Deficit Reduction and The Debt Ceiling: Why The GOP Is Incapable of Compromise
The Compromiser-In-Chief On Monday, President Obama gave a truly center-of-the-road speech, beseeching both parties to be more ideologically flexible. A bi-partisan compromise is urgently needed in order to cut the nation’s deficit and to increase the debt ceiling, thus avoiding a financial disaster come August 2nd. For Democrats, being ideologically flexible would mean their accepting changes to entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare. For Republicans,... Read More
Romney Breaks With Republicans On Global Warming
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has evidently decided to take a few less sips of the Republican Kool-Aid. During a New Hampshire town hall meeting on Friday (June 3), Romney acknowledged that global warming is real and that humans are playing a causative role: “I believe the world is getting warmer, and I believe that humans have contributed to that,” [Romney]… told a crowd of about 200 at a town hall meeting in Manchester, New Hampshire …... Read More
Michele Bachmann: Double Agent for the Democratic Party
We want to tell Chris Matthews to take a chill pill and to not get so incensed about the things Michele Bachmann says. For example, in an interview during the mid-term elections, Chris asked Ms. Bachmann if she, as part of a Republican-led Congress, would use congressional subpoena power to investigate Democratic members of Congress for “un-Americanism.” He was referring to her 2008 Hardball appearance, during which Bachmann had called upon the media to investigate “un-American”... Read More
Top 5 Potential Mitt Romney Campaign Slogans
Earlier this week, former Massachusetts Governor and 2008 GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney announced his plans to organize an exploratory committee (the first step a national candidate makes before formally announcing his (or her) plans to run for higher office). Most political pundits and observers believe that Mitt stands a decent chance of getting the Republican nomination for President in 2012, due in part to his renowned fundraising ability. Furthermore, none of... Read More
Those Sneaky Republicans
I have to ask the question. Why does the House Republican leadership seem to hate America? When I use the words “hate America,” I don’t mean they’re all signing up to join the Taliban, or that they actually have a visceral and overt hatred for the country they call home. What U.S. Congressional representatives Eric Cantor, John Boehner and the rest of what can only be laughably described as the “leadership” of the House of Representatives seemingly... Read More
