Sen. Barbara Boxer (Dumb-Calif.) made an ass of herself this week when she called a Brig. Gen. on the carpet for referring to her as "ma'am." Chuck DeVore, who is running an uphill campaign to unseat Boxer in this very blue state has made a comparison. Vice President Joe Biden's wife, Jill, prefers to […]
Iran today accused President Barack Obama of "meddling" in its internal affairs. A statement by state-run Press TV blamed Washington for "intolerable" interference in the bloody showdown over allegations of vote-rigging and fraud. The report, on Press TV, cited no evidence. It said the government summoned the Swiss ambassador, who represents U.S. interests in Iran, […]
National Journal's Stuart Taylor takes a harder look at Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's decision in the Ricci case to adopt the district court's "reasoning" wholesale and finds it troubling. The panel's decision to adopt as its own U.S. District Judge Janet Arterton's opinion in the case looks much less defensible up close than it […]
The Washington Examiner's Byron York has more on the Obama administration's effort to fire AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin. The method of Walpin's firing could be a violation of the 2008 Inspectors General Reform Act, which requires the president to give Congress 30 days' notice, plus an explanation of cause, before firing an inspector general. […]
On June 24, ABC News is going to devote an amazing amount of coverage to President Obama's healthcare reform plan. ABC News’ Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer to Moderate a Primetime Conversation with President Barack Obama about the Future of the Nation’s Healthcare System Special Edition of “Primetime” to Air from the White House Wednesday, […]
I'm not sure how much "there" is there, but the Washington Examiner's Byron York has a report and updates on what appears to be a potential scandal over the Obama administration's effort to fire the AmeriCorps inspector general. The bigger question is why the president is doing this and why he is attempting to do […]
I noted before that the Obama administration had threatened to use its trained poodle -- the White House press corps -- as an attack dog against Chrysler investors who were balking at the pre-packaged bankruptcy. This week we got some more details about that incident from Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-Ohio). From the chart at […]
During the 2008 campaign, then-Sen. Barack Obama ridiculed a suggestion by Gov. Sarah Palin that an Obama administration would give Miranda warnings to terrorists. That implied promise that he was not so foolish as that Caribou Barbie made him out to be has officially expired. For, the Obama Justice Department has quietly ordered FBI agents […]