Jun 16, 2008 – Schweizer: Conservatives are much more likely to give to charity and they are also much more likely to donate their time to charity … Kengor: How does the giving of Barack Obama measure up to, say, George W. Bush, or the nefarious Dick Cheney? … All you need to do is vote for the right candidate and support government programs. Other than that, you are off the hook.…

Jun 9, 2008 – The near $20 jump in oil to $140 a barrel, the unexpected half-point increase in the jobless rate to 5.5 percent (the biggest monthly … Yet he, like Obama, would have voted for cap-and-trade, which went down to defeat in last week’s Senate vote. And while Mr. … Either way, voters will move to the candidate who connects with their worries. Right now those worries are up for grabs.…

Jan 14, 2010 – This is the subliminal appeal to Obama's presidential candidacy: he seems to represent the exception to every black stereotype. … By voting for Obama, the White voting populace was presented with a unique opportunity to vote for someone who evoked none of the black … At the same time, American Blacks seem to be regarding the mere fact of a black face in the White House as some sign of fundamental…

Jan 29, 2010 – The left had to retool their strategy, because there was no will in the Senate to take up and pass ObamaCare again. … to shut off debate on legislation, for the purposes of passing multiple pieces of legislation that add up to ObamaCare. … They have disdain for those that show up at Town Halls to voice opposition to the bill.…

Jan 25, 2010 – That ought to be cheap to run. Just imagine the staff, travel to research sites for that! … Gergen then opened up on Scott Brown. … Would you really sit in “Ted Kennedy’s seat” and vote against the cause to which Kennedy devoted his life?…

Feb 9, 2010 – rich to other states. … As more become dependent on government, more vote to preserve the status quo. … Social Security and Medicare should be means-tested with incentives for people not to sign-up for them.…

Feb 11, 2010 – When Americans are asked how they would vote in the midterm House elections, they are split right down the middle, 46 percent to 46 … pick up as many as 30 House seats, possibly closer to 40, and anywhere from six to eight seats in the Senate. … the number of Americans who have given up looking for work, which rose to 1.1 million last month.…

Mar 10, 2010 – And now the House Democrats line up at the instruction of their blind commanders for a final charge into glory as they battle to foist … Each will ask himself whether he is really prepared to throw away his career for this vote. Is this it? … congressman's backyard pressuring their member to vote no.…

Mar 3, 2010 – Bunning pushed the stop button on the perpetual federal spending machine by holding up a $10 billion package to extend (yet again) … ask the Senator why he is blocking a vote that would extend unemployment benefits to more than 340,000 Americans, including Brenda … A sign, perhaps, that public pressure on him is building over his controversial decision to block a short-term spending bill in the…

Mar 21, 2010 – Last week by voice vote, the Senate unanimously approved a measure to reduce the infamous 100-1 disparity in federal mandatory … Yet it has taken decades to win a floor vote to address the disparity, and then only part way. … Maybe sentences of five years or 10 years (the sentence for 50 grams or up to 250 doses of crack) do not seem like harsh punishment…

Mar 20, 2010 – So what to do? … Bart Stupak and his pro-life colleagues are feckless enough to sign on to the nationalization of 1/6 of the American economy and the … Coming up: President Obama plans to meet with the Democratic caucus at 3:00.…

Mar 18, 2010 – With this week's health care vote, that's the voters' job. To snap the House back to reality. … Since no House member wants to vote for the Senate bill, Pelosi is trying to figure out how to get the legislation enacted without … As for me, I'm glad to have true friends who speak up and bring me back to reality when needed.…

Mar 17, 2010 – support, while almost all polls are showing support for the current bill to be at only 25 percent to 35 percent. … It speaks to the sturdiness of the system our founders installed that it is, as intended, so resistant to passing major legal and cultural … violate the Constitution in order to get her way.…

Mar 15, 2010 – lives in history without a single Republican vote and, against the will of the people, Obama will sign it into law. … Democracy -- what the American people actually want -- is just not going to stand in the way. … Nancy Pelosi must persuade, bribe, and threaten to get 216 House Democrats to support this despite having 253 sitting House Democrats…

Mar 12, 2010 – Charles Rangel had to give up the chairmanship of Ways and Means but not before Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended him, then waffled, then … House Republicans, though, forced a vote on a resolution to force the Ethics Committee to decide whether it should reopen the case … meeting with … Axelrod, to express a fear that Republicans are seizing the high ground on cleaning up Washington."…

Mar 30, 2010 – Yes, that evil old United States -- you know, the "outlier" who, up to now, has not forced millions of people who don't want to buy … The Democrats' message to Republicans: Give it up. … they get a chance to vote for him.…

Mar 29, 2010 – in their power to lower the temperature." … You didn't elect us to represent you; you elected us to rule over you. … But then he tries to redeem Democrats by referring only to "members of Congress" or "senior party officials."…

Mar 28, 2010 – Stupak ended up surrendering his opposition in exchange for President Obama’s pledge to prevent federal funding of abortion via Executive … did, we stayed true to those principles – or vote no... … He was a NO vote on legislation that would prevent underage girls from traveling across state lines to procure an abortion, and a NO…

Mar 26, 2010 – Will there be one or two bills for the president to sign at the end of the process? Or do I hear three from the next bidder? … We citizen-patients are to adopt an air of quiet resignation; it's time to brush away any controversy. … The House now has cast its vote. We the People get to cast ours in November.…

Mar 24, 2010 – Just moments before the big vote on Health Care, Nancy Pelosi gave a shout out and quoted only one organization in America. … If you're over 45, and conservative, go to TearUpYourCard.com and sign up. … It's the only way to stop AARP the ext time they try and sell out seniors on Capitol Hill.…

Mar 22, 2010 – In other words, leave policymaking to your betters. Shut up and take it. … The bill, which passed without a single Republican vote, goes directly to the president, who will sign it this week, thus placing another … House leaders did abandon the ill-conceived idea to “deem” the Senate bill passed without a vote, a parliamentary trick so odious that…

Mar 22, 2010 – The Speaker and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate have to sign the official copy of the legislation which will then carried to … So, the Senate will wait to take up the fixes until after the signing ceremony at the White House. … At about 10:48 last night, the vote was gaveled into history and the bill was adopted 219 - 212 - three votes to spare.…

Apr 9, 2010 – adhere to the group’s beliefs, and whether people can sign petitions to protect traditional marriage without their addresses being … Liberals support activist judges, who declare the Constitution to mean whatever they want it to mean, according to their own liberal … Conservatives need to make clear to moderates within the party that this is no time to abandon conservative principles.…

Apr 18, 2010 – This was the only congressional district to vote for John Kerry and Jack Murtha in 2004; they trended against the grain and voted for … To win this race, these two candidates must appeal to voters’ needs: Jobs. … Burns’ challenge is to not allow the race to become a referendum on confidence.…

Apr 18, 2010 – With that attitude, they ought to put up a new Welcome to Washington sign that reads: Prodigo ergo prodigo. … During the 2008 campaign, Obama pledged to reduce earmarks to less than $7.8 billion, the level where they were before 1994. … Unfortunately, that's a price Congress has been all too willing to pay -- because, well, Congress doesn't have to pay it.…