Grayson Out

Despicable Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson has lost his race for re-election. Grayson was the kind of politician that makes me sick. Divisive, generalizing and polarizing…he’ll fit right in as a commentator at MSNBC.

Did This Woman Cost the GOP a Senate Majority?

Mike Castle would have won Biden’s seat in a landslide. He’s known as a good, quality guy who caucuses with the GOP and is a sound vote for the right. Ms. O’Donnell’s nomination seems to have been a waste of votes for the GOP.

Big Night for GOP?

The Republicans will most likely win the House, but the Senate looks like a reach.

So Much for a Post-Racial Presidency

“What are they thinking?”  That question rattled through my head while watching the President, the NAACP and Tom Vilsack all independently mess up a situation that now rises to the level of absurd.  Race continues to be an issue the Obama administration has been unable to tame, and it was one of his strongest talking points on the campaign trail.  Who would have thought that this silver-tongued politician would find himself in so much hot water on this issue!

I’m not convinced Shirley Sherrod is a racist (but the reaction from some NAACP conference goers in the same video makes me wonder about them), but I’m very convinced that her performance in this whole mess was less than stellar.  Doesn’t this all make you believe we REALLY don’t need a Department of Agriculture?

White House Off Base on AIDS Transmission

The White House is looking to remove the criminal offense attached to knowingly transmitting HIV/AIDS to unknowing victims.

The Secret Government Expanding Too

We all know the size of bureaucracy has been growing at an unprecedented rate, but the Washington Post recently revealed that the bureaucracy responsible for keeping U.S. citizens safe has exploded in size since 9-11-01. 

Sure, we want to be secure, but do we really need over 1,200 government agencies working on counterterrorism efforts?  I would bet there are all kinds of overlap and redundancy with this kind of growth.

NAACP/Dems Plan Use of Race Card in 2010

The NAACP will consider a resolution which publically condemns the “explicitly racist behavior” of the Tea Party movement.  Buckle up because it’s going to get nastier.

Another Democrat Behaving Badly

Waste: NJ Spending $3.2M a Year on Unused Phones

About 20% of landlines within the NJ government were unused and will be disconnected.  Here’s another reason NJ is broke.

A Chicago-Style Appointment for Berwick

It looks like Dr. Donald Berwick will end up running Medicare and Medicaid, being appointed while the Senate is recessing.  Despite the facts that this position has been vacant since 2006, the Senate is only out of session for two weeks, and members of the Senate are still awaiting for Dr. Berwick to provide responses to some inquiries, the president must think it’s critical not to wait and press forward. 

Or, he could be worried that a confirmation hearing would re-hash all the awful things that Obamacare stands for.