Jobs picture worse than published - includes ‘temporary’ census jobs
In yet another case of “Obamadistortanomics”: Although Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid proudly crowed, “Only 36,000 lost their jobs today,” the real number is actually 51,000 jobs lost, because as RCM makes clear, the government counts 15,000 temporary workers hired by the Census as new jobs. But these jobs aren’t, in any meaningful sense, real [...]
ICYMI: SNL Mocks Obama, Pelosi, Reid and ‘Unpopular’ Healthcare Reform
Just in case you missed it, “Saturday Night Live” mocked the entire Democrat establishment last evening taking on President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), and healthcare reform (H/t - NewsBusters):
Transcript at NewsBusters.
SNL’s mocking of Obama, Reid, and Pelosi is indeed appropriate. According to the latest Rasmussen Reports national [...]
Pass the buck but keep the bucks coming
Critics of the Republican party are having a field day over a Republican National Committee fundraising document, obtained by Politico, that encourages operatives to use “fear” to solicit donations. In response to its own question, “What can you sell when you do not have the White House, the House, or the Senate?” the document [...]
Obama, Reid team up to tout mortgage aid, health plan - Austin American-Statesman
Washington Post
Obama, Reid team up to tout mortgage aid, health planAustin American-StatesmanPresident Barack Obama sought to give a needed lift to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's re-election chances on Friday, crediting the Nevada Democrat with …Obama says health care overhaul imperativeWashington PostObama Summit Raises Stakes in Health-Care RouletteWall Street JournalObama says Social Security not as [...]
President Obama Talks Housing, Jobs, and Leadership in Nevada
During his visit to a town hall in Henderson Nevada, President Obama announced new efforts to stabilize the housing market by buying vacant homes and converting them into affordable housing that will create jobs, help the housing crisis, and allow the local economy to grow. He also announced a $1.5 billion fund for housing finance agencies [...]
2010 and 1994, Cont.
Yesterday, I noted that the media are quickly catching on to the fact that there's a chance, however small, that Congress may change hands in November. This wasn't the case in 1994 — back then, folks didn't feel the first tremors of the coming political earthquake until the summertime, and those who did tended to [...]
