Browsing Month November, 2011
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON:: Obama 101 – NRO
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 3:05 pm
In the last three years, the president has taught us a great deal about America, the world, and himself. Before Obama, many Americans still believed in massive deficit spending, whether as an article of fairness, a means to economic growth, or just a lazy fallback position to justify an out-of-control federal government. But after the failure of a nearly $800 billion ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Commentary , Economy , Featured , General , Politics
A NEW NEWT? – WaPo
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 3:04 pm
Newt Gingrich isn’t the most likely candidate for a political transformation. He’s been in and out of elected office for more than three decades, building a reputation as a gifted but often undisciplined politician. Republican presidential candidate and former House speaker Newt Gingrich takes part in the "First in the South Presidential Candidate Series" during a ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , Featured , News , Politics
MICHAEL BARONE: Untouched by ’60s, Romney reflects corny ’50s – WashEx
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 3:03 pm
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney signs autographs after speaking at a campaign stop, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, in Medley, Fla. While others focus on Iowa's caucuses or the early primaries in New Hampshire and South Carolina, Romney is set to spend the day in the state welcoming endorsements from three top Cuban-American Republicans, ... Go To Article
ANDREW C. McCARTHY: Andrew Napolitano’s Mistake – NRO
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 3:00 pm
The McCain-Levin amendment does not authorize civil-liberties violations. I really hope tea-party groups resist taking legal counsel from hysterions such as Fox News’s resident constitutional “expert,” Andrew Napolitano. On Tuesday morning, “the Judge” could be heard on the news railing about the McCain-Levin amendment to the defense-authorization bill (an ... Go To Article
Commentary , Congress , Featured , Military , Politics , Terrorism , War
COULTER::Once You Go Conservative Black, You Better Watch Your Back
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 2:59 pm
With the mainstream media giddily reporting on an alleged affair involving Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, how long can it be before they break the news that their 2004 vice presidential candidate conceived a "love child" with his mistress, Rielle Hunter? The left is trying to destroy Cain with a miasma of hazy accusations leveled by three troubled ... Go To Article
Commentary , Election 2012 , Featured , General , Politics
ELECTION 2012::Why most Republicans don’t like Romney – CBS News
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 2:57 pm
(MoneyWatch) COMMENTARY Mitt Romney's got to be feeling pretty low right now. No matter how much he spends and how many years he fights to win the Republican presidential nomination, he seems to be the perpetual "We'll take him if nobody better comes along" candidate. Sure, he's steadily in the low 20 percent range in national polls, but the reason why we keep seeing ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Commentary , Election 2012 , General , Politics
RELIGION::PREACHER BILLY GRAHAM admitted to NC hospital – AP
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 2:18 pm
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. Billy Graham was admitted to a hospital Wednesday near his home in western North Carolina to be tested for pneumonia after suffering from congestion, a cough and a slight fever, his spokesman said. The 93-year-old evangelist was taken to Mission Hospital in Asheville, spokesman A. Larry Ross said. His personal physician, Dr. Lucian ... Go To Article
NEWT’S Rallying Cry: ‘Food stamps with Obama versus paychecks with Gingrich’ – DC
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 2:00 pm
On Tuesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Radio Show,” former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich acknowledged that his front-runner status would open up his political record to the same level of scrutiny that has already torpedoed other candidates. And presuming he is eventually debating President Obama instead of other Republicans, Gingrich said he would emulate former President ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Economy , Election 2012 , News , Politics
US MILITARY::Packing and patrolling, U.S. troops roll out of Iraq – Yahoo! News
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 1:58 pm
CAMP ECHO, Iraq (Reuters) - Camp Echo's dusty motorpools are empty, its private contract caterers have long gone home and murals depicting the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York's twin towers have been painted over. One of the last seven U.S. military bases in Iraq, Echo is in rapid handover to Iraqi hands as American soldiers there pack up and complete their final ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , General , Islam , Middle East , Military , News , Politics , Terrorism , War
ECONOMY:: Stocks Surge After Central Banks’ Action on Debt Crisis – NYTimes
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 1:52 pm
Stocks rallied in the United States on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve and other central banks took action to try to contain the debt crisis in the euro zone, with market indexes gaining more than 4 percent and the Dow Jones industrial average ending up 490 points. via Stocks Surge After Central Banks’ Action on Debt Crisis - ... Go To Article
