Browsing Month May, 2012
CONDOLEEZA RICE, GEORGE SHULTZ Endorse Romney – NationalJournal
By MB Snow at May 31, 2012 | 1:49 pm
By Jonathan Miller -- One day after Mitt Romney clinched the GOP nomination, two former secretaries of state came forward and threw their support behind the former Massachusetts governor, according to Bloomberg. Condoleezza Rice, the Secretary of State under George W. Bush, gave her official nod to Romney at a fundraiser in California. “If America is going to ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , General , Mitt Romney , News , Politics
JAY COST:: It Was Never Bill Clinton’s Party | The Weekly Standard
By MB Snow at May 31, 2012 | 1:19 pm
BY JAY COST Yesterday, we got word that Artur Davis, the former Democratic representative from Alabama’s majority-black Seventh Congressional District and failed 2010 gubernatorial candidate, jumped from the Democratic party to the Republican party. What to make of this? A few years ago, when Alabama Democrat Parker Griffith made a similar switch, I took it as a ... Go To Article
Commentary , Featured , General , Politics
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON:: Culture Still Matters – NRO
By MB Snow at May 31, 2012 | 1:15 pm
By Victor Davis Hanson -- Rudesheim, Germany — This week I am leading a military-history tour on the Rhine River from Basel, Switzerland, to Amsterdam. You can learn a lot about Europe’s current economic crises by ignoring the sophisticated barrage of news analysis and instead just watching, listening, and talking to people as you go down river. Switzerland, by ... Go To Article
Commentary , Featured , General , Politics
GEORGE WILL:: Montana attempts to buck the Supreme Court on Citizens United – WaPo
By MB Snow at May 31, 2012 | 1:10 pm
By George F. Will -- Montana uses an interesting argument to justify defiance of a Supreme Court decision: Because the state is particularly prone to political corruption, it should be trusted to constrict First Amendment protections of political speech. At issue is the court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, which held, unremarkably, that Americans do not forfeit ... Go To Article
Commentary , Featured , General , George Will , Politics , US Constitution
PETHOKOUKIS:: Another dose of sickly economic news weakens Obama’s reelection odds « The Enterprise Blog
By MB Snow at May 31, 2012 | 1:08 pm
By James Pethokoukis -- Today we had a warm-up for tomorrow’s big jobs report. And the economic news hasn’t been so good: – 1Q GDP was revised down to 1.9% from 2.2%. The previous four GDP quarters of Obama recovery: 0.4%, 1.3%, 1.8%, 3.0%. Keep in mind that research from the Federal Reserve finds that that since 1947, when two-quarter annualized real GDP ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Economy , Election 2012 , Featured , General , News , Politics
JENNIFER RUBIN:: What Artur Davis is telling us – WaPo
By MB Snow at May 31, 2012 | 1:05 pm
By Jennifer Rubin -- Former Democratic congressman Artur Davis writes on his blog: As I told a reporter last week, this is not Bill Clinton’s Democratic Party . . . [I have described] growth as a deeper problem than exaggerated inequality; who wants to radically reform the way we educate our children; who despises identity politics and the practice of speaking ... Go To Article
Commentary , Election 2012 , Featured , General , Politics
LARRY J. SABATO’S CRYSTAL BALL:: Presidential polling in June: Flip a coin instead?
By MB Snow at May 31, 2012 | 1:00 pm
Larry J. Sabato -- “I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.” — Socrates With all of the polls, models and history at their disposal, political analysts should be able to figure out who is going to win a November presidential election by June, right? Well, not quite. While we would modestly suggest to Socrates and our readers that we know more than ... Go To Article
Commentary , Election 2012 , Featured , General , Politics , Polls
MITT ROMNEY Visits Solyndra Amid Attack on Obama Jobs Record – ABC News
By MB Snow at May 31, 2012 | 11:37 am
FREMONT, Calif. – Mitt Romney arrived at the shuttered headquarters of Solyndra Inc. this morning, a surprise visit that was shrouded in secrecy and part of the presumptive GOP presidential candidate’s attack on President Obama’s record on jobs creation. “The reason for keeping it quiet is because we knew if word got out that Solyndra would do everything in ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , General , Mitt Romney , News , Politics
Obama ally ARTUR DAVIS leaves Democratic Party – USA Today
By MB Snow at May 31, 2012 | 11:13 am
By Catalina Camia -- Former Alabama congressman Artur Davis, who seconded Barack Obama's nomination for president four years ago, says he's leaving the Democratic Party. The one-time rising Democratic Party star -- once described as "the Obama of Alabama" -- said on his website that he is switching his voter registration to Virginia and is considering running for ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , General , News , Politics
VIDEO:: Is college a waste of money?
By MB Snow at May 31, 2012 | 11:10 am
Election 2012 , General , Mitt Romney , News , Politics , Video news , VideoPage
