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Obama’s Re-Election Mandate: Guess Whose Money He’s Targeting Next?
1 Dec 2012 1:55 pm Rachel Alexander

Many Americans didn’t bother to vote in the past presidential election, some out of apathy or a belief that the election would hardly affect them. They are in for a rude awakening now that Obama has won re-election. His Santa Claus false promises are unsustainable, so there are going to be few winners and a lot of losers as he redistributes wealth. Obama ran on a platform of making the rich “pay their fair share of taxes,” but raising taxes on the wealthy will only fund the federal government for eight days …

Assoc. Press Paints Murders in Benghazi as Merely a ‘PR Disaster’
30 Nov 2012 4:14 pm Warner Todd Huston

In an outrageous attempt to defuse for President Obama the murderous disaster that is his security failures in Benghazi on September 11, the Associated Press deemed the whole debacle merely a “PR disaster” and speculated it could all just be forgotten if Susan Rice were to be successfully nominated as our next Secretary of State.

The White House could finally have its chance to close the books on its Benghazi public relations disaster, as key Republicans signal they might not stand in the way of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to become …

College Professors Lose Hours Because of Obamacare
27 Nov 2012 3:01 pm Warner Todd Huston

One of my favorite stories this week is the college professors at Pennsylvania’s Community College of Allegheny who’ve had their hours cut because of the costly requirements of Obamacare.
One of Obamacare’s changes to general business practices is to make people who work 30 hours or more a “full time worker.” For generations that magic number was 40 hours a week. But now that Obamacare is forcing this change to what is considered a full-timer, businesses across the country are forced to change policies and cut the hours of employees to …

Minorities Disproportionately Worse Off Under Obama
25 Nov 2012 12:44 pm Rachel Alexander

It is puzzling that so many minorities voted for Barack Obama over Mitt Romney considering how disproportionately they have suffered economically during Obama’s presidency. Black unemployment under Obama increased at a higher pace than whites, from 12.7% to 14.1%, ending at almost twice the unemployment rate of whites. Now, one out of every seven blacks is unemployed. White unemployment barely increased under Obama, from 7.1% to 7.4%.
Blacks’ median income has fallen 11.1% under Obama, more than twice as much as whites. The disparity in wealth between whites and blacks nearly doubled during Obama’s tenure. According to …

In Final Week Romney Coverage Increasingly Negative, MSNBC Had Zero Favorable Romney Stories
23 Nov 2012 2:28 pm Warner Todd Huston

According to the latest study of the last week of the media’s coverage of the 2012 presidential election, Romney’s coverage turned increasingly negative. The worst example was that of MSNBC which didn’t have any positive stories about Romney’s campaign, not a single one.
The study conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, showed that MSNBC had zero positive stories about Romney while its Obama coverage skewed 51% positive for the President.
Fox News also increased its negative coverage, for Obama in that case, but its coverage was not …

Deciphering Susan Rice Without Being Racist
21 Nov 2012 3:01 am Matt Vespa

I’m almost at the mark! I’m so excited. I just have one more jar of Ovaltine to drink before I’m able to send in my application for the James Clyburn Racial Code Word Decipher. It’s going to be useful – as we all try to make sense of the various racial code wards that have been hurled at Ambassador Susan Rice for her incompetence less than adequate job performance.
Racism is, and will always be, an effective tool employed by liberals. Racism is anathema to American society. So, when one person …

CNN Mad at Low-Voting Obama County, Not Worried Over No-Voting Romney Counties
20 Nov 2012 3:49 pm Warner Todd Huston

CNN was gobsmacked over a county in Texas that saw an extremely low voter turnout for Barack Obama in the late elections. On the other hand the several counties in Ohio and Pennsylvania that had zero votes for Mitt Romney didn’t bother the cable Network at all.
On Friday, November 16, CNN aired an “expose” of sorts about the low Obama votes that occurred in King County Texas and took their cameras south to find out why so few voters there wanted to vote for the President.
Naturally, correspondent Gary Tuchman and …

When America Embraces Tribalism, It’s Time To Go Tribal.
19 Nov 2012 5:50 am John Hawkins

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. If Mark Steyn is right, and I think he is, when he suggests that America has embraced tribalism, then it’s time to go tribal.
To an immigrant such as myself (not the undocumented kind, but documented up to the hilt, alas), one of the most striking features of Election Night analysis was the lightly worn racial obsession. On Fox News, Democrat Kirsten Powers argued that Republicans needed to deal with the reality that America is becoming what she called a “brown country.” Her …

Justice Alito Stresses Federalism As Refuge from Usurpatory Government
17 Nov 2012 4:42 am Matt Vespa

With the Supreme Court and the future of constitutional government in doubt, it’s always reassuring to hear from the voices who espouse those views. I’m an ardent optimist. I have faith that the electorate will correct their decisions made on Nov. 6, and constrain this president’s pernicious agenda of implementing a hyper-regulatory progressive state. The Federalist Society’s 30th Anniversary Gala last Thursday night featured Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who detailed how the legal opinions of those on the left threaten America’s constitutional bedrock: federalism.
To put it simplistically, the federal …

Gallup Results Present Problems For Both Agendas
17 Nov 2012 3:48 am Matt Vespa

Gallup has released some interesting poll findings showing that both sides of the aisle have their work cut out for them if they’re going to keep Americans happy.
Released Thursday, the Gallup results show that only 37% of Americans favor a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, while 62% want to see measure that will halt illegal immigration.
And, 70% want the tax code simplified to lower rates and an elimination of deductions and loopholes, while less than half (47%) support Pres. Obama’s proposal to increase taxes on those households with incomes of $250,000 …

Sen. Mike Lee and Senator-Elect Ted Cruz: ‘Our Ideas Work, Their Ideas Don’t’
17 Nov 2012 3:26 am Matt Vespa

Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Senator-Elect Ted Cruz (R-TX) were adamant about two things when they addressed The Federalist Society’s discussion about constitutional law and the Supreme Court yesterday: “our [conservative] ideas work, their [ liberal] ideas don’t.” Furthermore, our ideas have been winning the argument, which explains why law schools are limiting the amount of speakers – invited by Federalist Society – chapters that can come and articulate such views across the country. Both men viewed that we must return to the government our Founders envisioned, and must guard …

Buzz Feed Reporter Reveals Anti-Mormon Bigotry of Press Corps
16 Nov 2012 3:25 pm Warner Todd Huston

McKay Coppins of Buzzfeed was one of the reporters in the Romney press pool during his late campaign for president. He is also a Mormon. In a long piece posted on November 14, Coppins reveals the stark anti-Mormon bigotry that his fellow members of the media openly displayed as they followed team Romney around the country.
Coppins’ report offers several interesting bits of information and even makes Mitt out to be the John Kennedy of Mormonism in that, like Kennedy, Mitt’s candidacy brought his religion out from under the shadows of …

NBC: Hey That Lincoln Movie Reminds Us of How Great Obama Is
15 Nov 2012 2:07 pm Warner Todd Huston

In yet another facile example of the Old Media equating President Obama’s presidency to the greatness of Abraham Lincoln’s, NBC News correspondent Kevin Tibbles used the occasion of the opening of the new Lincoln movie helmed by Director Steven Spielberg to do just that.
On Saturday’s NBC Nightly News, Tibbles reported on the opening of a movie that has widespread Oscar buzz, Spielberg’s Lincoln a project that was more than a decade in the making.

Tibbles goes to the director himself who gives us a line about why he wanted to do …

Demographics Poses A Challenge to Republicans, But It’s Not Unwinnable
15 Nov 2012 11:23 am Matt Vespa

Demographic shifts, Hispanic outreach, and how to make inroads with the youth have dominated conservative circles after a resounding Obama win last week. It’s a discussion conservatives must have if they are to survive as a national political force. Mitt Romney lost Hispanics, with almost 75% of them voting for the president, and young, single women. Again, single women voted overwhelmingly for the president 67% to Romney’s 31%. Some Republicans say that it was Romney’s disastrous ground game, while others say it was the party’s spring to the far right. …

Foodstamps Surge to All Time High, Biggest One Month Growth Ever Recorded
13 Nov 2012 2:03 pm Warner Todd Huston

The Obama administration has finally released its report on the number of Americans on foodstamps. This report was released nine days past its traditional release date and just coincidentally days after the election. Shockingly, those numbers show that Americans on foodstamps is at an all time high. Worse the report shows the highest one month jump ever.
You may recall that just before the election, the Obama administration announced that Hurricane Sandy was going to delay the release of October’s jobless numbers. Many watchers of politics were suspicious about the possible …

Repeat After Me: We Didn’t Lose Because of Social Issues
13 Nov 2012 3:16 am Matt Vespa

I admit that I really haven’t become much of a social conservative until about the last eighteen months. I mostly took libertarian position on issues like gay marriage and abortion – some of which I still maintain. However, being an adoptee and seeing the utter rot inherent on the political left, especially when it comes to abortion – I found my libertarian ‘pro-choice’ position untenable. Yes, I still think government regulation of the market inhibits its full potential, thereby making it a perverse action on behalf of the state. It’s …

Changing Demographics Threaten Republican Texas
13 Nov 2012 1:36 am Matt Vespa

Yes, demographics talk will dominate the political discourse – and it should worry us. Immigration, as an issue, and Republican ineptitude to convey a sensible policy to ameliorate our perceived anti-immigrant leanings, ruined the Californian Republican Party forever. Furthermore, New York and Pennsylvania are, to coin a term from Senator-elect Ted Cruz, “unalterably” Democratic. Based on the last presidential election, we’re already down 104 electoral votes coming out of the gate – and with Texas’ demographic realignment, we could see the Lone Star state revert back to it’s Democratic leanings. …

Romney’s Presidential Hopes Dashed By Less Than 500,000 Votes
13 Nov 2012 12:27 am Matt Vespa

Ouch! From Richard Nixon to Al Gore, candidates who have suffered defeats in close presidential elections, either in the Electoral College or popular vote, probably have felt the feelings of disappointment, shock, and frustration that Mitt Romney is experiencing right now. While President Obama secured re-election with a majority of the popular vote and an Electoral College landslide, analysis done by Jim Geraghty at National Review and Michael Patrick Leahy at Breitbart detialed some numbers in key states to show just how close Mitt Romney was from becoming the 45th President …

The Name ‘Republican’ Is Damaged Beyond Repair
12 Nov 2012 2:45 pm Warner Todd Huston

Fact: Millions of Republican voters did not come out to unseat Barack Obama.
Explanation: The Republican brand has been damaged beyond repair.
Solution: Is Herman Cain Right? Do we need to replace the GOP with a new party?
The Republican brand has been destroyed beyond repair. This is all something we really can blame on the Bush family in general and George W. Bush in particular. Not only do independents and moderates not trust anyone that has the millstone “Republican” hung around his neck, but even too many Republican voters themselves can …

Excitable Juan Williams: Brokeifornia’s New Election Rules Are Super Awesome
12 Nov 2012 8:46 am William Teach

In case you didn’t hear, the brokeyest broke state in the Union has new election rules. On one hand, Juan Williams has some interesting point about them. On the flip side, ugh
(The Hill) Polarization and gridlock have paralyzed Congress. But now, a bright ray of hope for ending those twin curses is emerging from election results in California.
The optimism begins with changes in the system for electing lawmakers in the Golden State, home to the largest congressional biggest delegation.
In 2010, a diverse group of the state’s biggest political stakeholders — …

Lois Lerner Sued Christian Coalition In Largest FEC Action in History — And She Lost

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