With the possibility of “Taxmageddon” looming over United State’s taxpayers, House Republicans are trying to get a head start in overhauling the tax code. If Congress fails to act before December 31^st, 2012, the Bush era tax cuts are scheduled to expire. This would cause a slew of tax increases on Americans. Taxes will be raised on investment income, estates and gifts, and earnings at all levels. The marriage penalty for joint filers will return, the child credit will drop $500, and the rate everyone pays on the first $8,700 of wages will jump to 15%.  The Social Security payroll tax that Congress voted on in February will expire, and the new Medicare taxes that are a part of Obamacare will be imposed upon anyone who makes more than $200,000. All of these taxes could potentially take...

How many faces does Obama truly have? One can only imagine how hard it must be for him to keep up. His double speak occurs so frequently that at least one of them is bound to slip through the cracks and into the public spotlight. Obama launched a new round of negative TV ads against Mitt Romney, calling him a “heartless” “job destroyer” referring to his experience with Bain Capital. The Obama Reelection Team should have reviewed the most basic public relations strategy before they released these ads: timing is everything.

Barack Obama won the White House in 2008 thanks in no small part to his overwhelming popularity with Hispanic voters. This popularity stemmed from the soon-to-be-president’s promise that he would pass an immigration reform bill within the first two months of his first term. Despite the fact Obama controlled the congress and had little trouble getting bills passed (see Obamacare and the multiple stimulus packages), no attempt was made to follow through on this promise. 

Why does this have the establishment up in arms? Lugar was one of their own; part of the “old boy” network. He was out of touch. The "senator to the world" was a visitor in his home state. He didn't even have a residence in Indiana. He sold his Indiana home in 1977 to reside in the Washington suburbs, and had become more a creature of the Washington establishment than a beloved son. When he was in the Hoosier state, he stayed in hotels and billed the taxpayers. That cost him big in Tuesday's primary.

It is always hard to know what to believe in an election year. Every speech, every released report, must be analyzed and picked apart to know if it can be trusted. But who has time for that? Most of us do not get paid to once-over these transcripts and numbers with a fine-tooth comb. At some level, you’ve just got to trust. However, some of the recent job growth and unemployment data being released by the White House seems so fishy, it stinks. The American people deserve to know the truth what’s behind these monthly reports.

One component that bands the Democratic Party together is the fact that they will do whatever it takes to win. Rather than waste millions of dollars figuring out which candidate truly fits their ideological identity, they rally behind what they’ve got and spend their money on other election efforts, like this. That being sad, it comes as quite the surprise when a large group of Democratic voters choose a convict over their candidate.