Category: Republicans
"Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday say they think the federal government's become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens."
The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal are bristling with the news that Republicans have decided now is the time to suck up to Wall Street. The Democrats are acting as if they want to punish everyone in the financial services industry, including the innocent, while the Republicans seem to want to protect everyone on Wall Street, including the guilty. How about just punishing the guilty? MORE
"Mr. Brennan is a special case: his arrogance and flat-out fibs about the Abdulmutallab case have created a roadblock of antagonism between the White House and congressional Republicans."
"Republican lawmakers are denying a charge made by top White House counterterrorism official John Brennan that they were briefed about -- and did not object to -- the decision to offer full American constitutional rights to accused Detroit bo Read more »
Charles Krauthammer opines: "This being a democracy, don’t the Democrats see that clinging to this agenda will march them over a cliff? Don’t they understand Massachusetts? Well, they understand it through a prism of two cherished axioms: (1) The people are stupid, and (2) Republicans are bad. Result? The dim, led by the malicious, vote incorrectly."
"President Barack Obama is seeking increased funding for nuclear weapons research and security programs next year . . . . Greg Mello . . . called the budget 'a complete surrender to Senate Republicans,' who have argued that stockpile reductions must be accompanied by a modernized nuclear weapons complex."
It pains me to draw the comparison to Dan Quayle (he is an Indiana man like me), but let's face it, if Martha Coakley were a Republican, the press would be having a field day with her. Check out this post on Townhall.com by Mona Charen, comparing Coakley to Quayle. Looks like the press is already going into damage control to limit the harm that this will cause to the President's image.
"The averted Christmas Day attack . . . is turning into a political disaster for the Obama administration and the Democratic Left. Political disaster looms because the American people rightly want to know how a terrorist like Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab . . . ever managed to get on Flight 253 . . . . The American people also want to know what the Obama administration is doing to prevent future Abdulmutallabs from blowing up planes and American cities. Read more »
"Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) told CNSNews.com that the Obama administration’s decision to prosecute 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad in civilian court is an 'asinine approach' for which terrorists 'the world over' are 'laughing' at the United States."
Human Events article on what nationalized health care might look like: "The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) yesterday announced its recommendation that women between the age of 40 and 50 years old, whose only risk factor is age, skip that yearly mammogram. While at first glance this may simply seem like a bad idea coming out of a flawed study, a closer look reveals a more ominous rationale behind the decision: cost savings. Read more »
"A payroll tax cut would add three to four million jobs at a fraction of the cost of the stimulus bill."
"Congressional Republicans are pursuing multiple avenues to block the Obama administration from transferring Guantanamo detainees to the United States, despite a defeat on the issue in the Senate Tuesday afternoon. They warn that the White House could be vulnerable on the issue next year, with congressional elections on the horizon. "
"Conservatives in general and the Tea Party movement are increasingly directing their fire at Republicans who govern like Democrats. The strongest sign yet has been in New York's 23rd congressional district, where local Republicans nominated a liberal who supports card check and same-sex marriage but won't forthrightly disavow either tax increases or a health care bill that funds abortion."
Politco article: "While he remains publicly coy about the possibility of another White House bid, Mitt Romney has a calendar that tells a very different story."
