You’ve got to love the way Michelle Malkin can sum up a situation in a colorful way. On the Payoff Harry Reid put into the health care bill to buy Ben Nelson’s vote, she says “Sellout Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) got his Cash-for-Cloture Christmas present early.” Pretty accurate, wouldn’t you say? Michelle not only has [...]
Let’s recount some of the promises that President Obama and Democratic members of Congress have made: Obama will reach across party lines and work closely with Republicans on key legislature Health care amounts for 1/6 of the US economy and it is crucial to get it right The White House will be the most transparent [...]
Those that have been following the Climategate stories won’t find the following story surprising. Likewise, those that have been following the climate change debate in recent years (no, the debate was never really over Mr. Gore), are well aware of how those that worship at the altar of global warming have tried very hard to [...]
Harry Reid and President Obama are trying to use sleight of hand and cries of urgency to perpetrate a fraud on the citizens of the United States of America, again. Earlier in the month, in yet another free commercial for the President, also known as a Charlie Gibson interview, President Obama stated that if we [...]
Mitch McConnell reacts to Harry Reid buying Senator Ben Nelson’s vote and the Democratic strategy of ramming the bill through before Christmas, when Americans are preoccupied with Christmas.
Harry Reid is going to attempt to get the Senate Democrats to vote for cloture before they are any of their constituents have had time read and understand the bill. Senators Lincoln, Bayh, Landrieu, Lieberman, McCaskill, Nelson, Pryor and Webb all committed in October to a transparent process on health care reform, which would include [...]
Our friends at the Patriot Room made us aware of this. The health care task force has put together a page with contact information (twitter, facebook, email, phone) for seven key senators in Harry Reid’s attempt to rush his health care bill through before anyone has had time to read it. If they vote for [...]
Update: We are still trying to review and confirm, but Foxnews is reporting that the deal Nelson cut is for Nebraska to NEVER pay for increases in Medicaid costs from this bill, rather than getting a third year of matching funds as was originally reported. As was expected to be the case, Senator Ben Nelson [...]
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs won’t be able to continue to dismiss poll after poll with a glib, I could draw that graph with a crayon comment. In yet another blow to President Obama’s health care reform (we use the term reform loosely here), Rasmussen confirms the results of other recent polls showing that [...]
It’s a pretty good bet that President Obama’s first year in office has not gone the way he envisioned it. It is only three months since Barack Obama’s last failure in Copenhagen. In September, the President traveled to the International Olympic Committee meeting in Copenhagen to try and sell Chicago as the site of the [...]
Liberals in Washington and around the country are bickering over the health care bill — a political cat fight. Since President Obama has mandated that it needs to be passed by Christmas, regardless of the contents of the bill, many items on the left wing wish list have been removed, with the public option being [...]
In the last 24 hours or so, as threats and payoffs from the Democratic party have ratched up to try and force/buy Senator Ben Nelson’s (D-NE) vote, the people of his state have begun to speak up. Last night a pro-life group in Nebraska had a rally to send a message to Nelson and then [...]
From the “nothing they do will surprise me” file, Harry Reid is now threatening the Republican Senators. Telling them if they don’t back down and roll over on the Health care and defense spending legislation that Reid will schedule votes at late night and early morning. The Examiner reports Reid’s shenanigans: Senate Democrats are threatening [...]
Hot Air is reporting that Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) has said the compromise language on abortion, as it is currently written, is not sufficient. Politico has some of the details: In an interview Thursday with a Nebraska radio station, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) said new compromise language on abortion funding is unacceptable. “As it is [...]
Over the last few days we covered the story circulating that the White House has reportedly threatened to put Offutt Air Force base on the base closure list if Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) votes against the Senate health care bill. At the same time, it is reported that if he does vote for the bill, [...]
It would appear there are some cracks forming in the United Democratic Party of Washington DC. President Obama’s party support appears to be falling away about as fast as his approval rating. Nancy Pelosi has said that it’s the President’s responsibility to make his case and sell reluctant Democrats on the need for additional funding [...]
One poll after another reveals how unhappy America is with President Obama’s policies and decisions. Those in the White House tasked with monitoring the polls and reacting to them, must feel like they are taking body blow after body blow. In recent weeks, polls have shown large approval rating drops among Democratic voters; that he [...]
Russia is now added to New Zealand and China to announce that claims of warming in their countries were either overstated or non-existent. The Russian Institute of Economic Analysis says that it appears that the British Hadley Center for Climate Change selectively chose temperature data to exaggerate the warming trend. They opted to include more [...]
There are several charts on Hot Air that show new polling about positive/negative approval for the Tea Party movement, GOP and Democrats. There are also approval ratings for President Obama (new NBC low) and the health care bill (also a new low). Here’s a taste of the polling data from Hotair.com: They [Democratic health-care bill] [...]
We reported yesterday on the story about the White House using a carrot and stick to buy Senator Ben Nelson’s vote on the health care bill. This story continues to unfold as more details come out. Ed Morrissey of Hot Air has more on the base closure threat: How desperate has the White House become [...]