Archive for April 15th, 2010

As potential pick for court, Kagan gets fire from left

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Solicitor General Elena Kagan (AP Photo/ File)

WASHINGTON — Solicitor General Elena Kagan, the former Harvard Law School dean who is a leading candidate on President Obama’s list of possible Supreme Court nominees, is facing opposition from some pockets of the political left because of her past statements on executive power and detentions, as well as her warm welcome by some conservatives.

Kagan enjoys broad support from a range of scholars and legal specialists. But some academics and activists are raising concerns that, if confirmed to replace Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, she would be inclined to compromise with conservatives and pull the Supreme Court further to the right.

With Obama sorting through about 10 potential nominees — including Kagan’s friend, the current Harvard Law School dean, Martha Minow — it is too early to gauge how Kagan’s chances of getting picked are being affected. But the complaints have grown loud enough that the White House, while declining to comment publicly, has begun providing background information to reporters in a bid to bolster her against charges from the left.

Boston.com
‘Socialist’ Obama to Move Supreme Court to Right: Ann Woolner

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A fair “Fairness Doctrine?”

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

The FCC is considering a so-called fairness doctrine in which conservative talk radio would be required to give up to fifty percent of their time to liberal “socialist” talk radio personalities (I’ve been told to limit my use of the “C” word). They already control the most powerful medias; Television and newspapers. Now they want total domination. They can’t do it by the old-fashioned capitalist method.

As you can hear in the following clip, Ed Schultz, the most outspoken proponent of the “fairness doctrine,” allows it only if you agree with him.


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Election 2012: Barack Obama 42%, Ron Paul 41%

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Pit maverick Republican Congressman Ron Paul against President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election match-up, and the race is virtually dead even.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of likely voters finds Obama with 42% support and Paul with 41% of the vote. Eleven percent (11%) prefer some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are undecided.

Ask the Political Class, though, and it’s a blowout. While 58% of Mainstream voters favor Paul, 95% of the Political Class vote for Obama.

But Republican voters also have decidedly mixed feelings about Paul, who has been an outspoken critic of the party establishment.

Obama earns 79% support from Democrats, but Paul gets just 66% of GOP votes. Voters not affiliated with either major party give Paul a 47% to 28% edge over the president.

Paul, an anti-big government libertarian who engenders unusually strong feelings among his supporters, was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. But he continues to have a solid following, especially in the growing Tea Party movement.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 32% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -8.

More at Rasmussen Reports

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Income falls 3.2% during Obama’s term

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Real personal income for Americans – excluding government payouts such as Social Security – has fallen by 3.2 percent since President Obama took office in January 2009, according to the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis.

For comparison, real personal income during the first 15 months in office for President George W. Bush, who inherited a milder recession from his predecessor, dropped 0.4 percent. Income excluding government payouts increased 12.7 percent during Mr. Bush’s eight years in office.

“This is hardly surprising,” said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, an economist and former director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. “Under President Obama, only federal spending is going up; jobs, business startups, and incomes are all down. It is proof that the government can’t spend its way to prosperity.”

The Washington Times

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