Browsing Month December, 2011
ELECTION 2012:: Surging In Iowa, Ron Paul Takes His Turn As Rivals’ Punching Bag – Fox News
By MB Snow at December 28, 2011 | 9:35 am
For months, Ron Paul was by turns ignored, tolerated and occasionally even praised by his opponents in the Republican presidential race. But with the libertarian-leaning candidate surging to the front of the field in Iowa with less than a week to go before the caucuses, Paul's extensive record of outside-the-GOP-mainstream comments and views is coming under withering ... Go To Article
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MIDDLE EAST:: Oil price falls as Saudis trump Iran threat – AP
By MB Snow at December 28, 2011 | 9:26 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices fell on Wednesday, as Saudi Arabia said it will offset any loss of oil from a threatened Iranian blockade of a crucial tanker route in the Middle East. The U.S. Navy warned that any disruption of traffic through the vital Strait of Hormuz "will not be tolerated." On Tuesday Iran's vice president said that his country was ready to close ... Go To Article
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FRED BARNES:: The GOP’s Answer to Union Money – WSJ
By MB Snow at December 28, 2011 | 1:10 am
When Steven Law was deputy secretary of labor in the George W. Bush administration, he routinely scrutinized the disclosure forms of labor unions. Unions had recently been required to report new details about how they spent their members' dues money. Mr. Law discovered that organized labor was contributing millions to a variety of liberal groups—environmentalists, ... Go To Article
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BARONE:: Voters want growth, not income redistribution | WashEx
By MB Snow at December 28, 2011 | 1:05 am
"A 2008 election widely regarded as heralding a shift toward the more government-friendly public sentiment of the New Deal and Great Society eras seems to have yielded just the reverse." So writes William Galston, Brookings Institution scholar and deputy domestic adviser in the Clinton White House, in the New Republic. Galston, one of the smartest political and policy ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Commentary , Featured , General , Politics , Polls
RYAN, WYDEN PLAN:: The Medicare Debate – NRO
By MB Snow at December 28, 2011 | 1:00 am
There are many reasons to be grateful for the introduction of the Medicare “premium support” plan by Democratic senator Ron Wyden and Republican House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan. In some respects, it represents an improvement over the design of previous versions of premium support. Whereas the original Ryan plan offered seniors a subsidy based on a ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Commentary , Featured , Health Care , Politics
ELECTION 2012:: Why Americans Support Voter ID Laws
By MB Snow at December 28, 2011 | 12:55 am
The state chairman of Indiana's Democratic Party resigned recently as a probe of election fraud in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary widened. State law requires a presidential candidate to gather 500 valid signatures in each county to qualify for the ballot. Barack Obama may not have met it. Investigators think 150 of the 534 signatures the Obama campaign turned ... Go To Article
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GUN SALES at record levels, according to FBI background checks – CNN
By MB Snow at December 28, 2011 | 12:46 am
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- December holiday shoppers were not just interested in buying the hottest electronics and toys -- they also were purchasing record numbers of guns, according to the latest FBI figures on background checks required to buy firearms. With a few days left in December, the FBI reports the number of background checks has already topped the previous ... Go To Article
PETHOKOUKIS:: Republican presidential race: Countdown to Iowa « Enterprise Blog
By MB Snow at December 28, 2011 | 12:43 am
OK, the Iowa caucuses are in a week, Jan. 3 to be exact. So where do things stand? A few thoughts, observations, and questions: 1. Is Romney a lock? Well, he’s done the round trip over at the Intrade betting market. He was in the 70s, then back down to the 40s, and now back to a 73 percent chance of being the GOP nominee. Next closest is New Gingrich at 8 percent. ... Go To Article
LANNY EBENSTEIN: Channel may hold $1 trillion worth of oil and gas
By MB Snow at December 28, 2011 | 12:30 am
December 27, 2011 5:14 AM There are, according to some estimates, as many as the equivalent of 10 billion barrels of oil and gas in the Santa Barbara Channel. At a value of $100 per barrel, this would be as much as $1 trillion of oil and gas in the channel, accessible from on-shore or existing platforms. It would be environmentally advantageous to remove as much of ... Go To Article
Commentary , Economy , Energy , Environment , General , Politics
RICK PERRY sues to be added to ballot in Virginia – DC
By MB Snow at December 28, 2011 | 12:15 am
Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry answers questions during a campaign stop at the Glenn Miller Museum in Clarinda, Iowa, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) After failing to provide enough voter signatures to make it on to the primary ballot in Virginia, Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry is resorting to ... Go To Article
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