**UPDATED** “The I.R.S. has demonstrated the most disturbing, illegal and outrageous abuse of government power,” Jenny Beth Martin, national coordinator for Tea Party Patriots, said in a statement. “This deliberate targeting and harassment of Tea Party groups reaches a new low in illegal government activity and overreach.” [New York Times] IS THERE anything more un-American [...]
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Joe Manchin: “We Will Not Get the Votes Today” [Video]
Perhaps helping explain Democrats’ problems, an AP-GfK poll this month showed that 49 percent of Americans support stricter gun laws. That was down from 58 percent who said so in January — a month after the December killings of 20 children and six aides at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school propelled gun violence into a [...]
Study: Any Media Coverage of a Female Politician’s Looks Hurts Her Candidacy
“Even what we thought was benign coverage about how a woman dresses has a negative impact on her vote and whether voters perceive her as in touch, likeable, confident, effective, and qualified. And, in close races, sexist coverage on top of the attacks that every candidate faces can make the difference between winning and losing.” [...]
Is Pot Tourism the Next Big American Thing?
ONE OF the reasons I traveled to Amsterdam in the early ’90s was to interview legal prostitutes, as I continued my Vincent Van Gogh pilgrimage throughout my trip, which began in France. The legal soft-drug bars were simply a bonus. It’s where the girls I interviewed met me. Amsterdam perfected the soft-drug bar a long [...]
Obama, the Grand Bargainer in Chief, Paul Ryan as His Foil
“We’re not gonna balance the budget in ten years because if you look at what Paul Ryan does to balance the budget, it means that you have to voucher-ize Medicare, you have to slash deeply into programs like Medicaid, you’ve essentially got to — either tax — middle class families a lot higher than you [...]
AARP Survey: No Last-Minute Lame Duck Deals on Social Security and Medicare
THE AARP November survey delivers facts that few who study the subject would find surprising. The respondents included 34% Democrats, 33% Republicans, 24% Independents, 7% none of the above, along with some obstinate stragglers. Here’s a snippet: Survey Findings No Last-Minute Deals on Medicare and Social Security: The majority of 50+ adults (70%), across [...]
Women Must Build on Banner Year
Women also helped elect the country’s first pro-choice governor, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, who was voted in with 60 percent of women supporting her. New Hampshire, in fact, is national headquarters for the Year of the Woman, with an all-female Congressional delegation, a female governor, and a woman-controlled state legislature. [Forbes] ANOTHER MOMENTOUS election [...]
Filibuster Reform Should Begin with Congress Respecting the Voters’ Wishes
THERE SHOULD be cautious optimism on this, but it’s still good foreshadowing about what might happen, even if what Reid is saying is somewhat of a head fake. “I do” have plans to change the Senate rules, he added. “I have said so publicly and I continue to feel that way … I think the [...]
Mayor Michael Bloomberg Nails Mitt Romney’s Problem in Obama Endorsement
ENDORSEMENTS DON’T impress me much, as you likely know by now. However, when an endorsement includes the resounding reason why one candidate likely won’t be elected, while both positing the “what if?” question before Election Day, as well as the dissatisfaction with the current Oval Office occupant, it’s worth noting. New York City Mayor Michael [...]
Top Story: Who’s Going to Win, Nobody Knows
NOBODY KNOWS right now who’s going to win the election. That’s the simple truth. The first debate was the miracle I wrote Mitt Romney needed to get back in the race and the rest has shifted from there. Nate Silver has become a pariah, while Dick Morris squeals “landslide,” getting prime space in The Hill, [...]
Pew Poll: Race Tied Nationally, Romney has Slight Turnout Advantage
As the presidential campaign enters its final week, Barack Obama has failed to regain much of the support he lost in the days following the first presidential debate and the race is now even among likely voters: 47% favor Obama while an identical percentage supports Mitt Romney. – Presidential Race Dead Even; Romney Maintains Turnout [...]
Top Story — Move to Stop Obama’s Bad Lame Duck Entitlement Deal has Already Begun
But President Obama has consistently refused to rise to the defense of social security. In fact, in the first debate, he explicitly took the issue off the table, telling the American people that there is not much difference between his position on social security and Romney’s. – Why even President Obama won’t champion social security, [...]
A Woman’s Body Is Not A “Social Issue” [Video]
“You Don’t Own Me” PSA -Official from You Don't Own Me on Vimeo. WHO DOESN’T know the song “You Don’t Own Me,” sung by Leslie Gore? The movie First Wives Club helped to reignite the relevancy of the song. Now a PSA has been done for 2012, with a bunch of great gals lip-syncing to [...]
Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the Partisans Who are Killing this Country
CONGRESS IS a feckless chamber of Executive Branch fluffers, or if you’re in the minority, a hopeless group of obstructionists. Debbie Wasserman Schultz sadly becomes the example of the former, while yesterday I easily revealed Darrell Issa as the latter. The job of Congress isn’t to do either, but instead to represent the people over [...]
Wake Up America: Issa Dumps Docs, Endangers U.S. Allies in Libya, as CIA Confirms Rice
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) compromised the identities of several Libyans working with the U.S. government and placed their lives in danger when he released reams of State Department communications Friday, according to Obama administration officials. – Josh Rogin, Foreign Policy THIS IS an example of what happens when you have circus performers [...]
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