Given that the original “autopsy” report — performed by Bushies for Bushies, and coming to the astounding conclusion that what the Party needs is more and better Bushies — seems to have driven them to tactical distraction and manic scapegoating. — The remedy for which, suggests Robert Romano of ALG, is to stop surfing the web and start taking conservative principles seriously: Establishment Republicans are in the midst of what
April 5, 2013
April 5, 2013
“Heading backward: The miserable March jobs report”
Darleen touched on this a bit, but here’s Jim Pethokoukis to bring it home: It would take superspin powers to portray the March jobs report as anything other than a huge step in the wrong direction. The US economy added just 88,000 jobs last month, 95,000 in the private sector as public payrolls fell by 7,000. The official unemployment rate ticked down a tenth of a point to 7.6%. 1. That
April 5, 2013
“Closing the ‘Gun Ownership’ Loophole”
They don’t want to take your guns, you paranoid extremist Constitution humpers. They merely want common-sense gun transfer reform! American Spectator: For months now the Washington Post and its polling partner, ABC News, have been doing their utmost to support the Obama administration’s campaign against the Second Amendment. The “gun show loophole” has been a recurring theme in this campaign, with the Post recently reporting that “nine in 10 Americans
April 5, 2013
Chump change [Darleen Click]
While the NYTimes puts up a headline that Obama is proposing “cuts” to his budget, what he really wants is yet more and higher taxes. Congressional Republicans have dug in against any new tax revenues after higher taxes for the affluent were approved at the start of the year. The administration’s hope is to create cracks in Republicans’ antitax resistance, especially in the Senate, as constituents complain about the across-the-board