News
Iran Willing To Attack On U.S. Soil
The Washington Post
Jan 31, 2012
U.S. intelligence agencies believe that Iran is prepared to launch terrorist attacks inside the United States in response to perceived threats from America and its allies, the U.S. spy chief said Tuesday.
CBO Reports Another Trillion Dollar Deficit
Politico
Jan 31, 2012
The government faces a fourth year of trillion-plus deficits in 2012, according to new projections released Tuesday—numbers which also show little relief in the future unless Washington comes to grips with needed changes in its tax and spending policies.
The Solyndra Rule
The Wall Street Journal
Jan 30, 2012
President Obama keeps pushing the (Warren) Buffett rule that nobody making more than $1 million a year should pay less than 30% in taxes. He'd do better by the economy if he adopted a Solyndra Rule, in which no company touting unproven and expensive technology should receive millions in taxpayer subsidies.
Obama: The Most Polarizing President Ever
The Washington Post
Jan 30, 2012
President Obama ran — and won — in 2008 on the idea of uniting the country. But, each of his first three years in office have marked historic highs in political polarization, with Democrats largely approving of him and Republicans deeply disapproving.
Soros May Benefit From Obama’s Nat Gas Act
Heritage
Jan 27, 2012
George Soros, a billionaire investor and major backer of President Obama, stands to reap a windfall from legislation promoting natural gas-powered vehicles. The White House unveiled a proposal on Thursday that would do just that.
Florida Debate Takeaways
The National Journal
Jan 27, 2012
The takeaways took to the road for the latest Republican presidential debate. We watched along with a large crowd at the Hispanic Leadership Network, a Republican Hispanic group meeting here this week that co-sponsored the session. The crowd started raucous and engaged, but dwindled over the course of the two hours as the debate drifted in its final stages. But before the debate lost momentum, it left some clear impressions. Here are five:
Gingrich and Reagan
The National Review
Jan 26, 2012
In the increasingly rough Republican campaign, no candidate has wrapped himself in the mantle of Ronald Reagan more often than Newt Gingrich. “I worked with President Reagan to change things in Washington,” “we helped defeat the Soviet empire,” and “I helped lead the effort to defeat Communism in the Congress” are typical claims by the former speaker of the House.
The Buffet Ruse
The Wall Street Journal
Jan 26, 2012
Remember the moment in 2008 when Charlie Gibson of ABC News asked Senator Barack Obama why he would support raising the capital gains tax even though "revenues from the tax increased" when the rate fell? Mr. Obama's famous reply: "I would look at raising the capital gains tax for purposes of fairness." Well, we were warned.
Romney’s Fair Share
The Wall Street Journal
Jan 25, 2012
If Mitt Romney's 2010 tax bill were merely his pretax income, he'd still be a member of the 1%—in other words, the government takes more of his wealth every year than 99% of Americans earn. But what the world really learned from the tax returns the GOP candidate released yesterday is that he is a walking argument for pro-growth tax reform.
Obama’s STOTU Campaign Message
The Washington Examiner
Jan 25, 2012
President Obama in his election-year State of the Union address Tuesday struck a populist chord likely to resonate throughout the campaign, lambasting the growing disparity between the rich and everyone else and the threat he said that inequity poses to America’s middle class.