Brian O'Connell
Senator Nelson’s “Cornhusker Kickback” is $100 million in Medicaid assistance (Hill) Dick Morris: How healthcare reform raises premiums, hurts young people especially (FrontPage) The real cost of the Senate healthcare bill in the first ten years, 2014-2023, is $2.5 trillion…
The strict Senate disciplinarian, Al Franken cuts Joe Lieberman off during health care speech for running too long (Politico) Senator Inhofe tells appalled reporters in Copenhagen: “The United States is not going to pass cap and trade. It just isn’t…
Senate candidate and real estate developer Patrick Hughes came out swinging at primary opponent Congressman Mark Kirk’s liberal and centrist voting record in a conversation with TAS on Thursday. When comparing his conservative candidacy to that of Marco Rubio running…
Palin blacks out “McCain for President” on her visor (NY Daily News) Michael Moore calls for boycott of Connecticut in response to Senator Lieberman’s opposition to the public option and Medicare expansion (Hill) Rumors are surfacing that Crist may eventually…
Senator Schumer curses out a flight attendant because she asked him to turn off his cell phone (New York Post) Sarah Palin praises Mark Kirk (Politico) Japan launches cash for clunkers program that excludes credits for buying Chrysler and General…
A Rasmussen phone survey taken Monday and released on Tuesday shows Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio tied at 43 percent each for the Republican nomination for Senate from Florida, indicating a 14-point swing over the last two months and a…
Progressive Change Campaign Committee released an advertisement on Tuesday in Chicago attacking Rahm Emanuel for his reported efforts to compromise single-payer. The video itself is a couple months old, but it has been reported recently that Emanuel has pressured Senator…
Guam, Maryland Democrats lead in spending the most taxpayer money on food and drinks (Washington Times) Full Afghan troop surge will take a full year (Associated Press) 37 percent of Americans call global warming a “high priority” (CBS) $2.6 million…
CQ reported today that Senate candidate Carly Fiorina will be doing joint fundraising with the National Republican Senatorial Committee — forming the “Fiorina Victory Committee.” Last week, Fiorina gave the weekly national Republican radio address. The Chuck DeVore campaign has…
Obama gives himself a “B+” grade for the job he’s done as president. Since Obama went to grade-inflated Harvard, where 50 percent of grades are As, that makes him sub-par (AP) Prince Philip makes a tasteless joke about a blinded…
