Two stories caught my eye one right after another. Both show how toxic the atmosphere is for Democrats after last year’s massive spending binge under the Obama-Pelosi-Reid-regime.
First the Reuters headline “U.S debt to rise to $19.6 trillion by 2015.”
June 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. debt will top $13.6 trillion this year and climb to an [...]
Unrestrained by the white straitjacket many of his constituents want imposed on him, the strident motormouth Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) invaded a meeting of local Republicans at a Perkins restaurant in his congressional district.
The freshman congressman, who is one of the most endangered House Democrats, berated the GOPers for daring to send “spies” to observe a meeting [...]
Is this an AP article or a White House press release?:
WASHINGTON – Triumph in their grasp, President Barack Obama and House Democrats demonstrated command of the votes needed to pass landmark health care legislation Sunday night, a climactic chapter in a century-long quest for near universal coverage.
The House argued its way through a thicket of [...]
The Obama Democrats have outdone themselves. While the country and the Congress have their eyes on today’s dog-and-pony show on socialized medicine, House Democrats last night stashed a new provision in the intelligence bill which is to be voted on today. It is an attack on the CIA: the enactment of a criminal statute that [...]
WASHINGTON – Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she lacks the votes to quickly move the Senate’s sweeping health overhaul bill through the House, a potentially devastating blow to President Barack Obama’s signature issue. Pelosi, D-Calif., made the comment to reporters after House Democrats held a closed-door meeting at which participants vented frustration with the [...]
An already difficult situation for Democrats in Congress is worsening as the 2010 political season opens. To minimize expected losses in next fall’s election, President Barack Obama’s party is testing a line of attack that resurrects George W. Bush as a boogeyman and castigates Republicans as cozy with Wall Street. Four House Democrats from swing [...]
