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Archive for September, 2009

David Alexrod Shoots Down Idea Of Interstate Competition In Insurance

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, September 20th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Politics

The Obama Administration is apparently opposed to the one health care reform that could actually do some good:

H/T: Jason Pye

Obama Reportedly Asking David Paterson Not To Run For Re-Election

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, September 20th, 2009. Filed under 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, Democrats, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

An earthquake of Presidential proportions in the 2010 New York Governor’s race:
WASHINGTON — President Obama has sent a request to Gov. David A. Paterson that he withdraw from the New York governor’s race, fearing that Mr. Paterson cannot recover from his dismal political standing, according to two senior administration officials and a New York Democratic [...]

Mike Huckabee Wins Values Voters Summit Straw Poll

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, September 20th, 2009. Filed under 2012 Election, Elections, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Sarah Palin

Slowly but surely, Mike Huckabee is emerging as the 2012 candidate of the moment:
Mike Huckabee cruised to an easy victory in a presidential straw poll taken among attendees at a social conservative conference, beating a group of four other Republican contenders by an over two-to-one margin.
Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and a 2008 presidential candidate, [...]

Ron Paul’s Audit The Fed Bill, H.R. 1207, To Get Committee Hearing Friday

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, September 20th, 2009. Filed under Economics, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Via Liberty Maven, some news from the House Financial Services Committee:

More details when they’re available, but this is good news.

New Poll Confirms Virginia Governor’s Race Is Now A Toss-Up

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, September 20th, 2009. Filed under 2009 Governor's Race, Bob McDonnell, Creigh Deeds, Virginia, Virginia Politics

Following up on last week’s Rasmussen poll, today we have a new poll from the Washington Post showing the Virginia Governor’s race is, for the moment at least, a dead heat:
Dramatic shifts among independent female voters and Northern Virginians over the past month have propelled Democrat R. Creigh Deeds to within four points of Republican [...]

Even Without Slavery, There Was Nothing Admirable About The Confederacy

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 19th, 2009. Filed under History, Individual Liberty

Some libertarians and advocates of limited government and federalism, such as economists Thomas DiLorenzo and Walter Williams have argued that the Confederate State of America was the last gasp of limited government on the American continent in the face of Lincoln-esqe consolidation. However, is that really the case ?
The existence, enforcement and enshrinement of slavery [...]

Jimmy Carter In August 2008: Obama “That Black Boy”

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 19th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Dumbasses, Politics

Ummm, Mr. former President:
Historically, in countries such as the U.S. and South Africa, “boy” was not only a ‘neutral’ term for domestics but also used as a disparaging racist insult towards men of colour (especially of African descent), recalling their subservient status even after the 20th century legal emancipation (from slavery, evolved to race segregation, [...]

Russia Abandons Plan To Base Missiles Near Poland

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 19th, 2009. Filed under Europe, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Russia

Only days after the United States announced it was scrapping a planned missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic, Russia has announced that it is dropping plans to base missiles near Poland:
Russia will scrap a plan to deploy missiles near Poland because the U.S. no longer wants to place a missile-defense system in [...]

Millions In Stimulus Dollars Going To Road Signs Advertising Stimulus Dollars

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 19th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics

Propaganda paid for by your tax dollars:
They’re spending hundreds of billions of dollars to stimulate the economy, so Senate Democrats said Wednesday they might as well spend millions putting up signs to highlight where the money is being spent.
The road signs, which let motorists know the paving and construction projects they see are being paid [...]

Zbignew Bresinski Endorses Obama’s Decision On Missile Defense

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 19th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Europe, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Politics, Russia

Former National Security Adviser Zbignew Brezinski has endorsed the President’s decision to scrap a Eastern European missile defense plan, though he thinks the White House badly mishandled how it was announced:
Is the Obama administration decision to end the missile-defense program the right one?
Well, let me first of all say that my view on this subject [...]

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