Browsing Month February, 2012
JENKINS:: CONSERVATIVES and the MANDATE – WSJ
By MB Snow at February 29, 2012 | 12:45 am
ObamaCare's individual mandate, it turns out, is no more popular with the public than it is with the GOP hopefuls. A USA Today poll this week finds that 72% of voters believe the mandate to be unconstitutional. Only fools and angels, then, might tread forth to defend a now-embarrassing history of conservative support for the unpopular mandate. Former Bush speechwriter ... Go To Article
Commentary , Election 2012 , Featured , General , Health Care , Mitt Romney , Politics
ELECTION 2012:: Romney wins Michigan and Arizona – LATimes
By MB Snow at February 29, 2012 | 12:30 am
Mitt Romney's tentative hold on the status of GOP front-runner received a significant boost with victory in Michigan, where he won his native state and fought off a spirited challenge from Rick Santorum. Combined with a resounding triumph in the winner-take-all state of Arizona, Romney extended his lead in the delegate race and assuaged concerns of party leaders that ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , General , Mitt Romney , News , Politics
GINGRICH talks trees, not losses, in primary night speech – CBS News
By MB Snow at February 29, 2012 | 12:15 am
As the votes rolled in Tuesday night for primary contests in Michigan and Arizona, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich delivered lengthy remarks in his home state of Georgia, discussing everything from gas prices to the Middle East in a speech that ran more than 36 minutes long. But there was a notable omission in the former House speaker's speech: The ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , General , News , Newt Gingrich , Politics
PAUL A. GIGOT:: RUBIO’S Early VP Vetting – WSJ
By MB Snow at February 29, 2012 | 12:10 am
By PAUL A. GIGOT So far in the vetting of potential vice presidential candidate Marco Rubio, we've learned that his family left Cuba in the mid-1950s, earlier than most people believed, and that he was a Mormon as a child. Believe it or not, this is good news. On most GOP running-mate lists, Mr. Rubio is at or near the top. So it's especially important that the ... Go To Article
The OBAMA ADMISTRATION Creates a New Political Market – Forbes
By MB Snow at February 29, 2012 | 12:05 am
When the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission weighed the merits of AT&T’s proposed purchase of T-Mobile, they focused almost exclusively on the post-merger competition landscape. As a result, they failed to take into account a key rationale for the proposed deal: T-Mobile’s parent company, Deutsche Telekom (DTE), badly needed to get out ... Go To Article
GOVERNMENT WASTING ‘tens Of Billions’ Of Dollars Annually On Duplication, Overlap – Fox News
By MB Snow at February 29, 2012 | 12:02 am
As lawmakers across the Capitol hear appeals Tuesday from Obama administration secretaries pleading for their budgets, duplication and overlap in dozens of areas of government is wasting "tens of billions of dollars annually," a new government report shows. According to the Government Accountability Agency's 2012 annual report, nearly every department of the Executive ... Go To Article
VIRGINIA SENATE Passes Revised Ultrasound Bill – NYTimes
By MB Snow at February 29, 2012 | 12:00 am
Changing course after an unwelcome national uproar, the Virginia legislature narrowly adopted a revised bill on Tuesday that still requires doctors to perform an ultrasound on women before they have an abortion, but also says that women cannot be forced to have an invasive vaginal ultrasound. The revisions were demanded last week by Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican ... Go To Article
FRED BARNES:: ROMNEY Regains Frontrunner Status | WeeklyStandard
By MB Snow at February 28, 2012 | 11:24 pm
After months and months of campaigning, Mitt Romney is finally sounding like a conservative. It took the strong challenge by Rick Santorum in Romney’s home state of Michigan to produce this transformation. But it worked as Romney overcame a double-digit Santorum lead to win yesterday’s Michigan primary. To fight off Santorum, Romney unveiled a supply-side tax plan ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Commentary , Election 2012 , General , News , Politics
VIDEOS: Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum Speak Following Arizona and Michigan Primaries | Fox News Insider
By MB Snow at February 28, 2012 | 9:28 pm
After two big primaries tonight, the two frontrunners, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, spoke to their respective supporters across Michigan and Arizona. Mitt Romney won both primaries, followed by Rick Santorum who came in second. Following a night of Mitt Romney‘s big wins, he thanked supporters and explained the importance of his fight for president: “This ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , Featured , General , Mitt Romney , News , Politics , Rick Santorum
LIVE:: Track MICHIGAN GOP PRIMARY in Real Time – Feb 28 – PNN
By MB Snow at February 28, 2012 | 9:29 am
Track the race in real time. Interactive ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , General , News , Politics
