In a press conference today, President Obama said that people should “come after me,” not his Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, who has taken a much of the heat for the Obama Administration’s response on Benghazi.
Oh, we will, says Senator Graham…
Come after me on Benghazi says Obama [video]
November 14, 2012 by Daniel Burton
Filed Under: National Security/Intelligence, Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, Benghazi, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Obama, Press Conference, Susan Rice
Questions on Benghazi remain
October 18, 2012 by Daniel Burton
As President Obama goes on the Daily Show to explain what happened in Libya, it’s clear that a lot of questions remain, the least of which is: why doesn’t he go on a real news show to explain?
Is it possible that he’s afraid that real journalists might actually hold him accountable?
Filed Under: Foreign Policy Tagged With: Barack Obama, Benghazi, Jon Stewart, Ladka, Libya, Obama, The Daily Show
Financially, we’re not better off, says the US Census. Especially young workers.
September 12, 2012 by Daniel Burton
With 53 percent of 18-24 year olds living back at home with their parents, it should come as no surprise that support among the young for Obama has fallen. Young voters between ages 18 and 29 have been among the groups hit hardest by the recession, with 12.7 percent unemployed and nearly a third underemployed. Support for Obama in this group has fallen from 49 percent to just 41%, a blow to a group that was important to the President’s 2008 win.
Filed Under: The Economy Tagged With: Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, economy, Mitt Romney, Obama, Poverty, Salt Lake Tribune, Unemployment, United States, Utah, White House, young workers
Welcome to Obamaland
September 6, 2012 by Daniel Burton
Bill Clinton’s not on the ballot, but a lot of Democrats wish he was. He represents better days, both for the party and for the country…and he could actually compromise with Republicans.
Instead we get…well, a lot dismal job reports. What can we expect from Obamaland tonight?
Filed Under: Democratic Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, DNC 2012, John McCain, Obama, Unemployment, White House, youth vote
Dems remove God from platform. Will God remove Dems from the White House?
September 4, 2012 by Daniel Burton
Democrats have removed reference to God from their platform. Does this say more about God, or about Democrats?
Filed Under: Democratic Politics, First Amendment Tagged With: Democratic National Convention 2012, Faith, God, Obama, religion, Thomas Jefferson
Round-up: Newsweek turns on Obama, and Romney’s Mormonism to play in the Convention?
August 20, 2012 by Daniel Burton
This is a bird’s eye view of the race for the White House in the week before the Republican convention. Rasmussen find Romney up and Obama down, under-40 breaking for Romney, Newsweek turns on Obama while the Obama campaign fights internal strife, and Noonan asks: “If it had been a Republican vice presidential candidate who had made those gaffes…the subject today of the panel would be how stupid is this person, can this person possibly govern?”
Also, Romney’s Mormon faith and the opening prayer at the convention…
Filed Under: Elections, Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, BarackObama, Drudge, Drudge Report, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, Newsweek, Niall Ferguson, Obama, Paul Ryan, Peggy Noonan, Rasmussen, Republican
Losing sight of the forest for the trees
August 1, 2012 by Daniel Burton
The state of the debate, says the Economist, is poor, though. On the right, taxes can never balance the deficit (even though the Economist cites Milton Friedman just a sentence before) and expansive spending is justified for prisons, national security, and big business subsidies. On the left, reform is impossible, with Obama methodically “unpicking welfare reform” passed over the last twenty years, including under President Clinton’s administration. Further, “Mr Obama seems to think the public sector is inherently more moral than the private one. Companies are at best cows to be milked, at worst prey to be hunted.” [cont…]
Filed Under: Leaders Tagged With: Barack Obama, budget, Economist, economy, entitlement reform, gridlock, Milton Friedman, Mitt Romney, Obama, Recession, Romney, The Economist
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