One of the more prevalent notions that I have read lately is that Republicans should focus on criticizing Democrats in Congress instead of President Obama due to the President’s sky high approval ratings. Conventional wisdom suggests that Republican attacks on an enormously popular Obama would likely backfire and instead hurt Republicans, while Democrats in an [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2009’
Obama administration vetting process requires greater scrutiny.
The image of Barack Obama as a politician above the typical fray of folly forever present in contemporary political life is speedily being replaced with a more accurate picture of a Chicago suit operating under the the same rules as generations of earlier pols hailing from the windy city. Chicago has its well-known moniker not [...]
Public Opinion on the Stimulus Package Contradicts the Idea of a Massive Ideological Swing
The latest Gallup poll shows substantial skepticism about the stimulus package: although 75% of Americans want Congress to pass some sort of stimulus plan, only 38% support the current stimulus package. A nearly identical number, 37%, want major changes to the bill, and 17% outright reject it. Despite a desire by the left to make [...]
Congrats to Michael Steele
“My mom was a sharecropper’s daughter with a fifth-grade education. And my mother knew how to balance the budget without taking money out of my pocket.” -Michael Steele I would like to congratulate our new RNC Chairman Michael Steele for his election on Saturday. Plenty has been said of Steele’s race being a positive factor [...]