While the President of the United States suspended his national tour for a publicity stunt Thursday, Congressional committees continued considerations of costly health care proposals. For the moment, it seems that four so-called “moderates” on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are set to approve of Henry Waxman’s latest state empowerment scheme that few have [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2009’
Another Reason Why H.R. 3200 Will Fail
The diving poll numbers, changing of major campaign promises, and especially the infighting between Congressional Democrats on health care reform is a sign of what many rational political observers have known all along. American voters may have given the Democrats a “super-majority” in Congress and the keys to the White House, but this is still [...]
Why a 2010 Blowout Will Not Mean Things Are Better
After the 2002 and 2004 elections, Republicans celebrated electoral victories that many thought would put them in the position to maintain a long-term majority. In turn, Democrats pushed the panic button and began looking for ways to turn things around. Likewise, after 2006 and 2008, it was the opposite effect, with Democrats claiming a permanent [...]
Health Care Coverup
You never want a serious crisis to go to waste – Rahm Emanuel President Barack Obama Nancy Pelosi just couldn’t wait to get going on her landmark health care reform bill. With the President’s popularity dropping and 2010 coming up fast, Democratic leaders know they need a flagship program to justify the maintenance of their [...]
Reciprocity initiative vote reveals problems going forward.
For the second time in the first six months of the Barack Obama administration, Republicans have lost a crucial vote in Congress resulting from an inability to hold the whole caucus in each chamber together. The cap and tax trade bill last month passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by a mere seven votes; had all House [...]
Highlights of the Sotomayor Hearings
This past week, President Obama’s choice to fill Justice David Souter’s seat on the Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, appeared before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for hearings pertaining to her possible conformation. Fellow Next Gen GOP contributors have weighed in whether or not Judge Sotomayor should be confirmed. A tedious week of hearings on Capitol [...]
Ethical lapses in Obama administration improve prospects for a Republican resurgence
There was a time when progressivism meant something in the United States. A whole period of U.S. political history is known by many as the “Progressive Era”. Many reform-minded individuals stood up for the whistle-blowers, and championed government accountability. Such figures sought a redress in personal liberty where it was lacking for large segments of [...]
Audra Shay Gives Republicans Another Black Eye
Many of you may have heard by now that Louisianan Audra Shay was elected as Chairwoman of the Young Republicans amid a storm of controversy that included racial epithets on Facebook, wholly inappropriate innuendos regarding her opponent’s sexual orientation, and some old-school bullying and card-checking at the YR Convention. While I am not an official [...]
Once Again, the RNC Stands Pat While the DNC Innovatively Involves Young Voters
While the RNC continues to stand pat instead of giving young voters a legitimate role in the future of the Party — or even simply establishing its own Young Voter Outreach Arm to compete with the Democratic National Committee’s Youth Council — the Democrats continue to find new and innovative ways to involve young voters [...]
The Suppressed EPA Report’s Effect on Healthcare
With the President’s popularity waning, it’s clear to see that he needs some legislative victory to stand on other than the flop of a stimulus. To what end would he be willing to go to achieve this victory? Surely this golden idol of the new era in politics would not stoop to his predecessor’s supposed [...]