Browsing Month November, 2011
BARONE::North American oil boom: Mexico joining in? – WashEx
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:37 am
I haven’t noticed much interest in the blogosphere in Maria Anastasia O’Grady’s Monday Wall Street Journal column based on Journal writers’ interview with Enrique Peña Nieto, the former governor of the state of Mexico, Mexico’s largest, which includes most of the Mexico City suburbs and has a population of 14 million (more than any U.S. state except California, ... Go To Article
Commentary , Energy , Featured , General , Politics
SALLY PIPES::WAL-MART’S Entrance Into Health Care Is Great News for Americans
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:36 am
Earlier this month, Wal-Mart dropped a bombshell on the health care industry. A memo from the retail giant obtained by National Public Radio revealed that the company would seek partners to help it “dramatically . . . lower the cost of health care . . . by becoming the largest provider of primary health care services in the nation.” That’s great news for American ... Go To Article
Commentary , Featured , General , Health Care , Politics
THOMAS SOWELL: Lessons of History? – RCP
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:36 am
It used to be common for people to urge us to learn "the lessons of history." But history gets much less attention these days and, if there are any lessons that we are offered, they are more likely to be the lessons from current polls or the lessons of political correctness. Even among those who still invoke the lessons of history, some read those lessons very ... Go To Article
ELECTION 2012::Gingrich is GOP’s latest not-Romney – WashTimes
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:35 am
Getting Republicans to line up behind Mitt Romney, it turns out, is like trying to stuff a cat into a trash can. No matter how you present the feline to the receptacle, at least one claw always manages to reach out at the last second and cling desperately to the rim. Romney has been the anointed front-runner for four years now in a party that likes its front-runners. ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Commentary , Election 2012 , Featured , General , Politics
VDH’s Private Papers:: Romney: The Castor-Oil Candidate
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:34 am
Nominating Mitt Romney is sort of like taking Grandma’s castor oil. Republicans are dreading the thought of downing their unpleasant-tasting medicine but worry that sooner or later they will have to. By any logical political calculus, the former Massachusetts governor is an ideal presidential candidate. Ramrod straight, fit, and well-educated, he knows all sorts of ... Go To Article
GINGRICH Pulls Ahead in Gallup’s Net Favorability Ratings | The Weekly Standard
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:33 am
For the first time, Newt Gingrich has moved into first place in Gallup’s net favorability ratings. Here are the candidates’ respective tallies among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents: 1. Newt Gingrich, +44 percent (68 percent favorable, 24 percent unfavorable) 2. Mitt Romney, +42 percent (67 to 25 percent) 3. Rick Santorum, +31 percent (58 to ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , General , News , Politics , Polls
OCCUPY L.A.: LAPD seals off Civic Center; protesters launch fireworks – latimes
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:30 am
Los Angeles police were moving into the Civic Center Tuesday night, closing off a large area around the Occupy L.A. encampment. The LAPD has closed off an area from Temple Street on the north to 3rd Street on the south and Alameda Street on the east and Broadway on the west. An LAPD helicopter announced the commencement of the department's action, swooping down low ... Go To Article
EURO ZONE::Europe ramps up rescue fund, may turn to IMF – Yahoo! News
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:20 am
BRUSSELS/MILAN (Reuters) - Euro zone ministers agreed to ramp up the firepower of their rescue fund, but couldn't say by how much, and may turn to the IMF for more help as a stunning leap in Italy's borrowing costs pushed the region closer to financial disaster. Two years into Europe's sovereign debt crisis, investors are fleeing the euro zone bond market, European ... Go To Article
ELECTION 2012:: Obama Abandons the Working Class – WSJ
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:20 am
When President Obama visits Scranton Wednesday, he will speak at the same high school gym where Hillary Clinton kicked off her Pennsylvania campaign in March 2008. We forget it now, but even then Scranton folks were skeptical about the guy promising hope and change. In that primary, Mr. Obama never did connect. On St. Patrick's Day, he showed up in Scranton wearing no ... Go To Article
ELECTION 2012::Top IOWA social conservative won’t endorse for president – TheHill
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:19 am
Steve Scheffler, the head of the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition and a prominent social conservative in the Hawkeye State, won't endorse anyone for president. "We're not going to endorse a candidate," he told The Hill Tuesday afternoon. The move is a missed opportunity for the GOP presidential candidates who are trying to unite social conservatives in the state ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , General , News , Politics
