional ballot, 45-35%. That’s the biggest [...]
Heritage Foundation: Obamacare Slaughter Rule is without Precedent
According to the Heritage Foundation, contrary to the left’s claim that because Republicans have done it in the past, then they can do the same - the Constitutional question is on the table and there is no direct precedent for the House to pass a reconciliation measure which deems a massive health care bill to [...]
The bottom line for Democrats who vote for the Slaughter rule
Ramesh Ponnuru cuts right to the chase in delivering the bottom line for the Democrats should they follow through with their plan to follow the Slaughter strategy; the American public will not be fooled and the Dems are essentially handing the Republicans their strategy for the 2010 elections:
Opponents of Obamacare have recently been talking about [...]
The Hill’s "Whip Count" on ObamaCare - GOP Picking Up Votes
In our last installment on Saturday, we were able to report the following:
The Hill newspaper is published daily in the nation’s capital while Congress is in session, which is unfortunately true right now. They’ve been publishing a daily (or so) whip-count; that is, the Democratic and Republican leaders tell the Hill how many votes [...]
