I have been waiting all weekend for the rest of the dust to settle on the media fallout surrounding the Tea Parties; it seems like the blogosphere and the MSM has finally put this story into the annals of political history so it is time for me to ask the question no one even touched during all of this activity… didn’t the American people vote for these people who raised their taxes? In other words, how can we be ticked off when “We, the People” helped to brew the tea? Each...

I have read with moderate amusement about the “Tea Party” protests that are occuring today all over the country. As a fiscal conservative, I agree that President Obama is spending way too many tax dollars on programs that are questionnable at best. However, it seems that the overspending of the last eight years was ok with Conservatives because they chose to keep their tea bags in lukewarm water while the national debt and the deficit exploded under the Bush Administration. I understand...

Senate Republicans today find themselves at the precipice of political relevance with the unanimous decision of the three judge panel in Minnesota to rule the Franken – Coleman election in favor of the Democrat, Al Franken. The bottom line is that neither the MN State Supreme Court nor the U.S. Supreme Court are going to override this decision. The NRSC (National Republican Senatorial Committee) has a decision to make… do you continue to place valuable resources on a seat that will not...

The news today about the non-granting of a honorary doctorate degree by Arizona State to President Obama has come as a shock to the post-racial world of 2009; the sad thing is that if you look at the history of Arizona and race relations… it is not surprising at all. Arizona is one of the last states to make Martin Luther King, Jr. day a state holiday. In fact, Arizona has had the most problematic history with the MLK, Jr. holiday. In 1987, Governor Mecham signed an executive order that prevented...

CBS News is reporting that a new public opinion poll shows that 66% of the people interviewed approve of the job that President Obama has done in his two plus months on the job. The interesting thing about this poll is the timing of it… while the President is on his first major foreign trip. President Obama has accomplished the unthinkable over the past 70 days. In his policy decisions with A.I.G. and GM, he has fundamentally shifted the private / governmental balance to the side of the national...

I grew up in the Pittsburgh area and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh so the news of the killing of three police officers is a tragedy that occured in my hometown. According to news reports, the shooter was afraid of the “gun grab” of the Obama Administration that would have taken his right to own firearms. I have a comment to make on this issue: Not everyone should be allowed to own a weapon. The 2nd Amendment was written for a specific purpose… here is what it says: “A...

Four score minus four years ago, a Democratic President of the United States tried to change the relationship between the government and its’ citizens. The press called Franklin Roosevelt’s plan to get Americans working during The Great Depression “The New Deal”, the Supreme Court decided these policies promoted by the President and passed by a Democratic Congress were unconstitutional. In our current period of economic uncertainty, a Democratic President and an overwhelmingly...

President Obama has reportedly asked for the head of General Motors to step down before anymore taxpayer money is given to GM. It is surprising that anyone would think that President Obama would not be tough on the automotive industry. The sad thing is that almost every pundit is shocked by this policy. Obama has taken his lumps over the last four weeks for the financial collapse that he inherited from the previous administration and the Congress that he was a member of. It is no surprise to me...

From the what was he thinking category? Yesterday, Michael Steele put his foot in it again on CNN with this explanation of the recent dust-up with Rush Limbaugh. Steele: I am very introspective about things. I don’t do — I am a cause and effect kind of guy. So if I do something, there’s a reason for it. Even, it may look like a mistake, a gaffe. There is a rationale, there’s a logic behind it. Lemon: Even with the current events in news– Steele: Yeah. Lemon: There’s...

I read the Washington Post’s article regarding the plan to increase the power of the government, through the Department of the Treasury, to regulate or control larger segments of the financial market including hedge funds and similar instruments. Here is the quote from the article: “Besides seizing a company outright, the document states, the Treasury Secretary could use a range of tools to prevent its collapse, such as guaranteeing losses, buying assets or taking a partial ownership...

I really tried to not add my two cents to the Obama / Leno after-action report but I have to inject one thought into the maelstrom of pundit activity… did anyone else notice that Obama never really answered a question? He sounded good and said most of the right things but when push came to shove President Obama punted the ball away. The biggest example: Leno asked Obama if he agreed with the 90% tax hike by Congress on the A.I.G. bonus. President Obama replied to Leno’s question with...

“The Best Show on TV” has their final episode tomorrow night. I have watched this groundbreaking show from the very beginning and have been hooked in front of my television screen every week. The writing is superb, the plot lines are intriguing and when they kick up the juice for a little “fraking” action, the special effects are off the charts. Some of my favorite scenes: 1) Galactica jumping while in the atmosphere of New Caprica. 2) Pegasus crashing into 2 Cylon Basestars. 3)...

I am not going to offer my meager two cents on the obnoxious behavior of A.I.G. and its continued policy of giving seven figure bonuses to executives after receiving tax payer dollars in the bailout package; It’s wrong, it’s stupid, and the c**p has not even started falling because of this decision. Today, I am going to give my thoughts on how this will impact on Team Obama in the 2010 midterm elections. President Obama is in a very prickly situation and one that he needs to quickly...

I have known Michael Steele for more than a decade and I don’t know who is pretending to be the guy in charge of the RNC. He looks and sounds like Steele but the things that this guy is saying is too out of character to be true. Over the last three weeks, Steele looks like he could be a character on the TV series “Lost”; he has all of us scratching our heads wondering what is going to happen next. Yesterday, the GQ interview of Steele went live and I find myself shocked, confused,...

I figured out who is going to get jobs under Obama’s stimulus package. Unfortunately, for the rest of us, in order to receive the benefit you have to be a black male in the political / entertainment field who does not have enough talent to make it on their own merit. First, the job plan benefited David Alan Grier who landed a show called “Chocolate News” on Comedy Central. I have never watched it and it lasted only 10 episodes. I guess “Chocolate News” was no longer...

I am really, really going to try to write a column this week outside of the black hole of the Limbaugh, Steele, White House triangle of political death. The sad thing about all of this drama is that it doesn’t mean anything that positively impacts the life of one single American citizen. All this drama between Emanuel, Rush, George Stephanopoulos and Steele is a smoke screen to keep your minds off of what is really important: the fact that Obama and the Democrats have no clue on how to fix...

RNC Chair Michael Steele apologized to Rush Limbaugh after the latter went on air yesterday to firmly put in his foot in Steele’s butt. Make no mistake about it: Limbaugh ended this brief but colorful mini-feud yesterday by sitting behind a microphone. Rush was clear, concise and virtually destroyed any credibility that Steele has as the leader of the Republican Party. In particular, the excerpt below is priceless: “Michael Steele, you are head of the RNC. You are not head of the...

Last June, I wrote a column about the impending return of Rush Limbaugh if Obama won the presidency. I was dismissed as being unrealistic because Rush already had his 15 minutes of fame back in the Clinton 90s. Surely, our country and the Republican Party, had matured enough that Mr. Limbaugh would be kept at the fringe of political discourse. Well, I have to say it… I Told You So! Make no mistake about it – The Circus is back in Town and Rush Limbaugh is P.T. Barnum. I can’t...

It is a bit early to order the 57th Presidential Inaugural collectibles but the smart money has to be on Obama getting re-elected in 2012. This week was a major victory for Obama, not only with the signage of his stimulus package, but also with a well-received prime time address that bolstered his approval ratings while the country continues its economic nosedive. It couldn’t get any better for Obama, could it? Oh, yes… I forgot about the other actors in our national political drama,...

“We are not quitters.” That is the message that President Obama gave to the nation last night. As you know, I print out the transcripts of major speeches so I can give you my take on the message while giving you the direct words from the address. So here is my two cents on Obama’s speech last night: We were told that Obama doesn’t “believe in bigger government” but he is proposing subsidizing banks, the automotive industry and “creating a new lending fund...

This just in from the “If it is broke, get rid of the rest of them” file. RNC Chair Michael Steele is contemplating shutting off RNC funds from the three moderate Republican Senators that supported the stimulus package. Michael, I know you have got to walk a fine line between your moderate tendencies (see the 2006 MD Senate race) and your need to project a hard line for the true believers of the RNC leadership that put you into office a couple of weeks ago, but seriously… do you...

Where is that straightjacket when I need it? I was going through my morning ritual of reading my favorite political blogs and I came across this piece by Andrew Sullivan who gives us a glimpse into the terrifyingly absurd mind of one Dr. Alan Keyes. I have always thought Keyes was a bit unhinged but he has really lost all sense of reality in the video clip. Just in case you think I am joking… here are a few of the more unsettling thoughts offered by Keyes: 1) Barack Obama is the “greatest...

I have a solution for the public uproar over yesterday’s cartoon in the New York Post. Next time, increase the amount of pork spending in the Department of Education’s fiscal budget to help chimps write better stimulus bills. But seriously, the only fault I find with the whole scenario is how fast Al Sharpton picked up his flute to fulfill his role as the “pied piper of racial animosity.” Does this guy have anything else to do with his time? His Chicken Little routine...

I have a suggestion for my fellow Republicans who have not given up their attempt to keep Barack Obama from serving as President – just put him in the middle of the ongoing steroid scandal. What does steroids have to do with Obama? Let me explain… 1) He doesn’t bowl well but he can play basketball. Apparently, he even has a decent jumpshot although he hasn’t had to face my man to man defense. Strike One. 2) He doesn’t dance like an average politician so there must...

It has been confirmed that there are several conservative PACs who are threatening to find primary challengers to the Republican Senators who dare to vote for the stimulus package that is being pushed by President Barack Obama. Two of the three G.O.P. traitors, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins (both from Maine), do not face an election in 2010. However, that does leave Arlen Specter (PA) as the one person that may feel any wrath from these groups in 2010. Arlen Specter has been in the U.S. Senate...