Late last month the Transportation Security Administration expanded the use of full-body scanning machines and more intrusive pat-downs. When I write “more intrusive pat-downs” I really mean “sexual assault under color of authority.” You can check out what happened to one traveler who refused to undergo the full body scan and groping just to get […]
It’s not supposed to be out until Dec. 1, but the two co-chairmen of President Obama’s deficit reduction commission released their “starting point” earlier this week. There’s some good things in the plan, and some bad things. The commissioners start out with a handicap in that the assumption that Obamacare remains the law of the […]
First, the obligatory Monty Python video. Second, a word problem. In 1994 the GOP gained 54 seats to take control of the House for the first time in decades. In 2010, Fox News is reporting that it appears Republicans will gain up to 65 seats. What’s the difference between 65 and 54? Answer below the […]
As expected, Republicans will take control of the House and likely by 60+ seats. Surprisingly, it looks like the GOP will underperform in the Senate races. Many believed if the GOP were in the 60+ area, that gaining control of the Senate was within reach. Instead it appears that the Republicans will fall 3-4 seats […]
A couple weeks back, an East San Diego County school board candidate asked for my prediction on the upcoming midterm elections. My guess then: GOP +55 House, GOP +8 Senate. Now, that’s going against the historic grain for one reason: In the past century or so, every time control of the House has flipped, the […]
Just a quick recitation of the facts of the Meg Whitman “housekeeper scandal.” The housekeeper committed multiple crimes in presenting false documents to Meg Whitman to verify her employment. When the housekeeper told Whitman she was in the U.S. illegally, Whitman fired her – as required by law. Whitman did not report her to immigration […]
Former Democrat U.S. Senate candidate from California Mickey Kaus notes that federal law allows candidates to draw a salary from their political campaigns and use that salary to pay their bills. But the regs explicitly allow candidates to pay themselves a salary (as long as it doesn't exceed what they made "as earned income in […]
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson is disappointed in you. In the punditry business, it's considered bad form to question the essential wisdom of the American people. But at this point, it's impossible to ignore the obvious: The American people are acting like a bunch of spoiled brats. Says the guy with the job and the […]
Liken it to whatever natural disaster you will, it looks like Democrats are going to get demolished come November. The 10-point margin for Republicans on the generic ballot is the largest since Gallup started polling on that subject in the 1940s. Democrats have had bigger margins (at the height of the Watergate scandal), but never […]
One wonders how Charlie Crist can still have a viable candidacy. Last week he told an interviewer that had he been in the Senate at the time, he would’ve voted for Obamacare. The next day he said he misspoke. By the Weekly Standard’s count, he’s had six different positions on the subject. Does anyone doubt […]