By Mark | November 4, 2010
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell came out yesterday, and said that his top priority, now that his party has retaken Congress, is the defeat of Barack Obama in 2012. It’s amazing to me that with unemployment over 10% and our men and women still dying in Afghanistan that the defeat of our elected President, Barack […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics | Also tagged birther, campaign finance reform, campaign funding, election results, government shutdown, gridlock, Jackson Citizen Patriot, mandates, Mark Shauer, Michigan's 7th Congressional District, Mitch McConnell, Obama, obstruction, Republican obstructionism, tea party, Tim Walberg, Washtenaw County |
By Mark | September 7, 2010
Tomorrow, we’re told, President Obama will propose an economic incentive package indented to help turn the American economy around. From what little I’ve been able to find in the press, it’s sounds like just the kind of thing that the American economy needs. It would not only provide generous tax incentives to companies pursuing research […]
Posted in Media, Politics | Also tagged Andrew Ross Sorkin, infrastructure, Morning Joe, National Infrastructure Bank, Obama, R&D, Rail, recovery, stimulus, tax incentives |
Well, it looks like Obama has done what several Presidents since Harry Truman have tried to do and failed at, and passed comprehensive health care reform legislation. Actually, I don’t believe it’s passed yet, but, according to the New York Times, Obama has been able to line up 224 votes in the House, which is […]
Posted in Health, Politics | Also tagged "kill the bill", Add new tag, Alan Grayson, David Frum, Democratic victories, Harry Truman, health care reform, health insurance, healthcare reform, holding insurance companies accountable, Mitt Romney, Obama, Obamacare, pathetic Republicans, preexisting conditions, rue the day, tea party, teabaggery, teabagging, Teddy Roosevelt, the public option, use of the n-word, Wall Street, Wall Street bonuses, Waterloo |
By Mark | February 4, 2010
Last Friday, President Obama stopped by the GOP House Issues Conference in Baltimore, and spent almost 90 minutes engaging the Republican members of Congress, and answering their questions on healthcare, taxes, defense and any number of other subjects. He did brilliantly, and I’d love to see more of it. Those of you who missed it, […]
Posted in Politics | Also tagged cynicism, FOX News, GOP House Issues Conference, hypocrisy, inchoate ideological fervor, Joel Klein, Obama, Obama Q&A, Republicans, Sam Stein, some Bolshevik plot |