Category Archives: Government
Spend Like No Tomorrow
Obama obliged Congress’s desire for extended vacation by delaying his request for an extended debt ceiling.
Vacation One
The president and first lady wound down from “his and her” shopping trips toPetSmart and Target with “his and her” separate Air Force One travel to Hawaii.
Elephant Trap
“What even minimally rational government enacts payroll-tax relief for just two months?” Krauthammer’s glad you asked.
Looting the Lockbox
Republicans are said to have run up a blind alley since Boehner rejected the Senate version of the payroll tax cut. McConnell is still pushing hard for a 2 month extension of the cuts. After that, they can fight it out again – if Social Security isn’t broke yet. Where’s that lockbox?
Update: House Republicans cave.
Lockbox sighting?
When Messiahs go Mano a Mano
Thomas Sowell is just fine with Newt. And Jacob Weisberg thinks Newt is nuts. Meanwhile, “The One We’ve Been Waiting For” rates himself the 4th best president in history, edged out of the top spot by Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Johnson.
