Robert Reich, a former Clinton Secretary of Labor who now favors Barack Obama, says that the gas tax holiday Ms. Clinton supports – as does John McCain – is "economically stupid" and would increase demand for gas while costing the government $9B to finance. And he’s not alone. …when economists tell a president or a…
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Public Not Believing Obama re Wright
A new Rasmussen telephone poll shows that only 30% of Americans believe that Barack Obama broke with Jeremiah Wright because of his disgust with the former pastor’s racially-charged statements. Most—58%–say he denounced the Pastor for political convenience. … Fifty-six percent (56%) say it’s at least somewhat likely that Obama “shares some of Pastor Wright’s controversial…
In Favor of Keeping Gas Tax
Federal gas taxes help support America’s transportation system, one in which roadways all over the nation are being repaired and upgraded after a period of significant neglect. It’s unpleasant to pay the $0.18 extra per gallon, yet there are worse things. Thomas Friedman has this to say about the unholy alliance of McCain & Clinton…
Reid, Pelosi to Bully Super-Dels?
Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are thinking about writing a letter – together with Howard Dean – instructing the Democratic super-delegates to get off the stick and pick a candidate already. I hope they do just that. Wouldn’t it be droll if Reid and Pelosi tried to bully the super-delegates into line and were told…
Obama: Sense and Nonsense
Inside every candidate there are multiple personalities, each of whom run the show in turn, depending on who the audience is. Barack Obama is no different than any other. He’s touched on personal responsibility before and he does it well by not trying to pull any punches, as in Gary, Indiana today: "You should have…
Phil Gramm a Terrorist?
That’s what Shaun Mullen of the Moderate Voice says. His justification? Gramm, the former Senator from Texas, played in instrumental role in dismantling decades-old banking regulations during the Clinton administration. Terrorist. We’d better lock Gramm up as a matter of national security. Imagine the gall, doing away with obsolete rules from a by-gone era. Evidently…
Obama Advisor Recommends Keeping Troops in Iraq
The New York Sun reports that Colin Kahl, Barack Obama’s working group coordinator on Iraq, has written a paper about U.S. troop numbers in that country in which he advises that significant numbers of U.S. forces should be retained in Iraq for at least 2 more years. "…the U.S. should aim to transition to a…
Winner Take All? That’s Clinton
Even as Hillary Clinton’s lead shrinks in Pennsylvania, Rasmussen Reports says that if the Democrats used a winner-take-all system for allocating delegates things would be quite a bit different. Their numbers show Clinton leading Barack Obama by approximately 167 delegates when counted from that perspective. If the Democrats were to allot their current state delegate…
Zeifman: Hillary Unethical, Dishonest
Although I’ve thus far preferred her to Barack Obama, Hillary’s Clinton’s bald-faced lie about facing sniper fire in Bosnia was very early the last straw for me. Now Ed Morrissey writes about an even more disturbing episode at the beginning of her career. If true, this Watergate-era scandal should put an end to Hillary’s political…
What We All Want
A well-known commentator said the following yesterday in response to Barack Obama’s speech. Without peeking, who do you think the author is and does the statement stand on its own to definitively define the difference between conservatives and liberals? We all want opportunity for our kids. We all want a growing, expanding economy. The argument…