Obama Backs Down on Promise to Ban Lobbyists from White House.

Obama made 96 promises during his campaign. One has already been broken.
In an announcement today, Obama announced relaxed rules for lobbyists working as part of the transition team.
During the campaign, Obama pledged the following:
“I have done more to take on lobbyists than any other candidate in this race,” Obama said in speech last November in [...]

Hillary, Bill Clinton Pass Up Last Chance to Urge Support for Obama

How odd that in their last message to voters, Hillary and Bill don’t say “Go out and vote for Barack Obama.” There’s that blurry Obama/Biden sign in the background but that’s about it — not exactly a ringing endorsement of BO’s “politics of change.”
They look like two two-year olds being forced to eat their porridge.
My [...]

How Many Presidential Elections Did You Vote for the Winner?

While Rake raked leaves today, I realized that my presidential choices have not exactly been in line with the rest of the electorate. I looked back at who I supported/voted for as president and who actually won.
My Presidential Election batting average is .333. In 12 elections, starting with 1960, my candidate won 4 times. If [...]

Obama Is Playing Games with Tax Cuts.

Earlier today we noted with some surprise that Obama had lowered his definition of “wealthy” from those earning $250,000 a year to those earning more than $200,000 a year.
Now there’s a report from Fox News quoting running mate Joe Biden saying that wealthy begins above $150,000. Biden told a Scranton, Pa., TV station on Monday [...]

Barack Obama and the Missing $50,000.

We’ve heard his promise to taxpayers so many times, it is permanently etched into our brains: “If you make less than $250,000, you will get a tax cut.”
Thanks to Obama’s cash-flush campaign, he ran those ads so often, we can recite the numbers by heart. We were all pretty clear that $250K was the thresh-hold. Below that, and [...]