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Hot Air: From the People Who Brought You DemonSheep

March 16, 2010

From the makers of the infamous Demonsheep ad:  this isn’t Hot Air the blog, but a 7+ minute campaign video featuring Barbara Boxer as a blimp.  No, not a horrifically overweight person, but an actual, flying blimp.  I have to admit, I was glued to my screen for the full 7 minutes, wanting to see [...]

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Senate Parliamentarian Rules Against Democrats

March 11, 2010

The Senate Parliamentarian has ruled that the Senate cannot vote on a reconciliation ‘fix’ to ObamaCare until the original bill has become law.  This is a major setback for the Democrats, as they were trying to convince House members to go along with the Senate bill by passing the reconciliation measure first or as part [...]

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The Democrats’ ObamaCare Problem

March 10, 2010

Despite talks of optimism from Nancy Pelosi, all the signs are there that the Democrats don’t have the votes to pass ObamaCare, and don’t even have a plan on how to procedurally do it.  The fact of the matter is that the House doesn’t trust the Senate to push through the reconciliation fixes, and most [...]

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Axis of Right Radio, Show #3, 3/6/2010

March 7, 2010

Episode #3 of Axis of Right Radio is now available. In this episode, Mike, Ryan, and Sal discuss the current state of ObamaCare, from the Health Care summit to the current push for reconciliation; the role of the filibuster in American history; the current state of the media, old vs. new; and the latest [...]

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The Difficulties of Reconcilliation

March 1, 2010

Keith Hennessy, a former Senate staffer, has a very detailed article about the challenges that the reconciliation process poses for the Democrats.  The Democrats keep talking about it, but to actually execute the plan is far more difficult than it appears.  I have had my doubts on whether or not the Democrats could pull off [...]

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Why the Filibuster is Important

February 25, 2010

There has been a lot of talk lately on ending the filibuster.  Democrats have proposed ending the 60-vote cloture threshold as well as the idea of pushing sweeping controversial legislation through via reconciliation.  The filibuster is an important institution in our nation and needs to be preserved.  But don’t take my word for it, take [...]

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Obama Proposes Takeover of America’s Health Care System

February 23, 2010

Barack Obama put forth his health care proposal yesterday, a nearly $1 trillion budget-busting takeover of 1/6 of the U.S. Economy.  Now, usually, American Presidents typically propose legislation before both houses of Congress pass their own versions, but I digress.  The plan is very similar to the Senate plan, but imposes new taxes, weakens the [...]

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Are House Democrats 100 Votes Short of Passing ObamaCare?

February 16, 2010

So says Michael Barone, who is one statistician that I am prone to trust.  His analysis rings true.  The Scott Brown victory in Massachusetts had the effect that many of us predicted.  Democrats in Republican-leaning districts (and there are many of them, that is how the Dems captured the House in 2006) are nervous about [...]

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Reid Tries to Get Bi-Partisan Support for Stimulus-II

February 11, 2010

Harry Reid has pared back the stimulus-II a.k.a. jobs bill in an attempt to win some GOP support.  He has reduced the stimulus to only include:

Spend more on highway and transit programs
Exempt employers from paying the payroll tax if they hire new employees
Capital investment tax breaks for businesses
Increase bond offerings to states, cities, and towns [...]

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Scott Brown Sworn in as Senator; Democrats Lose Supermajority

February 4, 2010

Just a few moments ago, Scott Brown was sworn in as a United States Senator, replacing interim Senator Paul Kirk.  Liberal interest groups everywhere (labor unions) are fuming.  Congratulations, Senator Brown.  Do us proud. Stay true to yourself and your principles, and don’t let Washington change you.
Note to the Democrats:  your super-majority is over.
Update: Video [...]

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Realignment of the Senate

January 15, 2010

Ben Nelson was booed out of a local pizza parlor in his home state of Nebraska yesterday.  Serves him right.  Nelson, who has always been personally popular in his home state, is now enduring the wrath of his constituents for selling his vote for ObamaCare.  His situation is one in which the liberal policy of [...]

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Byron Dorgan Rushes for the Door

January 5, 2010

What a way to start the 2010!  North Dakota Democrat Senator Byron Dorgan has decided not to seek reelection in November.
A Democrat powerhouse, he’s been in the Senate since 1992 and is a major Democrat leader in the Senate on Health Care and other issues.  This comes as a huge shock to most insiders, though [...]

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Health Care Ping-Pong

January 5, 2010

Word on the hill is that Democrats are meeting this week to hash out a health care agreement between the House and Senate without a formal conference committee.  This is for the purpose of avoiding a series of cloture votes that the GOP could use to slow down the formation of a conference, as well [...]

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Democrats Vote for Cloture on Health Care on Party-Line Vote

December 21, 2009

In the end, it was 60-40 in favor of cloture.  The bill was so bad, not a single Republican could vote for it.  The bill was passed in the dead of night, after numerous back-room deals to buy off both liberal and moderate Democrat Senators.  The 300+ legislative language of the Manager’s Amendment had only [...]

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Reid Compromise a Farse – Fails to Garner 60 Votes

December 9, 2009

The grand compromise touted by Harry Reid that purports to resolve the issue between liberal and moderate Democrats over the Public Option is a farce, and does not have the 60 votes necessary to end debate, reports the Weekly Standard.  The compromise, which changes the public option to a pool of not-for-profit plans administered by [...]

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Memo to RNC, NSCC, and NCCC: Enough With The RINOs!

November 2, 2009

Dede Scozzofava is the poster child for the RINO problem that has infiltrated our party.  The pattern is predictable.  The Republican establishment props up and supports a RINO candidate against a Conservative candidate who stands a chance of winning.  The Conservative base makes noise and is told to shut up and support the Republican candidate [...]

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DeMint on Term Limits

October 28, 2009

Sen. Jim DeMint recently penned an essay posted on his Senate website on the subject of term limits.  DeMint is planning to introduce a Constitutional amendment to impose term limits of two 6-year terms for Senators and three 2-year terms for Congressman.  In his short essay, DeMint talks about why term limits are needed and [...]

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Democrats Don’t Have the Votes for ObamaCare

October 27, 2009

It’s starting to look like the Democrats don’t have the votes for the public option.  An internal Democrat memo today shows that the Democrats in the House of Representatives have less than 200 of the 218 votes needed to pass Health Care Reform with a public option.  Similarly, in the Senate, Joe Lieberman announced today [...]

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“I Can See Russia From My House,” Only She Really Said It This Time

October 27, 2009

No, I’m not talking about Sarah Palin.  The infamous quote above was uttered by Tina Fey in a Saturday Night Live skit, and was attributed to Palin by many non-thinking individuals, much in the same way as “Strategery”, another SNL creation, was credited to George W. Bush.  In both cases, the individual never uttered the [...]

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1,502 Pages

October 20, 2009

1,502 pages.  That’s the size of the Baucus Bill monstrosity that has finally been published by the Senate finance committee.  That is one massive piece of legislation.  Republicans and Conservative bloggers are scrambling to read the bill, to determine exactly what it is that the government is going to be passing.  Yet the Senate wants [...]

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Height of Liberal Hypocrisy in Massachusetts

September 18, 2009

In 2004, when Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) was expected by the political and chattering classes to defeat President George W. Bush in the presidential election, the People’s Republic of Massachusetts decided to change its Senatorial succession laws.  Up to that point, when a vacancy occurred, the Governor of the state would appoint a replacement to [...]

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RedState Takes On the NRSC

September 14, 2009

It is no secret that I am disgusted with the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) for not supporting Conservative candidates in the primaries, and instead supporting RINOs who they believe are the only path to victory.  Having NRSC backing gives candidates a huge advantage in primaries in regards to fund raising, ad buys, and general [...]

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Harry Reid Hanging By A Thread

August 23, 2009

Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) is hanging by a thread in his home state.  Like his predecessor, Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD), Harry Reid has the problem of being the leader of the lefty-loons in the United States Senate, while representing a relatively conservative state in Nevada.  In a recent poll, Dusty Harry trailed both potential Republicans [...]

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Candidate Recruitment Holds Promise for 2010

July 27, 2009

Candidate recruitment for the GOP is looking promising, providing the GOP with the best crop of candidates for the House and Senate races since 2004.  Coupled with the difficulties that Democrats are currently having for recruitment and the high prospects for the party out of power during an off year election, and the prospects for [...]

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Health Care Legislation On The Brink

July 27, 2009

Health Care legislation appears to have stalled somewhat, with the Senate no longer planning to vote on the bill before the August recess, and the house likely to follow suit, dealing a major blow to Obama’s stated objectives and making ultimate passage of the bill far more difficult.
In the Senate, the finance committee is working [...]

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Health Care Bill Outlaws Private Insurance

July 16, 2009

With the Health Care plan now having passed one committee in the Senate, more details are being uncovered as the language of the bill is being scrutinized.  It seems the line “you will be able to keep your health insurance” is quite true literally.  You will be able to keep your health insurance, but health [...]

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Stalled Legislation: First Cap and Trade, Now Health Care

July 10, 2009

It’s been a bad week for Obama from a legislative point of view.  Yesterday it was reported that Cap and Trade was going to be put on hold by the Senate until the fall, dealing a blow to his goal of having two major pieces of legislation signed by the August recess.  Now, it appears [...]

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Specter Accuses Primary Challenger of Not Being A Real Democrat

July 10, 2009

Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) officially announced that he would challenge Sen. Benedict Arlen Specter in the Democrat Primary next year for Senate.  Specter responded by accusing Sestak of only being a recent convert to the Democrat Party (Sestek declared his affiliation with the Democrat Party n  in 2006, at least three years before Arlen Specter [...]

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Boxer Places Cap and Trade on Back Burner

July 9, 2009

The Cap and Trade Bill has been put on the back-burner in the Senate, and will not be taken up in committee until after the Congressional August recess.  Barbara Boxer, who had originally pledged to wrap up the committee work before the recess, has changed her tune (possibly because Robert Byrd has announced that he [...]

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Senator Al Franken

July 1, 2009

Yes, Al Franken has been (ahem) elected a United States Senator from the state of Minnesota — Jesse Ventura and Walter Mondale-Land now has a new embarrassment!
I feel bad for Norm Coleman.  He did the noble thing by conceding promptly after Minnesota’s Supreme Court handed the election to Franken after a long and arduous legal battle [...]

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