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Archive for October, 2009

70% Of Americans Don’t Think Sarah Palin Is Qualified To Be President

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under 2012 Election, Elections, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Republicans, Sarah Palin

More than a year after she hit the national stage, the bad impression that Sarah Palin made continues to haunt her:
WASHINGTON (CNN) – More than seven in 10 Americans think Sarah Palin is not qualified to be president, according to a new national poll.
Seventy-one percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released [...]

Associated Press Debunks Orly Taitz On Obama Birth Article

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

The Associated Press has issued a statement regarding the claim by Orly Taitz that an article it produced in 2004 said that Barack Obama was born in Kenya:
“The AP has never reported that President Obama was born in Kenya. In fact, AP news stories about the state of Hawaii have confirmed that he was born [...]

Republican Party Remains At All-Time Low With Public

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

According to the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal report:
While impressions of Obama’s professional performance are mixed, the same can’t be said for the Republican Party at large.
According to the poll, just 25 percent have a positive opinion of the GOP, which ties the party’s low-water mark in the survey. By comparison, 42 percent have a favorable [...]

How The Obama Administration Strongarmed Chrysler’s Creditors

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under Auto Industry, Barack Obama, Business, Economics, Politics

Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock explains how the Obama Administration helped Chrysler manipulate the bankruptcy process to deny creditors such as the State of Indiana the rights that they are entitled to under the Bankruptcy Code:

H/T: Cato@Liberty

Sarah Palin Reportedly Headed To Iowa

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under 2012 Election, Elections, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Republicans, Sarah Palin

If the report is true, I doubt she’s going there because she likes corn:
TheIowaRepublican.com has learned that former Alaska Governor and Vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin could be the featured speaker for the Iowa Family Policy Center’s fall fundraiser in Des Moines on November 21. The appearance would be Palin’s first in Iowa since the [...]

Obama Administration Trying To Silence Dissent

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Education, Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty, Politics

This, quite frankly, is just outrageous:
This, finally, is too much: Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States, walked up to former DC Councilman Kevin Chavous at an event and told him to pull an ad criticizing the administration for its opposition to the DC school voucher program. The Attorney General of the United States!
This is [...]

Virginia Commonwealth University Poll Shows McDonnell Up By 18

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under 2009 Governor's Race, Bob McDonnell, Creigh Deeds, Virginia, Virginia Politics

It’s getting close to the time for the Deeds campaign to break open the liquor cabinet and just drink:
In the final days of the gubernatorial campaign, Robert McDonnell holds an 18-point margin over his Democratic opponent, Creigh Deeds, among likely voters in Virginia, according to a new statewide survey conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University.
The Commonwealth [...]

Rasmussen On Virginia Governor’s Race: McDonnell +13

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under 2009 Governor's Race, Bob McDonnell, Creigh Deeds, Virginia, Virginia Politics

The latest Rasmussen Reports poll of the Virginia Governor’s race shows Bob McDonnell pulling away:
Republican Robert F. McDonnell has now opened a 13-point lead over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds with less than a week to go in the race for governor of Virginia.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state – taken last night [...]

Barney Frank: “We Are Trying On Every Front to Increase the Role of Government”

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

Barney Frank admits the truth for once:

Marijuana Legalization Gaining Ground In California

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 28th, 2009. Filed under Individual Liberty, U.S. Constitution, War On Drugs

Good news in the war against the War On (Some) Drugs:
SAN FRANCISCO — These are heady times for advocates of legalized marijuana in California — and only in small part because of the newly relaxed approach of the federal government toward medical marijuana.
State lawmakers are holding a hearing on Wednesday on the effects of a [...]

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