Articles tagged with: Republicans
McConnell Blocks “Student Loan Bill” & Blames Obama
It should come as no surprise that the highly dysfunctional U.S. Senate was unable to reach a compromise on the so-called “Student Loan Bill”. Although most lawmakers in both parties agree that extending the low 3.4% rate on federally subsided Stafford Loans would be a good thing, the disagreement comes on how the $6.0 billion cost would be funded. As …
Job Growth Will Propel Obama To A Second Term
The Republicans have spent the last year or so wrangling with each other in an attempt to get across to the voters their own particular brand of conservatism. Likewise, the Democrats have spent the last year or so responding to the GOP‘s trumped-up charges of mismanagement, and have attempted to brand the Republicans as extremists who out to destroy the …
Gingrich Calls America Dysfunctional
On Wednesday Newt Gingrich spoke at a press conference at Georgetown University. During his first public appearance since announcing he had dramatically cut back on his presidential campaign, Newt hammered away at the usual themes of how Obama is ruining the country, how the news media is out to get him, and how his Republican opponents have corrupted his “big …
Tea Party Bravado Results in Mitt Romney
Many Americans who have watched the drama of the Republican presidential primaries unfold have been astounded by the total lack of enthusiasm among the electorate. Simply stated, the prospect of Mitt Romney becoming the inevitable nominee has left the majority of Republicans disgusted and disenfranchised. Many of the GOP faithful feel that Romney has been foisted on them by the …
McCain Beats The Drums of War (Again)
The Congressional hawks are once again calling for the United States to take military actions against another country. This time the target of U.S. aggression is Syria, although Iran is not far behind. As could be expected, it’s Senator John McCain that is leading the chorus of Republican voices who see military force as a solution to every conflict that …
Super-Tuesday: Romney’s Armageddon
The contentious race for the Republican Party’s presidential nominee was far from being resolved by last night’s primary elections in Arizona and Michigan. The razor thin win by Romney in his home state of Michigan clearly indicates that the ultra-conservative, Tea Party wing is not yet willing to give up hopes that one of their own (i.e. Rick Santorum) will …
Republicans Feast on “Economic” Sour Grapes
Over the course of the last three years, Americans have very consistently told pollsters that the “number 1″ issue facing the country is how to improve the domestic economy. In fact, most of the woes being experienced by Americans, such as unemployment, mortgage foreclosure, and loss of pension funds, are due to an economy that went into a tailspin in …
Iowans Will Soon Cull the Republican Herd
With only one day left before the highly-touted Iowa caucuses, the rather pathetic pack of Republican presidential wanna-bees are frantically blanketing every corner of the state in search for votes. I have little doubt that ordinary Iowans will be glad when the whole damn thing is over, and the rhetoric of ass-kissing politicians from Texas, Massachusetts and Georgia can be …
Super Committee Reflects America’s Deep Divisions
As we all can so clearly recall, a disgraceful show of Republican partisanship and recalcitrance last August nearly brought the country to the point of financial default. A last minute deal was reached between moderate Republicans and Democrats that forced the Obama Administration to agree to deep cuts in domestic spending with no increases in revenues. At that time a …
Obama Administration Scores A Victory in Libya
Today, October 20, 2011, the world can join together with all Libyans in celebrating the demise of Moammar Gadhafi. After a long and bloody struggle, the liberation forces announced that Gadhafi was killed while attempting to escape from the town of Sirte, located in his tribal homeland. Libya‘s Interim Prime Minister, Mahmoud Jibril, also announced that Gadhafi’s sons, Mutassim and …
