Pew: More Now Trust GOP to Deal with Rising Deficit
Pew Research released a new analysis showing increasing concern among Americans about the federal budget deficit in the past six months. Those citing red ink as the “most important problem” reached the highest level in twenty years and nearly doubled, (from 6% in August of 2009 to 11% in January [...]
Time Running out Jobless benefits for many may wind down unless … - Courier-Journal
Kentuckians and Hoosiers who have been out of work longer than six months might soon lose the extraordinary amount of unemployment aid made available during the recession. Unless Congress acts when it returns this week, the federal programs that have …
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Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) says Democrats have yet to create a single private-sector job
You can now include retiring Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) among the 94% of Americans that do not believe the Porkulus spending bill created any private sector jobs. (Video at the link.)
“[I]f I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created [...]
What the GOP needs to know about that Obama/House GOP Health Care Conference
Obama says he wants to sit down with Republicans at his guest house in front of TV cameras and discuss the proposals the GOP has had all along that he pretends he knew nothing about, but as Kavon Nikrad points out, all one needs to know about Obama’s invitation can be
learned from Return of [...]
The White House’s Commitment to Combating Violence Against Women
For six months now, I have held the first-ever White House position dedicated to combating violence and sexual assault against women and continuing the important work of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Every morning when I’ve walked into the White House, I’ve brought with me the stories of the many survivors I have worked [...]
Gallup Sets Obamic Baseline on Afghanistan
Gallup just released the polling numbers on Barack “Lucky Lefty” Obama’s Afghanistan policy; they polled from November 20th to 22nd, so this poll sets a perfect baseline for how the One’s policy speech last night, and his new policy itself, affect his approval on this issue.
We’ll check back in a week or so and see [...]
