Posts Tagged ‘Washington Examiner’
What happens if there is a 269-269 Tie in the Electoral College?- Election 2012
With the 2012 Presidential getting closer just a few weeks before election day, folks are beginning to wonder what would happen if their were a 269-269 electoral vote tie in the electoral college. 269-269 Electoral Vote tie - Mitt Romney (red) and Barack Obama (blue). Image from CNN's Electoral College calculator. This week Real Clear Politics and other Electoral Map assemblers have removed nearly 50 electoral votes from the Obama column, leaving just a 20 vote difference between Obama and Romney. While no one wants there to be a crisis in the electoral college, there appears to be several scenarios that allow for such a tie. We came across an analysis article by the Washington Examiners Philip Klein. Here is what he had to say: As Mitt Romney continues to make gains in [...]
Inaugural Breitbart Award Winners Honored
Reporter Philip Klein of The Washington Examiner blogger Duane Lester, of AllAmericanBlogger.com and LibertyNews.com, and citizen film director Andrew Marcus, who produced the much-anticipated movie Hating Breitbart, were the recipients of the inaugural Breitbart Awards at the Future of Journalism Summit in Providence, Rhode Island on June 8. To keep the late Andrew Breitbart’s spirit alive, pay tribute to “the monumental achievements of Andrew Breitbart's work,” and recognize “those who continue his legacy by carrying the torch for freedom and truth,” The Heritage Foundation and Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity created the Breitbart Awards. The winners were honored at a dinner held during the first-ever Future of Journalism Summit, which was [...]
The Truth About Gingrich Ethics, Chris Cristie, And A View From Mark Levin
By: Edmund Jenks - West Coast Editor On Monday's Mark Levin Show this week (January 23, 2012), Mark Levin took to task comments made by New Jersey Governor Chris Cristie while on "Meet The Press" when he was on the campaign stomp on behalf of Mitt Romney. Chris Christie was running his mouth about Newt Gingrich, saying that Newt has embarrassed the Republican Party with his ethics charges that were brought in Congress by Democrat Congressman David Bonior. Mark challenges Christie to review each of the charges, point by point, and their outcome as a student of the process just as Mark did at the time the charges were actually brought because Mark Levin was a senior attorney at the Landmark Legal Foundation and performed the investigation. Mark asserts that Gov. Christie can't [...]
About those oil company subsidies
When President Obama gave a speech on the high price of gas, one of the things he called for was for congress to "take immediate action to eliminate unwarranted tax breaks for the oil and gas industry and use the dollars to invest in clean energy. "Usually these tax breaks are referred to as "subsidies" by the press and Democrats who point the finger of blame for high gas prices at oil companies. The truth is, a tax break is not properly a pure subsidy. Subsidies are funds that governments give to someone to encourage and assist them to take an action. By reducing taxes for an action, that can have the same sort of effect, but it is more properly a tax break. This is a critical difference, because it reveals a distinction in how people understand taxes and earning. Money businesses [...]
Take that Mr President! House to block Obama from making recess appointments
Here is hoping Philip Klein source is correct: Update: via @philipaklein - Senate to hold Pro forma sessions on May 27th, May 31st, June 3rd to avert recess appointments. A senior Republican Senate aide says that the House has indicated it will not agree to let the Senate leave for a full recess over Memorial Day in an attempt to block President Obama from making any appointments during the break next week. Under the U.S Constitution, neither chamber can adjourn for more than three days unless both chambers agree to it. When Democrats took over Congress in 2007, they held pro forma Senate sessions every three days during breaks to prevent President Bush from making any appointments, some of which lasted mere seconds. This has not yet been confirmed by House GOP sources. Read [...]
Giuliani ‘very close’ to a GOP 2012 Run
Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, whose presidential campaign fizzled in 2008, is leaning toward another race for the White House, according to a close associate. New York Republican Rep. Peter King, who has known Giuliani for more than 40 years, says the former mayor "is very close to saying he's going to run." "If he were to make the decision today, he would run," says King. Speaking at a dinner with reporters in Washington, King, who was an enthusiastic Giuliani supporter in 2008, said the former mayor has been quietly lining up support and exploring strategy. Giuliani has also examined the mistakes his campaign made in '08, when he did not seriously compete in a contest until the Florida primary, by which time he was hopelessly behind in the race. Read more Giuliani [...]
Obama’s angry comedy routine: President jabs enemies, mocks symbols of patriotism
Obama's angry comedy routine: President jabs enemies, mocks symbols of patriotism via Byron York Self-deprecation has long been a hallmark of presidential appearances at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. Whether riding high or struggling in the polls, a president's surest way to score points with the press and the Washington political establishment is to make fun of himself. While he's also expected to get in a few digs at his opponents, over the years the theme of the dinner has usually focused on a president who's big enough to make jokes at his own expense. In his remarks to the correspondents association dinner Saturday night, Barack Obama came up with a new formula: Cut the self-deprecation to a minimum and unleash a series of attacks on [...]
Government Shutdown looms as Left stakes claim on Nanny State funding
Talks have stalled between congressional Democrats and Republicans trying to negotiate a federal budget for the remainder of the fiscal year, escalating the chances that the government could at least partially shut down next month. Lawmakers have only two weeks to come up with a deal before a sixth, short-term funding bill, or continuing resolution, expires on April 8, and so far both sides are doing little more than pointing fingers of blame at each other for causing such uncertainty. Democrats said Monday they were prepared to offer a deal to the GOP that would reduce fiscal 2011 spending by $20 billion through September, the end of the current fiscal year. According to Democratic aides, however, Republicans abandoned the talks when infighting broke out within their own [...]
Obama union-friendly appointees rules against Vegas casino
The National Labor Relations Board, which has become a liberal bastion in the Obama era after the president packed it with union-friendly appointees, has ruled that the MGM-owned Las Vegas casino New York, New York violated labor law by barring off-duty restaurant workers from distributing handbills on casino property. The restaurants were operated by a third-party contractor, and the employees were handing out literature promoting union organizing attempts, both outside restaurant entrances and the main entrance to the casino. Read more at the Washington Examiner.
Interesting Observation – Census shows Blacks fleeing blue states
Like me, Walter Russell Mead has been studying the 2010 Census figures with the aid of this excellent interactive graphic by the New York Times. He focuses in this terrific American Interest blogpost on the fact that the black population has been declining in what he calls “blue state America”—states and cities with high state government spending, generous welfare benefits. From 2000 to 2010 the black population declined 11% in the District of Columbia, 4% in Hawaii (where Barack Obama was counted in the 1970 Census and, depending on whether he was in college or not on April 1, in the 1980 Census), and 1% in California, Illinois, Michigan and New York. In contrast, the black population declined by less than 0.5% in Louisiana, despite the mass exodus after Hurricane [...]
