Barack Obama

Gifts for the Candidates

Well, it’s a little early for Christmas, and I haven’t exactly seen their wish lists, but I imagine that the candidates for the next presidential election would benefit from these suggestions. For Mitt Romney: amnesia medicine.  He could give it out to all the conservative evangelical Republican voters who are uncomfortable with the idea of […]

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Positively going Negative

Three topics this week…(yeah, three whole thoughts in seven days–it’s been pretty exhausting). One, President Barack Obama has been combative recently regarding the Republican Party.  According to an article in the Washington Post, The President’s Democratic base is excited about the President’s confrontational approach.  Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner expressed his frustration that

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Two Categories; Four Things

Why would anyone want to be President?  Some experts think we might be headed towards another recession (like we ever really got out of the last one) because of events in Europe.  Congress is gridlocked over what to do about it.  Republicans say keep taxes low and cut spending, so consumers have more money to

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The Hill is a Little Higher

President Obama’s efforts to push through his agenda this year and get re-elected next year were dealt another blow (arguably) by the results of the special election in New York’s 9th District. Republican Bob Turner beat Democratic candidate David Weprin by a comfortable margin in the election to replace Democrat Anthony Weiner who was pressured into

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