Dec 8 2009

Re: Obama Administration’s Seizing of the Economy

Hugh Hewitt on “the EPA’s “Congress-and-people-be-damned” declaration on the regulation of greenhouse gases” and with it, “the arrival of another power grab by the president’s appointees and the agencies they control” (emphasis mine):
The only solution to this and all the other power grabs –GM, the banks, Obamacare– will be a wholesale forced retirement of Democrats [...]

Sep 9 2009

Barnes: Five Questions for Obama

For what it’s worth, I have five questions I’m looking for President Obama to answer in his health-care speech tonight. The idea is to determine if Obama is serious about moderate, preferably incremental reform the American public wants or is still seeking reform that delights Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and liberal interest groups.
1) Does he [...]

Aug 13 2009

State Health Care Plan: Traveling Eternity Road - on a One-Way Ticket

This is so stunning, I’m still not sure what to make of it.
Several states already have the equivalent of ObamaCare’s “government option;” one of those is Oregon.
Oregon is a blue state… in the last two decades, a very blue state:

The last time it went for the Republican in a presidential race was a quarter century [...]

Aug 11 2009

Getting it wrong with Congress

In the post below, I suggest that by next year at this time, President Obama’s audacious domestic agenda will have traumatized every congressional Democrat who depends on non-liberal voters for re-election. But Obama’s fearless left-liberal is not confined to domestic matters. Indeed, his hostility towards Israel is already unsettling congressional Democrats, including [...]