4:42 pm CST - September 02, 2010

Posted under Quotes

President to Kick Off Labor Day Week

President to Hold Events on Economy in Wisconsin, Ohio, Press Conference at End of Week

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The President will make two stops next week to talk about the economy.

He will kick off Labor Day week on Monday with remarks at the Laborfest event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

He will then travel to Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday to deliver remarks on the economy.     Continue Reading.

September 03, 2010

The Scoop

Democrats File ACORN Lawsuit to Protect “Non-Partisan” Group

Texas Insider Report: HOUSTON, Texas – The Texas Democratic Party filed yet another meritless lawsuit today against Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector & Voter Registrar Leo Vasquez in an apparent attempt to intimidate Vasquez & his investigation of questionable voter registration applications submitted on behalf of a supposed “non-partisan” group, Houston Votes. It has been widely reported that the Advisory Board of Houston Votes is heavily stacked with notable Democrats.    More

September 03, 2010

The Scoop

Shrinking Young Democrat Voter Ranks

By Kirk Johnson

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The college vote is up for grabs this year — to an extent that would have seemed unlikely two years ago, when a generation of young people seemed to swoon over Barack Obama.  “Is the recession, which is hitting young people very hard, doing lasting or permanent damage to what looked like a good Democratic advantage with this age group?” asked Scott Keeter, the director of survey research at the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan group.    More

September 03, 2010

The Scoop

Did ‘Race to the Top’ Help, or Hurt Common Curriculum?

“Esau in the Bible gave up his birthright for a bowl of porridge.”

By David Harrison, Stateline
 
The District of Columbia & 9 states were awarded stimulus-funded education grants last Tuesday, ending an interstate competition called “Race to the Top.” (Alaska & Texas did not participate.) The grants, totaling $4.3 billion, rewarded states for implementing reforms advocated by the Obama Administration. All the winners have adopted a “common curriculum” promoted by President Barack Obama & Education Secretary Arne Duncan.   More

September 02, 2010

The Scoop

Most Voters Believe Democrats Want to Raise Taxes, Increase Government Spending

45% expect their own taxes to go up during Obama Administration.

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Heading into the final two months of the mid-term election campaign, most voters believe Democrats in Congress want to raise taxes & spending while Republicans in Congress want to cut taxes & spending.  At the same time, most voters believe that reducing taxes & spending would be good for the economy.    More

September 02, 2010

The Scoop

Ariz. Immigration Enforcement Favored by Voters, says Poll

By AP Staff: PHOENIX (AP) – A poll released Wednesday conducted on behalf of Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy found an overwhelming majority of Arizona voters support the types of provisions that are at the heart of a national debate involving the state’s immigration law. More

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The Scoop

Record Republican Lead Emerges in Generic Gallup Poll

Oil Platform Explosion Reported in Gulf of Mexico

How to Create Jobs: Business Leaders Explain

A Rocky Mountain Showdown

Obama’s Speech on Iraq: Lost in a Muddle

September 03, 2010

On The Record

Trouble for Eddie Bernice Johnson, but Hope for Us All

By Donna Garner

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – U. S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson is a Democrat who represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas. This district is one of the poorest suburbs of Dallas, and her constituents are not happy with her. Today’s Dallas Morning News link is below … It tells about Davetta Carter, a top graduate at A. Maceo Smith High School in Eddie Bernice Johnson’s Congressional district.    More

September 03, 2010

On The Record

The Senate’s in Play, says Cook

By Charlie Cook

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – As recently as 6 weeks ago, I wrote in a CongressDailyAM column that a GOP win was “certainly possible” but “still fairly unlikely.”  The “fairly unlikely” part is still valid, but the possibility of a GOP takeover is growing.    More

September 03, 2010

On The Record

Jason Isaac Launches ‘Unidos Con Isaac!’ in HD 45

“It is our money they are spending, not theirs.”

By Naomi & Jeffrey Narvaiz

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – You have no doubt heard the buzz all over HD45 about Jason Isaac & his campaign for State Representative.  I can tell you 1st-hand the hype has substance: Jason Isaac is an outstanding candidate who will win this election and give us the representation in Austin that we deserve!    More

September 03, 2010

On The Record

Pre-Labor Day Surprise: G.R.I.T. Endorses 18 State Rep Candidates

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – The Board of Directors of the GRIT PAC is pleased to endorse eighteen candidates and incumbents for Texas State Representative.  These candidates have each shown their GRIT and are deserving of our strongest support.     More

September 02, 2010

On The Record

League of Women Voters or ‘League of Women Democrats’?

Republican Chairman Munisteri to GOP Candidates: Seek Neutral Debate Sponsors

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – “In Austin, the League of Women Voters should really be called the ‘League of Women Democrats,’” said Steve Munisteri, Republican Party of Texas Chairman in urging his party’s nominees for State Board of Education (SBOE) in Districts 5 & 10 to not accept invitations to debate from the Austin Chapter of the League of Women Voters.    More

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Border Security, Budget & Redistricting

Can States Break the Cycle of Dependency?

Maldonado: Increase Border Security

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1:39 pm CST - September 03, 2010

Posted under Opinion

The Most Fiscally Irresponsible Government in U.S. History

Current federal budget trends are capable of destroying this country
By Mortimer B. Zuckerman

There is an instinctive conclusion among the American public that President Obama’s stimulus package has failed to create a sustained recovery:

  1. Unemployment has increased, not declined;
  2. Consumers have retrenched;
  3. Housing starts have crashed along with mortgage applications; and
  4. There is a fear that a double-dip recession may very well be in the pipeline.     Continue Reading.

1:03 pm CST - September 03, 2010

Posted under Opinion

Beck, Palin ‘Restoring America’, but Which God Do We Turn To?

“It grieves me that Beck has taken this position.”

By Chuck Colson

On August 28th hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall for what organizer Glenn Beck called a “Restoring Honor” rally. The stated goal of the rally was to “to pay tribute to America’s military personnel and others ‘who embody our nation’s founding principles of integrity, truth and honor.’”

Beck told the crowd that “Something beyond imagination is happening … America today begins to turn back to God.”     Continue Reading.

10:06 am CST - September 03, 2010

Posted under Opinion

Energy Policy is About More Than Just Jobs

By Mark A. Shilling

The debate about electricity generation has become focused almost singularly on which fuel source creates the greatest number of jobs & how we ought to ensure those jobs through government mandates and forced choices. 

Jobs are important, but what America needs is a comprehensive energy policy that allows for diverse, sustainable electricity generation by incentivizing innovation in all fuel sources; not picking winners and losers through overly broad and impractical government requirements.    Continue Reading.

5:07 pm CST - September 03, 2010

Posted under Cartoons