Obama, working-class hero
It continues. Obama pointed out to an audience at a community college in Ohio that, ““I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth.” The jokes come to mine (“no, you were born with a furry paw in your … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Obama
Two smart candidates, they felt smart
Another thing I noticed about that Fox News poll was question #11: Which candidate do you think is smarter? Barack Obama 42% Mitt Romney 33% (Both are) 6% Putting aside the question of just how smart Barack Obama is, this … Continue reading →
To Obama, the precedent is Wickard v. Filburn, not Marbury v. Madison
[NOTE: Bumped up. Scroll down for new posts.] My new article is up at PJ. I urge you to go there and read it. Not just because I wrote it, but because I think it deals with something vitally important: … Continue reading →
The US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has a little question…
…for President Obama: did you really mean it, or were you just blowing smoke? This is rather “unprecedented,” to use one of Obama’s favorite words. The court’s question came up in a separate Obamacare case presently before a 3-judge panel … Continue reading →
The exceptional Obama
In all the brouhaha surrounding Obama’s statements yesterday preemptively criticizing the Supreme Court, these completely unrelated remarks of his passed relatively unnoticed: Responding to Romney’s campaign trail claims that American influence has declined during the Obama administration and that the … Continue reading →
Marcus v. Obama v. SCOTUS
President Obama must have really overstepped yesterday when he warned the Supreme Court justices against ruling Obamacare unconstitutional. How do I know? WaPo columnist Ruth Marcus is criticizing him for his remarks. What caused her to take this enormous step, … Continue reading →
I guess it depends…
…on what the meaning of “strong” is. Obama warns the Supremes about overturning HCR [emphasis mine]: “Ultimately I am confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented extraordinary step of overturning a law that was … Continue reading →
Obama flexibility assurance: Krauthammer asks why
Charles Krauthammer wants to know what was behind Obama’s assurance to Medvedev on his increased post-2012-election “flexibility”: After all, what is Obama doing negotiating on missile defense in the first place? We have no obligation to do so. The Anti-Ballistic … Continue reading →
The plan: from Obamacare to single payer?
I’ve long thought that Obamacare was just a prelude to what Obama and the left really want, which is single payer health insurance. Obamacare was an unwieldy compromise, complex and cobbled together and passed because it could be done, whereas … Continue reading →
Well,…
…this should come as no surprise. For quite some time we’ve been saying on this blog that Obama will have more “flexibility” (although we haven’t used that word) in a second term.
Continue reading →Gas prices and presidents
The opposing party often blames rising gas prices on the president. For example, we don’t have to look back too far to find Democrats blaming Bush: And now, of course, Obama’s to blame. But in reality, neither Bush nor Obama … Continue reading →
Andrew McCarthy: on Obama the radical
Andrew McCarthy speculates on Obama’s actions as president, what they might say about his belief system, and what a second Obama term might look like. Summary version: he’s an Alinsky radical. Here’s McCarthy’s definition: In Alinsky’s view, the only radicalism … Continue reading →