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Like Dominos Falling: Who Will Be Next?

Like Dominos Falling: Who Will Be Next?

Democrats are disavowing President Obama’s latest economic “plan” in droves. So far: Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO): "I will not...

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October 08, 2010
Unless It's Stimulating Heart Beats, It Isn't Working.

“White House: Stimulus law working as promised” (AP, 10/2/10) “Stimulus Checks Sent to Dead, Incarcerated” (WSJ, 10/7/10)

September 30, 2010
Wait…This is a REDUCTION?

Rep. Chris Van Hollen on Earmark Reform:   “We reformed the process. We dramatically reduced the number of earmarks......

September 30, 2010
Rick Roll'D Again?

  Rick Roll'D Again?   On Speaker Pelosi’s Website “… to help restore the American dream, and to...

September 30, 2010
Don't Look Back On Your Way Out The Door – It Ain't Pretty.

Dems struggle to define own agenda Middle class tax-cut issue backfiring on Democrats Loyalty to Obama...

September 14, 2010
Democrats in Disarray

Letter from Reps. James Matheson (D-UT), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Glenn Nye (D-VA) and Gary Peters (D-MI) to Speaker Pelosi:...

September 07, 2010
So Unemployment Isn't A Measure?

"I think by virtually any measure, our economy is a better place than it was two years ago.” (Obama...

August 31, 2010
We Have Google

Tonight the President is expected to announce the surge worked… "The president always believed that you would change part...

August 27, 2010
Are We Looking at the Same Economy?

The Economy House Democrats See:   "Today we are moving in the right direction," Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD),...

August 26, 2010
The Administration's "Big" Ideas; Where Would We Be Without Them?

Vice President Biden, talking about the Stimulus in a TIME interview: "This is a chance to do something...

August 25, 2010
Depends On How You Define "Right Direction"

Shot:   Vice President Biden: "We're moving in the right direction" (Chicago Tribune, 8-24-2010)   Chaser:  ...

August 20, 2010
Obamacare Perception Remains Unchanged

That Was Then: "President Barack Obama's pollster said the health care bill will win over public support once...

August 19, 2010
Escape From Reality

“Jobless claims rise to highest level in 9 months…The Labor Department says initial claims for jobless benefits rose by...

August 18, 2010
Please Stop Digging

Former President Bill Clinton: “A year and a half just wasn't enough time to get us out of the...

August 18, 2010
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind?

Shot:   “Obstruct more? Is that even possible? So apparently that’s their plan for the future: ‘No we can’t.’...

August 16, 2010
Ignorance is Bliss

Shot: DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen: “Are we much better off than where we were under the Bush economic policies...

August 16, 2010
I See Your "Tons" Of Town Halls That Can't Be Substantiated And Raise You Actual Proof

I See Your "Tons" Of Town Halls That Can't Be Substantiated And Raise You Actual Proof Politico’s Mike Allen: ...

August 11, 2010
Can We Lower Expectations Any Further?

Fact: Unemployment remains stagnant at 9.5% after the signing of the stimulus. The White House promised it wouldn’t go...

August 10, 2010
If You'd Listen to the American People, You'd Know This Already…

Majority Leader Hoyer on Another Bailout: “We think the American public understands and supports the effort.” (CNBC, 8/10/2010) The...

August 05, 2010
Are We Talking About the Same Thing?

Shot: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “Unemployment benefits are creating jobs faster than practically any other program. It...

July 29, 2010
Presidential Non-Stop Efforts on the Economy

President Obama: “The last 20 months has been a non-stop effort to restart the economy, to stabilize the financial...

July 28, 2010
Found One.

Obama Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs: “I don’t think there’s an economist that believes there’s a stimulus to, or a...

July 28, 2010
Ain't That The Truth

“[Obama Advisor] David Plouffe…says local candidates can't rely on Obama's star power among Democratic voters — but need to...

July 28, 2010
Really?

SHOT: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, when asked if pushing climate change was a mistake: "No it wasn't, this is...

July 22, 2010
But I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

“The White House has announced a total of 172 trips outside Washington, D.C., in which administration officials have discussed...

July 21, 2010
Spoiler Alert

Shot:“House Democratic leaders are launching an eleventh-hour bid to get on offense on jobs and the economy before they...

July 21, 2010
The Definition of Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting Different Results.

Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (July 21, 2010): “We’re talking about jobs, jobs, jobs.”   Guess the “pivot to jobs”...

July 14, 2010
Fact vs. Fiction: Truth about Abortion on Demand in ObamaCare

Flashback: When ObamaCare was passed, President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Secretary Sebelius repeatedly stated that “no federal dollars will...

July 13, 2010
Oh Really? An Exercise In Fact and Fiction

Fiction: Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD): "Jobs continue to be our major focus." (7/13/10) Fact: 9.5% - Current unemployment...

July 13, 2010
Have Fun With This At The Briefing Today, Robert

President Obama’s Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs:“I think there's no doubt there are enough seats in play that could cause...

July 01, 2010
Read The Papers Today, Democrats?

President Obama attempts to convince struggling families that the ‘stimulus’ worked:   “So part of the challenge in delivering...

June 23, 2010
‘Change' Congressional Democrats Can't Even Believe In

President Obama Made A Promise To The Middle Class … President Obama: “But let me perfectly clear, because I...

March 19, 2010
Obama Vs. Obama

Candidate Obama promised voters a health care plan that would cost $50-65 billion a year"The Obama plan will cost...

March 18, 2010
Washington Has an Expensive Habit of Underestimating the Real Cost of Government Program

At today's White House Press Briefing, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs implied that American taxpayers might see more "savings" in...

March 18, 2010
Does Speaker Pelosi Still Trust the Senate?

Will skeptical House Democrats follow her lead? On Monday, Speaker Pelosi said she was "willing to trust the Senate:"...

March 18, 2010
Will Speaker Pelosi Wait for the “Final Number” from the CBO?

One week ago, Speaker Pelosi said the House Rules Committee could not move on the health care bill until...

March 18, 2010
Democrat Spin Ignores the “Rough Outlook” of CBO Score

Are House Democrats ready to make a $940 billion gamble on an imprecise estimate? Democrat spin on the Congressional...

March 02, 2010
Top Two House Democrats NOT on the Same Page

How many pages will the Democrats’ latest government takeover of health care be? YESTERDAY Speaker Nancy Pelosi - "A...

February 25, 2010
Obama vs. Obama: President Admits His Plan Will Raise Costs

And breaks critical campaign promise in the process THAT WAS THEN:  “For those who have insurance now, nothing will...

February 25, 2010
Your Spokesman Talked About Reconciliation, Mr. Reid

Senator Reid TODAY:  "...no one has talked about reconciliation, but that's what you folks have talked about ever since...

February 25, 2010
Medicare Experts Disagree, Madam Speaker

Speaker Pelosi charges that her plan for a government takeover of health care is the cure to save Medicare:...

February 24, 2010
Democrats Who Once Opposed the “Arrogance” of Majority Rule

THAT WAS THEN:  President Barack Obama:  “And what I worry about would be you essentially still have two chambers –...

February 22, 2010
Obama vs. Obama: Cost of President’s Health Care Plan Goes Up as Taxpayer Savings Go Down

SIX MONTHS AGO: President Obama proposed a bill that would cost "around $900 billion" and reduce deficits by $4...

February 17, 2010
President’s Chief Economist’s Own Rhetoric Meets Reality

Six months ago on CNN's State of the Union: When the economy starts to recover, we'll begin to see...

February 02, 2010
The Party Of What?

  First, we were the party of no ideas: "One of our two great parties is now an...

January 08, 2010
Reality Trumps Rhetoric, Mr. President

Today, President Obama said that his stimulus bill was "a major force in breaking the trajectory of this recession...

January 04, 2010
President’s Model for Reform?

The Mayo Clinic was praised by President Obama for providing "outstanding care" "There are some places, like the...

December 11, 2009
Obama vs. Obama: Who is scaring whom, Mr. President?

As the president warns Republicans to "stop trying to frighten the American people," a look at his...

December 11, 2009
Obama vs. Obama: Who is scaring whom, Mr. President? Part IV

As the president warns Republicans to "stop trying to frighten the American people," a look at his own words...

December 11, 2009
Obama vs. Obama: Who is scaring whom, Mr. President? Part III

As the president warns Republicans to "stop trying to frighten the American people," a look at his own words...

December 11, 2009
Obama vs. Obama: Who is scaring whom, Mr. President? Part II

As the president warns Republicans to "stop trying to frighten the American people," a look at his own words...

December 11, 2009
Obama vs. Obama: Who is scaring whom, Mr. President? Part I

As the president warns Republicans to "stop trying to frighten the American people," a look at his own words...

November 30, 2009
Obama vs. Obama: President Signals Intent to Break Campaign Promise on Lowering Health Care Premiums

During last year's campaign, then-Senator Obama unveiled a health care plan that he promised would save families up to...

November 03, 2009
House Democrat Admits Pelosi Health Care Plan Will NOT Bring Down Health Care Costs

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA):  "This is why this legislation is important: affordability for our middle-class that lower costs for...

August 10, 2009
Anti-war Protest? "Democracy in Action"

If you are an anti-war protestor... According to the San Francisco Chronicle, after meeting with a group of anti-war protestors,...

July 22, 2009
Has the President Really "Rescued the Economy?"

President's Economic Fiction White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel:  "Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff,...

July 13, 2009
Obama Administration Insists That the Economy Is Going Through A “Healthy Adjustment” as Unemployment Reaches 26-year High of 9.5%

What the economy "is going through is a very necessary and healthy adjustment as [Americans] go back to living within...

July 10, 2009
Obama Administration Insists That The Economy Is Going Through a "Healthy Adjustment" As Unemployment Reaches 26-Year High of 9.5%

What the economy "is going through is a very necessary and healthy adjustment as [Americans] go back to living...

June 08, 2009
Fiction vs. Reality – President's Fuzzy Stimulus Math

With the President promising 600,000 jobs over the next 100 days, we hope any measure of reported success will...

May 21, 2009
Author of the Democrats’ National Energy Tax Admits He Doesn’t Know What Is in the Bill

As Democrats push forward with a $646 billion national energy tax, Henry Waxman, chairman of the Energy and Commerce...

April 02, 2009
Democrats’ Budget Hypocrisy

That was then For years, House Democrats criticized the Bush White House for proposing a five-year budget: Then-Ranking Member John...

April 02, 2009
Democrats’ Budget Hypocrisy

That was then... Democrats criticized a budget that “excluded” a permanent fix for the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)… House...

March 24, 2009
Who Will Be the President’s Straw Man Tonight?

Even the Washington Post has reported on the President's use of straw man tactics to scare away criticisms of...

March 19, 2009
Democrats’ False Hope for Change

As Republicans fought to protect taxpayers from $350 billion in additional Wall Street bailouts, Democrats assured the American people...

March 18, 2009
"Stimulus" Fails to Deliver the Relief the President Promised

THAT WAS THEN: On February 12, President Obama visited employees at an Illinois Caterpillar plant and said, "when they...

March 17, 2009
A False Sense of Confidence

It was JUST TWO WEEKS AGO that the Administration said it was "confident" it knew how AIG was spending...

March 11, 2009
Obama vs. Obama - Spending

President Obama once criticized out-of-control spending and “enormous deficits” but... President Obama once criticized an “orgy of spending and...

March 06, 2009
Obama vs. Obama - Foreign Policy

President Obama said he would stand in “solidarity” with the people in Eastern Europe but… Then-Candidate Obama said he...

March 05, 2009
Obama vs. Obama - Health Care

President Obama said government-run health care was “extreme” and “wrong” but… Then-Candidate Obama said government- run health care was...

March 04, 2009
Obama vs. Obama - Earmarks

President Obama says he supports slashing earmarks and making all spending decisions open to the public… President Obama Pledges...

March 03, 2009
Obama vs. Obama - Taxes

President Obama promises that taxpayers making less than $250,000 would not have their taxes "increased a single dime." President Barack...

March 03, 2009
The President’s "Radical Agenda"

"We have an agenda in this country now that I would regard as being a radical agenda. I think...

February 26, 2009
Dem Rebukes Her Own Leaders On Housing Bailout, Cram-down

While the Democrat Leaders were forced to pull their housing bailout, cram-down legislation at the last minute (Blue-Dogs barking?),...

February 25, 2009
A Tale of Two Presidents

President Obama Opposes Big Government President Barack Obama: “Not because I believe in bigger government – I don’t.” (Statement Before...

February 12, 2009
Promise To End Era Of Secrecy Is Broken

AS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC LOSES FAITH IN CONGRESS’ ABILITY TO MANAGE THE ECONOMY, DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP SHUTS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC...

February 03, 2009
What They're Saying: Republicans Have A "Legitimate" Objection To Democrat "Stimulus" Plan

"... the economic measures racing through Congress would devote tens of billions of dollars to causes that have little to...