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Archive for October, 2009

Obama At Dover As Caskets Return Home

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 29th, 2009. Filed under Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Politics

President Obama was at Dover Air Force Base last night as the caskets of the American soldiers killed in Afghanistan earlier this week returned home:
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. – U.S. President Barack Obama saw first hand the human cost of the Afghanistan war Thursday as he saluted the flag-draped caskets of 18 soldiers and [...]

Phillies Best Yankees In Game One

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 29th, 2009. Filed under Baseball, New York Yankees, Sports

I didn’t manage to stay awake past the 6th inning, but I’m not surprised it turned out this way:
When the Philadelphia Phillies traded for Cliff Lee in July, there was no playoff data to explore. There were no highlights of Lee striking out Alex Rodriguez three times or fielding a bouncer behind his back. Lee [...]

Ronald Reagan: A Time For Choosing

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under History, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

Forty-five years ago, October 27, 1964, Ronald Reagan delivered one of the defining speeches of his political career in support of the already-doomed Presidential candidacy of Barry Goldwater. It was a rallying cry for conservatives, not the conservatives we know of today, or the neocons who have taken over the White House, but Barry Goldwater [...]

Going Galt, New York Style

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under Economics, Individual Liberty, Politics

New Yorkers are giving the Bronx cheer to high taxes:
More than 1.5 million state residents left for other parts of the United States from 2000 to 2008, according to the report from the Empire Center for New York State Policy. It was the biggest out-of-state migration in the country.
The vast majority of the migrants, 1.1 [...]

D.C. Vote Bill Appears To Be Deadlocked

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under D.C. Vote Bill, Democrats, Political Parties, Politics, Washington DC

It’s been months since anyone in Congress has talked about advancing the bill to give the District of Columbia voting representation in Congress, and it doesn’t seem like that will be changing anytime soon:
D.C. voting rights advocates ran into a major obstacle Tuesday, as the top Senate appropriator said he’d block any proposal to attach [...]

Larry Kudlow Responds To Barney Frank

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under Individual Liberty, Politics

Here’s what Frank said.
And, here’s Kudlow’s response:

H/T: Club For Growth

Public Remains Divided On Health Care Reform

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Politics

According to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll:
[T]he NBC/Journal poll — which was conducted of 1,009 adults Oct. 22-25, and which has an overall margin of error of plus-minus 3.1 percentage points — shows that opinions on the health care debate haven’t changed much over the past month.
Only 38 percent believe that Obama’s health [...]

Ron Paul Gets A 2010 Primary Opponent

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Once again, Ron Paul will face a Republican primary challenge for his Congressional seat in 2010:
Katy resident Tim Graney has announced his candidacy for the 14th Congressional District, challenging maverick Republican incumbent Ron Paul.
Grainey, a former small business owner who will be entering his first political race, said the district needs a new voice in [...]

Increasing The Size Of The House Of Representatives

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under Congress, Politics, U.S. Constitution

From Jane Delung and Judith A. Himes of the Population Resource Center in Princeton, N.J.:
The Constitution created 65 seats in the House of Representatives, set a minimum size of 30,000 residents for a Congressional district, and mandated a reapportionment after each census. As new states entered the union and the nation’s population grew, the size [...]

U.S. Preparing Containment Strategy For Iran

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under Foreign Affairs, Iran, Middle East

It appears that the West is quickly coming to the realization that preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons is a strategy that probably won’t work:
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is quietly laying the groundwork for long-range strategy that could be used to contain a nuclear-equipped Iran and deter its leaders from using atomic weapons.
U.S. officials [...]

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