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Obama: “Premiums will drop 3,000% with Obamacare”
President Obama today, in his infinite wisdom, stated explicitly that his health care reform plan would drop the amount paid by your employer in health care premiums by 3,000%. That’s [...]
ObamaCare spells certain doom for Democrats in 2010
At this point, we all know the public is solidly against ObamaCare as a majority. There are small aspects some voters like but by and large, all polls show solid [...]
Jim Bunning was right, deserves standing ovation
There are very few people in Washington willing to admit the obvious fact that the government has run out of taxpayer money and we need to stop spending. Kentucky Senator [...]
The Obamacare summit helps GOP, backfires on Obama
I can tell you right now, having seen what came out of Obama’s health care summit, none of it was good news or good publicity for Democrats. They looked irritated [...]
Obama proposes tax increases, calls it health care
President Obama’s newly introduced health care plan contains many of the already hated items from both the Senate and House versions previously debated. First and foremost, a slew of new [...]
Virginia joins Texas in challenging EPA’s power grab
Now standing with Texas and Alabama, the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Attorney General has filed suit with the Environmental Protection Agency challenging the classification of carbon dioxide as a “harmful gas”. [...]
Get Real…
Take a necessary idea that Obama ran on to get elected, make it real, affordable, and get it done now.
Idealism that the populist voted him into office with is essential. [...]
Obama Rebuked: Scott Brown (R) Wins “Kennedy” Seat
Make no mistake about it regardless of what any White House spokesperson, liberal strategist or elected Democrat official says, President Obama was officially rebuked in Massachusetts on Tuesday. The spin [...]
MA: Brown rises in polls, Obama stumps for Coakley
President Obama arrived in Massachusetts today to stump on behalf of flailing Senate hopeful Martha Coakley. The visit comes on the heels of Republican Scott Brown’s astounding rise in the [...]
Obama: One Year Later, It’s Still Bush’s Fault
This rhetoric is getting tired, old and fairly unwelcome from even the most staunch “leg-tingling” Obama sympathizers. The Associated Press just released a story recently raking Obama over the coals [...]
2010 Begins, Democratic Strategists Quietly Worry
As the winds of “change” blow in with 2010, hopes for a Republican reclamation of the House are growing ever higher and Democratic strategists are beginning to take notice. The [...]
Epiphany of Reality?
Much has been said and written about the President’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech. It was, to say the least, unexpected. Given the expressions on many of the Nobel Prize Committee’s [...]
Something For Everyone
The President’s speech last night is difficult to internalize. The reason may be that it had something for everyone, domestically. It had everything from the recognition of America’s role in [...]
Report: ObamaCare Could Top $6 Trillion Cost
Now that we’re all back after consuming copious amounts of turkey and stuffing, the issue of Obama’s national debt and the threat of socialist-style health care still loom large. The [...]
Reid’s ObamaCare bill: $127 billion in new taxes
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled his version of ObamaCare last night and will be formally impugning it on the public today around noon. Reid’s plan includes a government-run health [...]
Job Creation Booms in Fake Congressional Districts
The government that can’t even run Recovery.gov is the same government asking to be put in charge of health care. News reports are now gushing out of many sources about [...]
Report: ObamaCare would cut Medicare, raise costs
No surprise here considering what we already know about the Pelosi ObamaCare bill passed last week in the House. Medicare would be the first on the table when the knives [...]
Showtime For Eric Holder, KSM and The Boys
One can only hope that Attorney General Holder’s assurances that his review of the evidence will, in fact, convict KSM and his fellows. Mr. Holder, however, has a bit of [...]
Will Joe Lieberman derail ObamaCare in the Senate?
In a short answer: Yes, if it contains a public option which he says is just dead wrong for America. Luckily Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi seem hell bent on [...]
House Dems pass Obamacare, help GOP in 2010
Nancy Pelosi was able to scare up enough votes to narrowly pass her version of the Obamacare government takeover of the health care industry. The final vote in the House [...]
Obama’s stimulus plan: Unemployment hits 10.2%
Thanks to President Obama’s stimulus plan, which promised to keep unemployment below 8%, we’re now seeing unemployment hitting double-digits at 10.2%. This is despite the president’s promise that the billion [...]
Pelosi’s Obamacare: Pay up or pay fines, jail time
In a stunning example of the level of arrogance and disregard for personal liberty coming out of Washington today, more of the facts on Nancy Pelosi’s version of Obamacare are [...]
Thousands rally on Capitol Hill for health care freedom
Thousands gathered on the steps of the US Capitol building today to state their opposition to Nancy Pelosi’s government-run health care bill which may be voted on as early as [...]
Video: CBS News calls Obama’s job report “next to useless”
You know you’ve lost credibility when even CBS News is calling your claims “useless” and saying other harsh, yet truthful things. At this point, we all know Obama’s stimulus plan [...]
Pelosi unveils plan for new taxes, worse health care
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today unveiled her version of a government-run insurance program filled with numerous tax increases and mandates on individuals and businesses. Essentially an altered version of H.R. [...]
Obama’s attempt at Fox News blackout fails, miserably
The White House is becoming increasingly Nixonian with tactics which amount to something resembling an enemies list, seeming to consist of Rush Limbaugh, Fox News and now the United States [...]
Obama’s stimulus: 49 states lose jobs since February
I hate to say I told you so regarding the abysmal failure of President Obama’s “stimulus” plan, but I freakin’ told you so! Since February of 2009, 49 states including [...]
Democrats losing big ground to GOP on every issue
With the constant media blitz from the Obama campaign and the endless brainpower coming from Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, you might think public support on key issues was growing [...]
Dishonest Dems battle each other over health care
It seems to be that the ones “standing in the way of reform,” to quote President Obama, reside in his own party at this point. The daggers have come out [...]
Dems pass cost-raising health plan in committee
Today, with the help of liberal Maine Republican Senator Olympia Snowe, Democrats were able to push some kind of cost-increasing health care legislation out of the Senate Finance Committee and [...]
Obama accomplishes nothing, wins Nobel Prize
As one prominent conservative talk radio giant put it today, President Obama has now become the first post-accomplishment president meaning he will be given accolades and awards while having achieved [...]
Candidate Obama vs President Obama on Afghanistan
Not surprisingly, the statements from then-candidate Obama were very different from President Obama’s actions regarding the war in Afghanistan. At this point, 9 months into his first term, Obama has [...]
Obama quietly pushing hard for government-option
Publicly the White House has been downplaying the importance of the public government-run insurance option arguing it is not the “entirety” of health care reform. However, new revelations now show [...]
Obama’s recovery continues, unemployment hits 9.8%
President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment act helped push unemployment to 9.8% in September according to the numbers released today. Once again, Americans are finding out that when the government [...]
How low can Obamacare support go? Lowest yet!
After months of press conferences, TV appearances and addresses to congress from President Obama, support for his version, whatever that may be this week, of government-run health care continues to [...]
Nearly a million march on Washington defending liberty
Over the weekend on Saturday around a million freedom-loving Americans descended on Washington, DC to oppose bigger government, higher taxes and President Obama’s liberal political agenda. The estimates of the [...]
Obama shifting burden to “the backs of our children”
President Obama has now requested that the Senate raise the debt cap beyond $12 trillion, something he specifically voted against doing in 2006 as he chided President Bush for exploding [...]
Federal insurance mandates are unconstitutional
One very controversial aspect of HR3200, the Obamacare legislation currently being debated in House committee, is a mandate on buying insurance, either the government option or private insurance. With the [...]
America wins loses, Obama may won’t drop “public option”
Update: White House now sending mixed signals and Speaker Pelosi has signaled she will not take the public option out of the bill. See story update.
Dems cracking to public outrage, talk of concessions
It appears that there are numerous chinks in the armor surrounding the Obamacare plan and the “public insurance” option embedded in it. Simple questions from the public exposing the audacity [...]
The “angry mob” of concerned Americans rages on
The “angry mob,” as it has now been coined by the Democratic National Committee, is not a “mob” at all. It is merely enough Americans who are sick and tired [...]
Obama’s press conference bombs, no vote before Aug
It appears as though President Obama’s prime-time press conference Wednesday night was a complete and total bust. Today it was signaled by both the majority leader in the Senate and [...]
Obama Admits He’s “Not Familiar” With House Bill
President Obama today admitted that while he as actively pushing for immediate passage of the socialized health care bill put forth by congressional Democrats, he is “not familiar” with all [...]
Public confidence erodes on Obamacare
Dick Morris stated months ago that President Obama was on the “down escalator” of approval ratings and it looks like that is beginning to pan out. While he is personally [...]
CBO warns Dem proposal will raise costs, not lower
Not surprising that whenever the bureaucratic fools in Washington try to get involved in something, the costs will inevitably go up, not down. The latest sham of a proposal by [...]
House Dems introduce redistributive health care plan
Yesterday the House Democrats introduced a $1.5 trillion public health care plan riddled with new taxes and surtaxes on successful Americans aimed at redistributing their wealth, in the form of [...]
Obama hits milestone: First $1 trillion deficit ever
President Obama should be proud of the milestone reached by his administration today. Never before in the history of the United States have we had a $1 trillion budget deficit. [...]
National revolt brewing over “cap-and-trade” bill
Many small business owners around the country are sending their complaints loud and clear to capital hill when it comes to the cap-and-tax global warming legislation currently being debate in [...]
Obama admin begins downplaying stimulus job creation
Not surprising, after abysmal numbers keep coming despite President Obama’s promise that wasting $700 billion in taxpayer money on the first stimulus package would create or save millions of jobs. [...]
Obama adviser expresses desire for more “stimulus”
After the first few stimulus plans have been such abysmal failures, the some in the Obama administration and congress are now mulling over yet another stimulus package, one which would [...]
Supreme Court overturns Sotomayor’s Ricci decision
The Supreme Court of the United States dealt an embarrassing blow to the Obama administration and their Supreme Court nominee Justice Sonia Sotomayor today by overturning one of her lower [...]
Busted: NYT/CBS Poll Showing 72% Support Obamacare
In a brilliant illustration of how to skew poll results any which way you want, the recent New York Times/CBS News poll came out over the weekend claiming “72% support [...]
Obama finally condemns violence against Iran protesters
It took many days before any real words of condemnation came from the President concerning the courageous actions of the Iranian freedom fighters (read protesters) who are demonstrating against their [...]
Public confidence in “stimulus” dwindles over time
It’s no surprise, as unemployment continues to rise, that public confidence in wasteful government spending which promised to lower unemployment is waning as people realize that the government can’t solve [...]
Support for Obamacare now softer than in 1993
With the hysterical hype from the media and liberals in the government, you’d think that people were in the streets clamoring for government-run health care to fix our current system. [...]
Obama’s politically motivated firing of IG Gerald Walpin
Spin this one any way you like but the bottom line is that Inspector General Gerald Walpin was fired by President Obama because he was investigating wrongdoing by several Obama [...]
Biden inspires confidence: “Everyone guessed wrong”
Vice President Biden today admitted what most intelligent Americans already knew before the stimulus-palooza: That the White House experts were wrong in their “guesses” and that the government is good [...]
Stimulus plan actually hurting the housing market
Analysis from the Associated Press yesterday shows that the housing market is actually being negatively affected by stimulus spending geared toward doing the opposite: revitalizing the housing market.
The AP [...]
Examining the leaked Kennedy/Obama health plan
Over the past few days, a leaked draft of the Kennedy health care bill, duly named so that Republicans will fear opposing it, was posted online for some examination. The [...]
President Obama addresses the “Muslim world”
Politico reports:
CAIRO – In remarks being translated live for broadcasts and Webcasts in every major language, President Barack Obama said Thursday that the United States wants “common ground” and “a [...]
Obama’s tax changes will move jobs overseas
The rule of unintended consequences is something the Obama administration has never studied or perhaps has never even heard of. Business leaders are beginning to speak out against many of [...]
Obama reverses on taxing health care benefits
I saw this story and it immediately reminded me of the Presidential campaign and something then-Senator Obama chastised Senator McCain for yet now, for perfectly predictable reasons, is himself considering. [...]
Obama’s inevitable hypocrisy on Justice Sotomayor
Flashback a few years ago to the Justice Alito and Justice Roberts confirmation discussions and you’ll see where this is going. Seems that way back when, then-Senator Obama argued that [...]
Obama says socialized health care can’t wait for 2010
President Obama has issued a decree to his supporters stating that his proposed changes to socialize America’s health care industry absolutely have to happen this year or the opportunity will [...]
Obama playing politics with Chrysler dealers? (Update)
Some interesting stories have been popping up lately which you probably will not hear on the evening news since they do not fit into the media’s agenda of covering for [...]
Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee named (Update)
Sources are now confirming that President Obama’s first nominee to the Supreme Court, filling Justice Souter’s seat, will be U.S. Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
The AP reports on the preliminary [...]
Dire economic news continues, Obama does little
Despite continued evidence suggesting President Obama’s policies are hurting much more than they’re helping, with regard to the economy, the President is continuing down the same road of bailouts and [...]
Senate Votes to Block Funding for Gitmo Closure
Once again, politicians from President Obama’s own party have derailed his plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center by 2010. This time the opposition to the President’s radical plans [...]
Obama to announce an extra $1,300 per vehicle
The White House confirmed today that the President is seeking to increase fuel efficiency standards under one unified federal standard for vehicle gas mileage. As a result, it is estimated [...]
(Video) President Obama speaks at Notre Dame
President Obama delivered an address today at the University of Notre Dame while receiving an honorary law degree. Of course, this drew harsh criticism from many Catholics who were disgusted [...]
Obama opposes detainee abuse photo release
President Obama has now made it clear, after reversing his decision, that he will prevent detainee photos from being released on the grounds that it may harm national security and [...]
Obamacare “cost-benefit” analysis, are you worth it?
For all those in favor of turning health care over to our ultra-efficient, ultra-responsible federal government, you might want to take a minute to grasp exactly what this will mean [...]
Finally: White House admits higher budget deficit
The White House today finally admitted what the Congressional Budget Office already knew months ago, that the actual budget deficit will be around $1.85 trillion as opposed to the modest [...]
Obama Adds a Trillion to the Deficit, Cuts $17 Billion
The Obama administration released it’s whopping $3.4 trillion budget proposal today ushering in a new level of government growth and taxpayer obligations down the road. Of the $3.4 trillion, the [...]
(Video) The real victims of Hope and Change™
President Obama’s unwarranted decision to abruptly end the successful Washington, DC school voucher program has left many families scrambling to find ways to keep their kids from returning to failing [...]
House Democrats deny funding to close Gitmo
In yet another example of President Obama’s own party taking issue with his policies, congressional Democrats denied funding a request to close Guantanamo Bay as required by Obama’s executive order. [...]
Obama coverage more positive than Bush, Clinton (Upd)
No shock here as the media is as close as you can get to the official state-sponsored media arm of the Obama administration. However, to see the coverage from Pew [...]
Confirmed: Obama’s 150,000 jobs claim proven false
Not surprisingly, the claim made by the White House that Obama’s stimulus (porkulus) bill has already produced or saved 150,000 jobs is totally bogus.
This tidbit of reality comes from [...]
Schakowsky ecstatic about killing private health insurance
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, democrat from Illinois, was speaking to a group of socialized health care sympathizers when she admitted that one goal of Obama’s socialized health care plan would be [...]
Liberal-leaning Justice Souter to retire
This is news, but to me it isn’t really anything groundbreaking. Souter was a liberal on the court and, not surprisingly, Obama will replace him with another liberal, probably even [...]
(Video) Visual demonstration of Obama’s budget cuts
For those who find themselves unable to comprehend the minimalism of Obama’s $100 million budget cuts, here’s a visual representation which, I think, gets the point across that these are [...]
Fact checking President Obama’s first 100 days
President Obama made many claims during last night’s primetime press conference and his town hall meeting during the day which don’t exactly ring true with realty. The most egregious distortions, [...]
Obama’s first 100 days, first 100 mistakes (Update)
Today is officially the 100th day of Obama’s presidency and we’ve come a long way in terms of revealing just how inept Obama may be at actually leading.
The New [...]
100 days later and, surprisingly, challenges still exist
Coming up on Wednesday it will be 100 days since President Obama became the first socialist to lead America down the road of collectivism. However, I’m thinking something must be [...]
Will the Democrats force through socialized medicine?
The possibility now is becoming very real and very scary. Right now opposition to socialized medicine and Obama’s “universal health care” plan consists mainly of the Republican filibuster in the [...]
A lesson about government dependence
Do you remember back to The Messiah’s old fashioned revival meetings? The ones where countless supporters swooned over President Obama’s every word and begged for assistance?
I’m sure you’ll remember [...]
Congress creates contrived outrage over “torture”
Following the contrived outrage over the AIG bonus scandal, which many politicians knew about well in advance, the next phony outrage story is over alleged “torture” of terrorist prisoners by [...]
Obama wants judgment by intention, not results
The latest raging debate over the CIA’s mild interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, and whether they were constitutional following 9/11 is a perfect example of the liberal desire to be judged [...]
Obama reneges on promise to black farmers
Yet another item on the increasingly long list of President Obama’s broken campaign promises. Chalk this one up to lofty campaign trail rhetoric meeting the reality of Washington politics.
The [...]
Obama to cut 0.002857% of federal budget
In a comical move, President Obama has convened his cabinet chiefs to examine how they can cut $100 million out of the uber-trillion dollar budget. Just to put this in [...]
Obama drops the foreign policy ball, repeatedly
Continuing his “I’m sorry for America 2009 World Tour,” this time in South America, Obama has been a little too derelict in defending America while he was getting chummy with [...]
Great News: Obama gets chummy with Chavez
The long awaited meeting between The One and The Other One from Venezuela has finally occurred. Obama was able to shake hands in what appeared to be a pat to [...]
Is Obama to “cool” to be seen with Jesus?
First Notre Dame, now Georgetown. So what’s going on with Catholic Universities rolling over on their own values to host Lord Obama? Why aren’t the Bishops from these districts putting [...]
DHS report singles out vets as “right-wing extremists”
Update: DHS Secretary Janert Napolitano has finally apologized to vets for smearing them in a report on “right-wing extremists”.
Video: Don’t mess with Texas
Last week Texas Governor Rick Perry stood strong with several other Texas state legislators in support of a resolution re-asserting Texas sovereignty under the 10th Amendment of the United States [...]
Report: Obama only addressed soldiers who “voted for him”
First off, imagine if President Bush had ever pulled such a stunt. To load the room with only soldiers who admitted to voting for him before he addressed them. Well [...]
Video: Obama finally comments on pirates
Well, not comments per se, but explains his views on the issue and role in Sunday’s heroic rescue of Captain Phillips. This was a test less of his presidency but [...]
Obama, like Bush, asks for major wartime funding
The liberals in this country has been screaming for years about the cost of the War on Terror, namely the war in Iraq specifically. Well, as could be foreseen, President [...]
Report: Obama to Push “Immigration Reform” Bill
It appears that President Obama will be gearing up soon to begin calling for a form of soft amnesty wrapped in an immigration reform bill. I think you’ll recall in [...]
Expected: Double standard for Bush vs. Obama
Do we all remember back when the Saudi King visited President George W. Bush’s ranch a while ago down in Texas? We all remember the controversy over how “close” they [...]
Apologist-in-Chief Returns From European Vacation
President Obama will be returning soon from his “I’m Sorry For Bush 2009″ World Tour where he spent a good deal of time failing to meet two of his objectives [...]
North Korea defies condemnation, launches missile
Isn’t much of a surprise here that North Korea went ahead an launched their missile device thing, whatever it may be, not sure if anyone really knows. The United States [...]
Video: Obama’s full “arrogant” comment in France
While I don’t think Obama was speaking in the most diplomatic way possible, much of this comment has been taken out of context.
Therefore, in the interest of full disclosure, [...]
Congress quietly passes obscene Obama budget
Late last night it happened and you probably won’t hear much about it. Congress, both the House and Senate, passed Obama’s obscenely expanded budget for 2010. The vote split along [...]
SIDEBAR: Did the NYT withhold information?
Without comment, here’s an interesting development in the ACORN/Obama saga.
You decide.
Cavuto goes nuclear on “Pay for Performance” bill
This was classic Cavuto and I’m thankful someone like him is watching out for us, the taxpayers and wage earners in this country. The whole “capping pay” is so anti-American [...]
Obama’s regressive smoking tax goes into effect
Even the Associate with Obama Press has called him to the carpet on this issue. Despite candidate Obama’s pledge to only soak the rick when elected, he has expectantly gone [...]
General Motors CEO Resigns at Obama’s Behest (Update)
In a striking move today it appears that the current CEO of General Motors, Rick Wagoner, will step down at the request of President Obama.
The move seems to stem [...]
Celebrate Human Achievement Hour Tonight @ 8:30
Tonight at 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm in every time zone, there will be a hilarious gesture known as “Earth Hour” where millions of people prove that they’re susceptible to [...]
Obama Military Plan Gets a Reaction from the Left
In a bipartisan effort to present both sides – the left and the right – the highly visible anti-war group, CODEPINK, issued a press release today in response to President [...]
Late Donation from Bailed Out Bank Exec to Obama
From Fox News Friday:
A top executive of a Wall Street firm that had received federal bailout money was among the donors who contributed to President Obama’s 2010 Senate re-election campaign [...]
(UPDATE) April 1st Court Date Set for President’s Aunt
As you all may remember, President Obama’s Aunt, Zeituni Onyango, was exposed last year as an illegal alien and deportation fugitive. She had resided against court orders in the city [...]
President Obama Turns Focus from Economy to Afganistan
In a nationally telvised press conference this morning, President Obama outlined his strategy for sending 4,000 more troops to Afganistan, in addition to the 17,000 troops already dubbed for deployment.
If [...]
(2nd Update) Memo to Obama: Forced Giving Isn’t Actually “Giving”
One more item on the list of terrible Obama policies flying under the radar right now, the “GIVE” Act which is rather disturbing if you break it down. “GIVE” stands [...]
The Budget Battle Continues
In what appears to be the largest display of bipartisanship since the incoming President made his debut on Capitol Hill, both sides of the House and Senate are having real problems [...]
Obama Back in the Saddle Again
Doing what he does best, President Obama is returning to the campaign trail today, and not a moment too soon.
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama jumped with both feet into party politics [...]
Notre Dame Petitioning for “NoBama” at Commencement in May
Considering President Obama’s strongest supporters during the campaign came from the college sector, it’s surprising that one college has collected over 79.200 signatures asking that President Obama’s invitation to speak [...]
Obama Continues Socialist Agenda, Expands Powers
President Obama made a move recently to expand the powers of the Treasury Department in seizing firms beyond the limited scope of banks and financial institutions as was previously authorized. [...]
$1 Trillion Deficits Estimated For Next 10 Years
If we remember correctly, the Obama administration gave us some rosy estimates of the budget deficit which were still obscene, but not as obscene as the true estimates from the [...]
Obama Admits Responsibility for AIG Bonuses
After being accused by Sen. Dodd of being the reason the Dodd Amendment landed in the AIG bailout mess, President Obama admitted it. Just an hour before Sen. Dodd’s [...]
Obama’s “Climate Change” Plan Will Cost You
It’s a lie whenever Obama says that he’s only raising taxes on the wealthy and nobody else will be affected. The truth is that with all the programs and garbage [...]
Obama Quietly Rolling Back to Pre-9/11 Mindset
Using the current economic issues as a smokescreen, it appears the Obama administration is working hard behind the scenes to undo many of the measures put in place after the [...]
(Video) Glenn Beck Breaks Down AIG Bonus “Scandal”
Beck has a way of cutting through the bull like no one else. Here’s a good breakdown of what’s really going on here in the whole AIG bonus scandal. It’s [...]
Obama Plans to End Gov’t Military Health Coverage
Update: Video of Obama lying back in June 2008 when he said he would fully fund VA health care and said we owe the soldiers a “sacred trust,” just another on the list of Obama’s broken promises.
(Update II) Thousands Gather in Protest of Obama’s Socialism
In a growing trend all around the country, thousands of angry citizens are taking to the street in protest of President Obama’s out of control spending and march toward socialism. [...]
Thomas Sowell Sheds Light On Mortgage Bailouts
In a breath of fresh air I have heard from few people in Washington, Thomas Sowell takes the idea of mortgage bailouts to task by saying what every sane person [...]
(Update II) Government Fools Angry That They Screwed Up
Update: Senator Chris Dodd is personally to blame for the protected AIG bonuses and was the single largest recipient of $100k in AIG political donations.
The Honeymoon is Over – Bush More Popular
In the latest poll data from Rasmussen Reports, it would seem President Obama has a problem he’s never had before – his approval ratings have now fallen below the level [...]
Law-Breaking ACORN Cries Foul on Law Enforcement
Given ACORN’s criminal history of voter registration fraud and the more recent stories concerning their breaking-and-entering into foreclosed homes, it’s no surprise that they are now screaming bloody murder over [...]
Predictable: Government Hypocrisy on Private Jets
Just to recap on the story you probably did not hear in any of the Obama media outlets this week. Apparently a bunch of emails were obtained and released by [...]
Hit ’em Where It Counts….Poll Ratings
As conservatives and republicans, we need to start drafting a plan to take back our country. The problem is, we have at least 2 years before we can actually stop [...]
Why The Founders Would Want Obama to Fail
There is still a bunch of contrived controversy over El Rushbo’s comments concerning his desire to see Barack Obama’s terrible policies fail. In the mean time, an interesting tidbit has [...]
More Obama Supporters Jumping Ship
A wonderful article in Reuters, of all places, describing the chaos which is ensuing from President Obama’s atrocious economic policies and some of his supporters speaking out against them.
Reuters enlightens:
WASHINGTON [...]
The Intentional Obama Recession Has Arrived
Many have argued that poor President Obama inherited this economic mess from President Bush which is why the market is still dropping faster than Obama’s approval rating. However, one has [...]
President Teleprompter Can’t Speak His Mind
A lot of shock and awe has been made over President Obama’s ability grab audiences with his words while he woos them as a speaker. This was true on the [...]
Memo to Obama: Tax Cuts Work, Tax Hikes Don’t!
Someone needs to teach the President some proven history so perhaps we can avoid the disastrous road he’s driving us down. It’s as if President Obama is so arrogant that [...]
Cramer: Obama Causing “greatest wealth destruction”
CNBC’s Jim Cramer, hardly a right-wing ideologue by any stretch of the imagination, heavily criticized President Obama’s budget and spending proposals this morning on the Today Show. I think it’s [...]
Nearly 50 House Dems Preparing to Revolt
Not surprising to find out that 49 so-called “blue dog” Democrats in the House are preparing to start blocking some of President Obama’s socialist agenda. Also not surprising is that [...]
Examining America’s Growing Government Dependence
With President Obama’s lofty budget aspirations and clear desire to perpetuate and expand many American’s dependence on the government, I felt it was a good time to examine this by [...]
Obama Redefines Explosive Debt
For years now, and rightly so, many have criticized the Bush administration for obscene out of control spending at the federal level. Liberal democrats have spent many nights weeping over [...]
Obama Has Become A Walking Contradiction
It seems lately that every other word out of The One’s mouth has to do with fiscal discipline while the next word has to do with wasting trillions of your [...]
Congratulations, Now Pay Your $25,000 to Obama
President Obama’s enormous, pathetic excuse of a budget is estimated to cost each and every single United States taxpayer $25,573.48 down the road in repaying this garbage. So take that [...]
Nightclubbing in the White House
While the President lectures Americans today on living within our means, and taking responsibility for our own failures, he also says he “gets it”. He and his wife have tirelessly [...]
AG Holder Calls To Renew “Assault Weapon” Ban
So it begins, as we all expected it would. The new Attorney General, Eric Holder, famous for calling America a bunch of cowardly racists, is now calling for the mis-named [...]
Prominent Dems Questioning “The One’s” Socialism
A couple prominent Democrats have now publicly split with President Government over the size and scope of the administration’s continued march toward federal control of everything.
First, the former Klansman [...]
New Dreams and Words, or Old ones?
It would seem that, while Mr. Obama’s speech sounded as good as any for a pep rally last night, his facts are not so much facts as they are a wish list of dreams that [...]
Facts, Stocks Casualties of Obama’s Speech (Update)
As is to be expected now, as it’s been since October of 2008, whenever President Obama opens his mouth, the stock market never reacts too kindly with his doom and [...]
Obama’s “Strong” Approval Not Above Average
We keep hearing from the Obama loyalists that his approval numbers are “strong” and they indicate wide support for all his policies and socialism. The only problem with that statement [...]
The Fiscal Responsibility Summit
Dana Milbrook, of the the Washington Post, gave a good, detailed account of the President’s Fiscal Responsibility Summit today, and it’s well worth the read. Since I could find no [...]
Third Time’s a Charm? Obama’s new pick for SOC
With two failed picks for commerce secretary behind him, White House officials say that former Washington Gov. Gary Locke will be President Obama’s next choice to be hoisted out to the [...]
Fox Biz Piles on ACORN’s Breaking and Entering
Stuart Varney of the Fox Business Network took on one of the ACORN ring leaders over their foreclosure break-in activities and the resulting video is priceless.
Behold:
Notice how it’s never the [...]
Santelli Responds to Gibbs’ Challenge, Wins
By now you must have heard/seen CNBC reporter Rick Santelli’s rant against the Obama mortgage/socialist bailout plan that happened last week. If not, check this link first to watch the [...]
Obama’s Tax Hikes Begin, Are You Included?
In the most predictable move ever, President Obama has now signaled that he will indeed be raising taxes on the “wealthy” and businesses. This makes perfect sense, of course, because [...]
Obama Threatens Federal and Local Government Agencies
Even though a large portion of America believes that President Obama is the instigator of wasting taxpayers dollars in pushing through the new stimulus/spending plan, he is quick today to [...]
Obama Housing Bailout Copycat of McCain Proposal?
Back on the campaign trail, John McCain had a proposal for the mortgage crisis:
“I would order the Secretary of the Treasury to immediately buy up the bad home loan mortgages [...]
Obama Working Swiftly to Expand Welfare State
In less than a month since historically being elected our first socialist President, Barack Obama is moving quickly to radically change the American economy and create government dependence up and [...]
New Attorney General Sets Platform of Race Baiting
The newly appointed Attorney General Eric Holder is wasting no time in proving that he is indeed better than all of us when it comes to race relations. Calling America [...]
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – UPDATED
THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR DEBATE
Job Creations for Main Stream Media with Obama
Barack Obama’s promise of saving and creating jobs has begun very close to home – in his own administration. And those jobs seem to lean heavily in the favor of [...]
Obama Halts Catastrophe By Doing Nothing ‘Till Tuesday
Or perhaps the President simply forgot that last week he told us all that the sky would indeed fall if the porkulus bill wasn’t passed and immediately signed into law. [...]
Porkulus Bill Passes, Here’s a Vote Breakdown (Update)
As we all knew was imminent, the porkulus bill has passed the House and the Senate which means it’s currently on it’s way to President Obama’s desk where he will [...]
The Stimulus Saga Continues – Media Checks in
As the Stimulus/spending plan is being readied for a vote, major networks are already analyzing, critiquing, and predicting.
Here are a few selections across the spectrum, beginning with Sam Donaldson on [...]
Rush: Our Time Will Come, Liberals
This audio caught my ear yesterday day and I had to share. Take it as a pep talk to all of us who aren’t sitting around welcoming the oncoming socialist [...]
Judd Gregg Realizes What Everyone Else Knows
It was announced today that Republican Senator Judd Gregg, of New Hampshire, withdrew his name for consideration to the position of Commerce Secretary citing what everyone else already knows: That [...]
Newspaper Bailouts May Merge Media and Government
So much for the “objective” media. Whatever shred of dignity which was left will surely be diminished if media companies also begin begging for their share of the pork pie. [...]
Obama Vows “No Earmarks” in Porkulus (Updated)
I say laughable especially given the fact that we know the bill is loaded beyond comprehension with pork projects of spending untold amounts on museums, parks, global warming research and [...]
Lord Obama Heals the Sick, Helps the Needy
This is getting ridiculous, some people see this man as God and it’s a little sickening. To see the amount of people who get teary eyed and fall to pieces [...]
Presser Takes Questions From Liberal Supporters
Nothing like stacking the deck when you need to sell the American people on the idea of socialism. In Monday’s prime time press conference, it seems that President Obama went [...]
Daschle Health Care Controls Hidden in Porkulus Bill
Another shocker about the crap sandwich known as Obama’s “economic recovery plan” legislation came out today. Really not a shock at all, more vindication of what everyone knows: That this [...]
Shock: Obama Admin Playing Politics With 2010 Census
Or perhaps the least shocking thing you’ll ever read. New reports coming out about the Obama administration’s brazen effort to turn the 2010 census from mere data collection into a [...]
Obama selling stimulus, forgets war on terror
While President Obama is on a nationwide tour trying to sell his massive spending/entitlement program to the American people, some are now pointing out the fact that in the past [...]
President Obama argues in favor of porkulus, fails
President Obama delivered his weekly radio address attempting to persuade Americans that the best way to get out of an economic crisis caused by irresponsible spending is to proceed cautiously [...]
Mother of USS Cole victim chides President Obama
Call it a little buyer’s remorse but here is one Obama voter who is none too pleased with her new Commander in Chief. Her son was killed in the bombing [...]
Pres-elect Obama unveils lofty economic plan
President-elect Obama on Saturday unveiled a new economic plan which involves rebuilding American infrastructure while simultaneously creating jobs for thousands around the country. Of course, these sorts of things always [...]
Obama continues appointments, Richardson scores
President-elect Obama has continued naming his political appointees and filling his cabinet with many familiar names including Hillary Clinton and now Bill Richardson. So far, maybe surprisingly, most of the [...]
Video: Obama on 60 Minutes, meeting with McCain
President-elect Obama gave his first lengthy post-victory interview last night with 60 Minutes. Many topics were covered including the war on terror, al-Qaeda and of course, the current economic bailout [...]
President-elect Obama reaches out to political rivals
President-elect Obama did make many hints during his campaign that he would be open to at least taking advice from his political rivals on key issues. Recent signals indidcate he [...]
Ex-Lobbyists Have Key Obama Roles
It didn’t take long but President-elect Obama hasn’t been able to keep the lobbyists out of his transition team as previously promised. The Washington Post is reporting on several key [...]
As the transition turns, relations grow sour?
Seeming to be the day after President-elect Obama met with President Bush at the White House, the relationship between the two men has become a bit contention over leaks originating [...]
President-elect Obama meets with President Bush
The first official meeting between President-elect Obama and President Bush happened today at the White House. In a testament to the greatness of our democracy and freedom, pictures of the [...]
Obama Voters Made the Difference for Prop 8
In one of the most heated political campaigns on November 4, California’s Proposition 8 passed, overturning the recent California Supreme Court decision, which had allowed same-sex marriages in the state. [...]
Obama Set to Reverse Bush Policies
With the election over and President-elect Obama setting up his transition administration, particular agendas become evident. Among them are issues that display stark differences between the current Bush administration’s policies [...]
Bush, Obama deliver transition-themed radio addresses
On Saturday, the current President Bush delivered his weekly radio address as did President-elect Obama. Both men discussed the transition and pledged to work together for seamless leadership during the [...]
(Video) President-elect Obama addresses the nation
Just today, President-elect Obama addressed the nation in his first official press conference after being elected on to the office of the Presidency on Tuesday.
Here is the full video [...]
Election Day, Kicking it Wisconsin Style
Every place in the United States honors Election day in their own fashion. In the presidential candidates’ home states of Arizona and Illinois, the fever was higher than usual. Not [...]
Contradictions in Obama’s “America Serves” plan (Update)
Many people have been pouring over the President-elect Obama transition team website, located at CHANGE.gov, and have been finding some inconsistencies in the hastily assembled programs. The first and foremost [...]
Obama continues transition, foreign policy test begins
Sometime today (Friday 11/7) we’re expecting the first official press conference from President-elect Obama on the current state of his transition and his response to many things which have popped [...]
President-elect Obama begins transition period
Just hours after his historic victory as the first African-American president, Barack Obama immediately began the process of transition into the role and taking point as Commander-in-Chief.
First thing on [...]
McCain offers his concession speech, urges unity
Sen. John McCain offered his concession tonight from Arizona, congratulating President-elect Obama on a race well fought. Sen. McCain, of course, urged unity after a hard fought race in which [...]
Official: Barack Obama wins historic Presidency (Update)
With all but Alaska and Hawaii closed, some news organizations are now projecting Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States of America. The polls are still being [...]
Reports from around the country of voting issues
Several reports, as expected, are surfacing from around the country of various problems and some voter intimidation. Mostly they are isolated reports which are not adversely affecting the vote nationwide. [...]
Official 2008 Presidential Election Results
This page will be constantly updated with the live results from the Associated Press as the states are called one by one. The map below is updated real time as [...]
As campaign ends, both candidates remain optimistic
As the campaign ends tonight, awaiting Tuesday’s voting, both Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain remain optimistic and upbeat about their respective chances tomorrow. Clearly the media seems to have dialed [...]
McCain opens line of attack on Obama’s coal comment
Some breaking news in the remaining hours of this election that could actually have an impact in some important swing states, which is why I’m taking the time to discuss [...]
Final Mason-Dixon polls show tight battleground races
The final Mason-Dixon battleground polls are out across the board showing ties within the margin of error, or extremely close races in each of the important swing states this time [...]
Important States to Watch Tuesday, Poll Closing Times
The time is now and the end has finally come to this massive two year election cycle we’ve all been in. Starting around 7AM Eastern time, the polls will be [...]
Obama wraps Ohio campaigning with Springsteen
In front of an estimated 80,000 Springsteen fans and Obama supporters, the duo wrapped major Ohio campaigning on Sunday with a huge concert showing just how easy it can be [...]
Campaigns hit the pulpit on last Sunday before election
The campaigns canvassed church parking lots in many swing states while churches handed out voter information pamphlets outlining how each candidate views the social issues most important to many churchgoers. [...]
Campaigns launch massive efforts in last 48 hours
The clock is indeed ticking and voter turnout will be crucial to a victory on either side. McCain’s supporters need to get out in large numbers, especially in rural areas [...]
Latest Virginia polls trending toward … McCain? (Update)
The old dominion of Virginia is, perhaps, one of the key states this year Obama is counting on turning from red to blue. Clearly, by all assessments, McCain absolutely needs [...]
Obama and Palin have their “Oops!” moments of 2008
A couple of funny, if not at some points embarrassing stories for both Sen. Obama and Gov. Palin came out today. First, we all have now learned more about Sen. [...]
Schwarzenegger, Gore lend support in remaining days
A few more surrogates have been brought into the mainstream campaign to help Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain in a few key battleground states. Former Vice President Al Gore is [...]
McCain rallies to defend VA, Obama works the west
The McCain campaign, besides many other states, has been pouring a lot of resources into the once-reliable red state of Virginia. Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin have made many personal [...]
Obama: McCain/Palin making “virtue out of selfishness”
Responding to criticism from Gov. Palin and Sen. McCain callaing his plan “socialist” in nature, Sen. Obama today defended his plan to raise taxes on those making above $200,000 a [...]
NOBama? Shhhhh..
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Ideological Terrorist Fallacy
Note: The article below is a subjective commentary which may contain views that do not necessarily represent the views of YouDecide2008.com as a whole. Our site features views of all [...]
Trick or Treat: Questions linger in last 4 days
While the kids are trick-or-treating for candy sometime today, the candidates will be trick-or-treating for votes. I will slip in delightful uses of the term “trick-or-treating” like five or six [...]
McCain hits Florida hard, Clinton campaigns with Obama
After the 2000 debacle, when we all watched stunned over hanging chads, the state of Florida seems to be gearing up as one of the major linchpins in Sen. Obama’s [...]
Obama’s 30-minute TV ad aired (Video Added)
The 30-minute “infomercial” of sorts, produced by the Obama campaign, will be airing tonight on several networks. Rumors are abound as to what it might contain. Some are questioning that [...]
CBS News: Early voter fraud largely rhetoric, not reality
With all the talk of potential voter fraud coming from both parties, you’d think the whole thing was tainted. Well CBS News did a thorough study of 17 states by [...]
Obama urges supporters to take Election Day “off”
No joke here, in an official release from the Obama campaign, supporters are being urged to take the day off of work, school or whatever it is they may normally [...]
Swing state battles rage hard around the country
Both the Obama campaign and the McCain campaign are engaged in battles for various states around the country right now. This will only intensify in the remaining week of the [...]
Seven short days remain in Presidential Election
To me, someone who’s been covering this process since December of 2006, it seemed like it would never end. It’s hard to believe that during the time when I’ve been [...]
Obama camp responds to “redistribution” audio
The Obama campaign today is actually engaging the McCain campaign over audio which has surfaced, conveniently I might add, just 9 days before Election Day in which Obama sounds like [...]
Obama offers “closing argument” to Ohio (Video)
Fresh off the trail from hitting western states like Colorado and Nevada, Sen. Barack Obama is now heading to Ohio for a “closing argument” in favor his campaign and asking [...]
Media bias regarding Obama’s & Palin’s past associations
Ever since Gov. Sarah Palin was announced as Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential nominee, the press has dissected her past record, associations, and personal life. This was, of course, a [...]
Video: John McCain on Meet the Press (Update)
Sen. McCain did another Sunday talk show interview this morning, this time on Meet the Press, now moderated by Tom Brokaw. Sen. Obama did not personally make an appearance on [...]
Video: Biden asks “Are you joking?” during local interview
A couple days ago Sen. Joe Biden did an interview with Barbara West, a local TV news reporter at WFTV in Orlando, Florida. The topics discussed were those which have [...]
Obama, McCain head west to pickup votes, support
Sen. Obama has returned to the campaign trail after taking a couple days to reportedly visit his ailing Grandmother in Hawaii. The next stop for both campaigns this weekend is [...]
What can we learn from the polls, if anything?
The polling for the 2008 Presidential Election is all over the map, though generally agreeing on Obama having a lead from anywhere between 4 to 7 points, depending on the [...]
Dem pollster predicts landslide, NY Times cautions
An interesting web to weave today between a Democratic pollster, who believes a landslide election is coming in November, and the New York Times which has a piece out today [...]
Palin “guarantees” win in PA, Obama talks post-election
While the Obama campaign has been speaking about post-election plans for days, Gov. Sarah Palin has now jumped on the “inevitable” bandwagon in that she “guarantees” a win in Pennsylvania [...]
Obama visiting Grandma, McCain POW video released
Here’s a little departure from the back-and-forth of the campaign trail for some stories which register more on the emotional side of the dial. First, Sen. Obama is taking a [...]
Obama, McCain begin barnstorming swing states
The surrogates are being deployed around the country to the most volatile areas running up to Election Day. The McCain campaign is sending surrogates to red-leaning swing states and some [...]
With $605 million already, Obama asks only $10 more
A somewhat humorous look at the Obama campaign’s continued effort to bring in donations, even while they are so far on top of McCain’s $84 million in public financing, it [...]
Hypocrisy Embedded in Obama Mailings
Aside from running a very successful funding raising campaign, Barack Obama has also made excellent use of 21st century electronics with the application of text messages and Emails. With over [...]
Obama defends Biden’s statement on being tested
Sen. Obama defended Sen. Biden’s earlier statements that, should Obama become president, the world will test him in the first to years to determine what kind of president he will [...]
Polls show Obama +14 all the way down to +1
Everyday we’re inundated with new polls for the current presidential election, however, some of them are all over the map. The RealClearPolitics average holds it at around a 5 to [...]
Obama tweaks tax plan after McCain criticism
Seems that the Obama campaign has taken some of Sen. McCain’s criticism to heart and decided to tweak a section of their tax plan to include a work requirement. The [...]
Early voting in several states around the country
Several states, 31 to be exact, are now offering some form of early voting in the hopes of stemming longer lines and difficulties on Election Day in two weeks. Many [...]
McCain fighting for New Hampshire, Pennsylvania
It was often said during the primary season that John McCain was the “President” of New Hampshire since he won the primary there in 2000 and again in 2008, against [...]
Two weeks to go, $133 million to spend (Update)
Heading into these final two weeks, it appears that Sen. Obama has oer $133 million to spend on campaign ads, ground efforts, and general campaigning. Sen. McCain’s campaign has substantially [...]
Voting Fraud Fears Grow (Update)
The previous two presidential elections suffered from severe problems in the voting process, whether it be loose chads or malfunctioning computer screens. Voters are now concerned about the possibility of [...]
Biden: Obama will be tested in first 2 years (Update)
Sen. Biden also said, among other things, that Obama’s supporters must stick with their decision to support the ticket during the first two years even though, as Biden put it, [...]
Tables turn: Palin more accessible than Biden to media
Since Gov. Sarah Palin was announced as McCain’s vice presidential choice, she has taken criticism over how inaccessible she’s been to the media. As a slight turn of the tables [...]
McCain, Obama campaigns rack up hours and mileage
The last remaining days of this campaign will probably be the most hectic, the most work-filled, and the most strenuous for each campaign. Despite Obama’s slight lead in the polls, [...]
Obama on offense in GOP’s red state strongholds
This race will essentially hinge on whether or not Sen. Obama is able to turn less than a handful of traditional red states over to the Democratic side this time [...]
Colin Powell endorses Obama for Pres (Video Added)
For days the rumors have been swirling that former Secretary of State for President Bush, Colin Powell, might be endorsing Barack Obama on his Meet the Press appearance this weekend. [...]
The Taxman Cometh, and he’s conflicted a bit
Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama have taken to sniping back and forth over taxes and it doesn’t appear this debate will end anytime soon. Sen. McCain dished out some tough [...]
Mentally challenged man says his vote was stolen (Update)
This is quite a disturbing story coming out of Albany, Georgia where a mentally handicapped patient was taken to vote and claims the person helping in the voting booth told [...]
Supreme Court rejects GOP bid, backs Ohio’s Brunner
The story of voter fraud in Ohio sort of came to a conclusion today with the United States Supreme Court overturning the Federal Appeals Court and affirming the Ohio state [...]
Obama cautiously manages expectations, polls waver
Sen. Barack Obama began to temper the chances of his success on November 4th reminding his audience that he believes they could still “screw it up” between now and Election [...]
Obama, McCain joke at the Alfred E. Smith dinner
It’s a tradition for the presidential candidates to do a bit of self-deprecating at the Alfred E. Smith dinner in New York City during the campaign season. Tonight Senator McCain [...]
Home stretch analysis: Three weeks to go!
We’ve made to this point after two long, grueling years of covering this whole thing, we’ve made it to the last three weeks of the campaign. No more debates, just [...]
“Joe the Plumber” makes the media rounds today (Update)
Ever heard of overnight fame? This is the very definition as Joe Wurzelbacher has now become a serious player in this presidential race, who knew? Both Sen. Obama and Sen. [...]
“Joe the Plumber,” the star of Wednesday’s debate
“Joe the Plumber” was a hot topic during the final Presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain. The man’s real name is Joe Wurzelbacher, an Ohio man who caught [...]
Video: Final Presidential Debate from Hofstra University
Here is the entire, unedited debate video from the final presidential debate of the 2008 election season between Barack Obama and John McCain. The debate was moderated by Bob Schieffer [...]
Video: Clips from the final Presidential Debate 10/15/08
The final Presidential Debate between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain from Hofstra University is coming to an end. The video clips are rolling in and we have a [...]
Rep. Murtha: Western PA is “racist,” but Obama will win
In a brazen backhanded slap to his home state and his home district in Pennsylvania, Democratic Representative John Murtha told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today that Western Pennsylvania is definitively “racist,” [...]
Experts warn of Election Day voting meltdowns
Similar to years past, the so-called experts are warning of the usual problems at polling places around the country which may or may not lead to the courtroom, as we [...]
Final Presidential Debate tonight at 9PM ET / 6PM PT
The final presidential debate between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain will take place tonight, Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 at 9pm eastern time, 6pm pacific time. The debate will [...]
Candidate’s guide for Wednesday’s Presidential debate
In case Sen. Obama or Sen. McCain weren’t aware of what their strategies should be for Wednesday’s debate, I though I’d arrogantly take it upon myself to explore the current [...]
McCain vs. McCain Supporters
For those injected with the 2008 presidential madness, the pressure is beginning to rise and the End of Days is approaching. With each passing day, you probably look at the [...]
Obama launches new economic proposals in Ohio
Sen. Barack Obama today launched a new economic plan today which includes a few proposals including a 90-day moratorium on home foreclosures. Obama made the announcement while campaigning today in [...]
Report: Obama website altering ties to ACORN
The Cleveland Leader, which is an online part of the Plain Dealer newspaper, has been following the changes which have occurred during the past week at Sen. Barack Obama’s “Fight [...]
Independents evenly split over Obama, Mccain
New polling from the Associated Press indicates that independent voters seem to be even split between Obama and McCain. If the polling is correct, it’s good news for Obama since [...]
McCain: I’m going to “whip Obama’s you know what”
Sen. John McCain has vowed to “whip” Sen. Obama’s “you-know-what” in Wednesday’s final presidential debate. Talk about managing expectations, anything less than a “whipping” could now become a loss if [...]
Video: Bill and Hillary Clinton campaign with Biden
Campaigning in Pennsylvania, Bill and Hillary Clinton joined Sen. Joe Biden in support of Barack Obama at a campaign rally. This marks the beginning of the active campaigning by both [...]
Sunday battleground discussions, plus Axelrod & Davis
Chief Obama strategist David Axelrod and McCain campaign manager Rick Davis were on Fox News Sunday earlier today discussing the campaign and defending their respective candidate. I’ve also added further [...]
John Zogby: Obama hasn’t closed the deal yet
John Zogby, the man behind the Zogby polling organization, which is partnered with Reuters and C-SPAN, made some interesting comments a day ago concerning the Presidential race. In the Zogby [...]
McCain being forced to put the gloves back on?
In recent days, reports of McCain deciding to go all out and unload on Obama seem to be tempering a bit with recent news in the past 24 hours or [...]
McCain, Obama offer specifics on economic plans
With the economy continuing to be front and center, both Obama and McCain have begun offering specific plans and proposals aimed at convincing voters they each are capable of tackling [...]
Video: CNN investigates ACORN fraud, links to Obama
A CNN special investigations unit look into ACORN’s voter registration drives around the country and examination of the group’s connections to the Obama campaign. This video does a good job [...]
Obama buys half-hour of primetime on CBS, NBC
News out that the Obama campaign has purchased a half-hour of primetime television for what amounts to a half hour Obama infomercial. So far, just CBS and NBC have confirmed [...]
Obama responds on Ayers, McCain releases attack ad
The discussion raised by the McCain campaign in recent days over Obama’s alleged connections to former Weather Underground domestic terrorist William Ayers has reach somewhat of a boiling point. Speaking [...]
Obama rips McCain’s “ill-advised” mortgage plan
Sen. Obama went on the offensive today ripping into Sen. McCain’s mortgage buy-out plan in which the US Treasury would begin buying up bad mortgages and dealing with the homeowners [...]
Obama outspending McCain 3-to-1 on TV ads
No secret here, just the simple fact that Obama has raised obscene amounts of money and, therefore, has obscene amounts of money to spend on TV ads. This will benefit [...]
Obama and ACORN, is there a problem? (Update)
This is a story I’ve been largely ignoring for days now until there was meaningful evidence and background. Well, the time has come that it appears there are too many [...]
Politico: Was it the worst debate ever?
Politico as asking, in a fascinating article, if yesterday’s Presidential Town Hall debate was perhaps the worst debate ever. The question begs exploration considering the term “Town Hall” should have [...]
Video: Joe Biden reacts to last night’s debate
Biden hasn’t made too much news lately but he has been on the trail stumping today and was with Harry Smith this morning on the Early Show discussing the debate. [...]
Video: Presidential Town Hall Debate from Belmont University (10/7/08)
Here is the entire, unedited debate video of the Presidential Town Hall style debate from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. The debate was 90 minutes and moderated by NBC News [...]
Video: Clips from the Presidential Town Hall Debate
The debate is wrapping up and the clips are rolling in from the Presidential Town Hall debate at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. A wide range of topics discussed and [...]
Presidential Town Hall debate tonight at 9PM ET
The Presidential Town Hall Debate between Obama and McCain will air live tonight, Tuesday October 7th at 9pm eastern, 6pm pacific time on every major broadcast network and every major [...]
The gloves finally come off, candidates go for broke
The day before the next Presidential Town Hall debate between Obama and McCain, it seems as if the “all or nothing” attitude has now emerged on the trail. The McCain [...]
Economic fear driving voters toward Obama
I’ve heard all week from election historians how economic difficulties often drive the electorate toward the Democratic candidate. More and more, given the economic news, it appears as though Obama [...]
Virginia GOP warns McCain of potential loss
The Virginia Republican Party is warning McCain that Virginia, a state which has voted Republican since 1964, could potentially slip into the blue column this year based on polls which [...]
FEC flags Obama donations, GOP filing complaint
In a story I’ve been hearing about for a few days but didn’t have any substantive data on, it appears some of Barack Obama’s massive fund raising efforts might be [...]
Palin attacks Obama on Ayres, Obama hits on health care
Funny enough, it seems Palin is more on the defensive than McCain so this post sort of pits her versus Obama right now in terms of who’s attacking who. Obama, [...]
30 days out the ball is in McCain’s court (Update)
With just a mere 30 days to go to Election Day, the ball is in McCain’s court to make some moves and regain ground in the polls along with the [...]
Obama, McCain helped House pass bailout bill today
Instrumental in today’s passage of the $700 billion ($850 billion with pork) bailout bill for Wall Street banks were Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama who, apparantly, helped round [...]
McCain, Obama release statements on job numbers
The monthly job numbers were released today and both Obama and McCain were quick to jump on it each releasing statements spinning the news in their respective directions, as expected. [...]
Adviser suggests Robert Gates might stay in Obama admin
An interesting statement today from an Obama adviser says that Bush-appointed Secretary of Defense Robert Gates might be held over into a possible Obama administration come January should he win. [...]
Obama, McCain both vote “Yes” on Senate bailout bill
Both Senator McCain and Senator Obama were back in Washington, DC today to vote on the Senate’s version of the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout proposal. The Senator version [...]
(Video) Bill Clinton begins campaigning for Obama
Former President Bill Clinton hit the stump today for Barack Obama lending his support and touting Obama’s policies as better than McCain’s, specifically on the economy.
Video report from the [...]
Early voting begins in Ohio, 33 days out
Ohio voters are getting the opportunity to vote early in this year’s Presidential Election. We’re still 36 days out yet some people are casting their votes today, right now, as [...]
VP debate moderator releasing Obama-friendly book (Update)
This recent revelation seen on the Drudge Report and first reported by WorldNetDaily is questionable with regard to political motivations and the fact that the book has been no secret [...]
(Video) Obama kids “Sing for Change”
In a creepy, and somewhat odd YouTube video surfacing today, a group of elementary aged kids were assembled to sing some kind of Obama “Singe for Change” tune. Apparently the [...]
McCain, Obama both urging support for bailout (Update)
In statements released yesterday and today, both the Obama campaign and the McCain campaign are now expressing support for some form of bailout legislation with regard to the banking mess [...]
Late to the Game? A Guide for Undecideds
As the presidential race draws nearer, more and more people are vocal about the issues and their selected candidates. This is no surprise. The stakes are high in this election: [...]
Candidates will return to DC for bailout vote (Update)
As of this moment, the House just rejected the bailout bill minutes ago sending the whole thing back into a tailspin. The bill they rejected was some form of the [...]
Obama now believes he’ll win in a landslide
Story out today from UK Telegraph about Obama’s inner circle, including the senator himself, feeling as if they’re going to win in a landslide come November. They cite internal polling [...]
Pressure builds on Palin and Biden prior to VP debate
I watched a McCain spokesperson running around the media this morning continually downplay Palin’s upcoming debate performance and point out the fact that Biden has “35 years of experience” in [...]
Sunday political shows, let the spin begin!
The Sunday political shows were lit with spin and chat today following Friday’s presidential debate. Surrogates and campaign spokespeople were out in full force for each campaign to spin the [...]
Saturday Obama/McCain post-debate analysis wrap-up
Since I’ve had a little time to reflect and/or watch the debate again after last night’s live blogging chat fiasco, I’ve had the opportunity to review this thing again and [...]
Video: Obama/McCain debate from Mississippi Sept. 26th
Here is the entire, unedited video of the John McCain / Barack Obama Presidential debate from the University of Mississippi which aired on Friday, September 26th, 2008. It is about [...]
Analysis: McCain/Obama debate from Ole Miss 9/26
The general consensus seems to be that McCain did very well and Obama did well. That is, McCain took a slight edge but Obama held his own. Video clips and [...]
Presidential debate tonight at 9PM ET from Ole Miss
As of 11:30am eastern on Friday, Sen. McCain has confirmed he WILL be attending the debate tonight at 9pm ET with Sen. Obama. The debate will be aired on every [...]
Obama campaign calls McCain’s actions a “stunt”
In an email to reporters this evening, the Obama campaign called McCain’s campaign suspension and journey back to Washington a “stunt” to further his political career.
Here’s the email via [...]
Estimate your taxes under McCain or Obama!
Via an email I received alerting me to this nifty little tool I had to share with everyone. It’s developed by a business software company and an accounting professor in [...]
Obama, McCain call for bipartisan work on bailout
In Washington today working on an legislation over the proposed $700 billion in cash for a Wall Street bailout, both Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain called for bipartisan unity on [...]
Friday’s debate scheduled, Obama says “he’s there”
With McCain’s decision to suspend his campaign and head back to Washington, Friday’s Presidential Debate in Mississippi seems to be going forward, with or without him. The Obama campaign has [...]
(Video) McCain suspends campaign to deal with economy
Video of McCain’s statement has been added along with video of Obama’s entire statement. The McCain campaign has requested Friday’s foreign policy debate be postponed, the Obama campaign does not agree with the postponement, see the full post for the latest.
McCain and Obama linked to Freddie, Fannie cash
It appears as though both campaigns have muddied the waters when it comes to discussing the whole mortgage meltdown with regard to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The truth in [...]
Obama Closing Gap in Republican Regions
Barack Obama has been campaigning across the country, including some areas that have been highly coveted Republican areas like Florida, which has 27 electoral votes. Since August, Obama has closed [...]
Both candidates now running against President Bush
For the better part of this campaign, it was the Democratic candidates running against the policies of the Bush administration, however, some of those feelings are now spilling to the [...]
Dissension in the ranks between Obama, Biden?
There has been a growing string of gaffes from Sen. Joe Biden in which he seems to question, or otherwise criticize Barack Obama’s judgment or the campaign’s judgment. The latest [...]
(Video) Bill Clinton: Hillary didn’t want to be Obama’s VP
Appearing on The View this morning, Bill Clinton dropped the little tidbit that Hillary Clinton did not want to be Obama’s vice presidential choice and former President Clinton himself had [...]
McCain, Obama weigh in on Wall Street bailout
Leading up the foreign policy debate on Friday evening, the economy is still dominating the headlines this week. Today both Obama and McCain were speaking of the proposed trillion-dollar bailout [...]
Obama heads south for 3 days of debate prep
Interesting story out today about Obama’s plans for Friday’s (9/26/08) first Presidential debate on foreign policy. Apparently Obama will be heading south this week and spending 3 days prepping for [...]
McCain, Obama enter final stretch with plenty of cash
For the better part of this campaign, Barack Obama has been raising serious amounts of cash from the beginning. Meanwhile, John McCain has stumbled up until recently to bring in [...]
McCain, Obama agree on presidential debate format
News today on the upcoming presidential and vice presidential debates that both campaigns have officially agreed on a more open format for the 3 presidential debates. The vice presidential debate, [...]
As the polling turns.. Obama back on top by a hair
The third part in my now-weekly series on Saturday examining the polls, it appears as though the pendulum has swung back toward Obama giving him a slight edge in the [...]
Video: O’Reilly rips McCain’s and Obama’s spanish ads
Love him or hate him, Bill is correct on this issue and I’ve been thinking this way for days. Obama and McCain have both put out Spanish-language ads attacking each [...]
Hillary Clinton launches new campaign supporting Obama
Hillary Clinton is still working strongly it seems to swing her primary supporters over to Obama’s side. Her new campaign is aimed are awakening some of he strong supporters during [...]
McCain, Obama deliver speeches on economic policy
Senator McCain spoke earlier this morning on the economy and Senator Obama spoke around noon on the same topic. It seems that some formal positions have finally been determined by [...]
Biden wants to “take money” from “patriotic” taxpayers
Call it honesty or a gaffe, either one, but today Sen. Joe Biden stated that he and Senator Obama want to “take money” and redistribute it to the middle class. [...]
Economy now front and center in 2008
Continuing the debate over the economy today, both candidates were offering statements and positions on the current economic news. For Obama, the past few days have represented an opening, to [...]
Obama chided by nervous supporters to “get tough”
Obama may appear to be cool and collected on his feet, however, some of his more avid supporters are now going on the offense trying to persuade him to get [...]
McCain, Obama propose differing economic plans
Following a couple days of dismal economic news out of Wall Street, both the Obama and McCain campaigns have shifted gears into talking economy and how their respective plan is [...]
Hillary Clinton back in the spotlight on GMA
Sen. Hillary Clinton sat down with ABC’s Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America to discuss the campaign and, of course, her thoughts on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as John McCain’s [...]
New York becoming some kind of swing state?
The staunchly blue, wholeheartedly Democratic state of New York seems to be showing some chinks in the armor this year for Obama. Being a former resident of upstate New York, [...]
Emailing a President into the White House
Obviously, if you’re reading this commentary, you’re one of millions who are Internet savvy to some degree. You’re also one of the millions who are exposed to Internet rumors [...]
Economy takes center stage with Obama & McCain (Upd)
Given the current news surrounding Lehman Brothers and their bankruptcy filing has once again given both candidates a reason to talk economy. For Obama, this is a good chance to [...]
Biden speech attacking McCain as “Bush 44″ (Update)
Sometime today, in the state of Michigan, Sen. Joe Biden will be delivering a speech titled “Bush 44,” of course in reference to the Obama campaign’s attempts to paint McCain [...]
Palin raising mad cash for Mccain, and Obama!
Gov. Sarah Palin has become a cash-raising machine for the McCain campaign, which seems to have spilled over into the Obama campaign. The day Palin was announced, McCain immediately raised [...]
Polls: Race remains close, McCain with slight edge
This Saturday’s polling report headline is the opposite of last week’s in which Obama had a slight edge. Throughout this week McCain did nothing but pull ahead in the polls [...]
Obama looks to regain ground, go back on the offense
After a couple weeks of something resembling a “Palin-mania,” the Obama campaign has been faltering a little with getting back on message and successfully taking the fight back to John [...]
Video: McCain, Obama at the 9/11 Presidential Forum
Tonight both John McCain and Barack Obama participated in a presidential forum aimed at discussing national service on the nation’s 7th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The forum was [...]
Obama, McCain attending 9/11 forum on public service
To mark the 7th anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks on the Pentagon, the Twin Towers, and Flight 93, both Senator McCain and Senator Obama will be in [...]
Update: Obama, “Lipstick on a pig” outrage is “phony”
After a tumultuous couple days in the media, Barack Obama has come out swinging against the notion that he was calling Sarah Palin a pig in this clip from the [...]
Biden: Hillary Clinton “might have been a better pick”
Joe Biden today admitted that, at this point, he believes Hillary Clinton might have been a better Vice Presidential choice than him. Of course, this was not exactly a welcome [...]
Video: Barack Obama on the O’Reilly Factor (Part 3)
Tonight the third installment of the long drawn out interview between Bill O’Reilly and Senator Barack Obama. Tonight the discussion focused on Obama’s connections with Rev. Jeremiah Wright and other [...]
Video: Barack Obama on the O’Reilly Factor (Part 2)
Tonight marked the second installment of the Obama/O’Reilly battle with discussions on the economy and tax policy. It was one of the best interviews I’ve seen Obama do and I [...]
Change, change, change.. Can we have too much change?
If you haven’t noticed, the theme for the 2008 Presidential Election seems to be the word “change,” with the idea that we need to “change” the policies of President Bush. [...]
Politico: Top eight 2008 presidential campaign gaffes
A fun little story over at Politico examining the top eight gaffes from the 2008 presidential election campaign. From Obama’s infamous “bitter” comment to McCain’s inability to give a number [...]
Video: McCain on Face the Nation, Obama on This Week
Obama and McCain made the media rounds today appearing on separate Sunday morning political programs. McCain stopped by CBS for Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer while Obama spent time [...]
Pakistan Using U.S Money to Protect The Taliban/Bin Ladin
Okay this should get you angry. What if I told you that the people who were DIRECTLY responsible for 9/11 have a safe and cozy place to plot terrorist attacks [...]
Moves from Karl Rove’s Playbook
Rove 101: The point is get people to look at the image, rather than the actual candidate.
Politics is a realm of words, gestures, and representations. There are no rules, no [...]
Obama attacks Palin on earmarks, ignores own record
Obama has taken up a line of attack on Sarah Palin which may come back to instantly bite him considering the fact that he can easily be attacked in the [...]
McCain’s Racial Subliminal Ads
Bob Herbert offers a psychological analysis of McCain’s Britney Spears/Paris Hilton advertisement. I was always wondering why some people said that this ad was similar to the Harold Ford ad [...]
Polls: Race remains close, Obama with slight edge (Update)
I haven’t paid much attention to polls during the last couple weeks of convention news as they’re not very reliable. That is, if they’re ever reliable, they’re at least more [...]