During his bus tour of Midwest, which Reuters noted has an “unmistakable campaign style”, while the White House furiously denies it, President Obama has repeatedly called on Congress to pass three languishing free trade agreements. Obama told a crowd in Decorah, Iowa, “We’ve got pending trade legislation. . . . And my general attitude is, […]

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  The AP reports today, “President Barack Obama will lay out new ideas for speeding up job growth and helping the struggling poor and middle class in a major speech designed to jolt the economy in early September, a senior administration official told The Associated Press. . . . The official emphasized that all of […]

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  With the debt ceiling crisis over, it’s instructive to consider the reactions from many Democrats and liberal pundits to the deal. Though a number of news reports and conservative commentators suggested that the agreement was a win for tea partiers and Republicans, it’s telling how upset many liberal Democrats who wanted more spending and […]

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Jamie Dupree writes today, “President Obama last night rejected a bipartisan deal offered to him by Congressional leaders of both parties which would have provided for a short-term extension of the debt limit in order to avoid a U.S. Government default. The agreement involved Speaker Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Reid and Senate […]

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The AP reports today, “The next step in the weeks-long saga over how to increase the government’s borrowing cap is to let House tea party forces try it their way. A Republican ‘cut, cap and balance’ plan set for a House vote Tuesday would condition a $2.4 trillion increase in the so-called debt limit on […]

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  Despite the triumph of finally getting Osama bin Laden, recent news in the war on terror indicates that the Obama administration is once again back to insisting that foreign terrorists be tried in civilian courts. Politico reported yesterday, “In a move that has angered some congressional Republicans, a Somali man accused of having ties […]

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Reuters reports today, “U.S. employment growth ground to a halt in June, with employers hiring the fewest number of workers in nine months, dousing hopes the economy would regain momentum in the second half of the year. Nonfarm payrolls rose only 18,000, the weakest reading since September, the Labor Department said on Friday, well below […]

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Over the weekend, liberal columnist Frank Rich wrote a long piece for New York Magazine, calling on President Obama to implement more policies that could make the economy worse: more taxes and ever more government spending. Unfortunately, Rich may not have to worry, since Democrats seem determined to push more of these failed policies on […]

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We’re certainly not the first to question Koster’s change in parties for political expediency and the shady way he went about raising money to attain his current office. Many still remember that this is the man who supported voter ID as a senator and who recently signed on to the lawsuit challenging Obamacare’s legality. Now […]

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The Washington Post writes today, “President Obama on Tuesday rejected calls for a short-term increase in the legal limit on government borrowing and summoned congressional leaders to the White House to restart negotiations over a long-term plan to restrain the deepening national debt. With an Aug. 2 deadline closing in, Obama urged lawmakers in both […]

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