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Monday, February 15th, 2010
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader John Boehner are challenging President Obama on his proposal to give tax cuts to businesses that create new jobs, as well as other facets of the Democrats’ agenda. Obama’s plan is to…
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
From the show SuperNews! and honestly, after tonight’s State of the Union address, I think they have a point.
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Good news for those paying off federal student loans:
President Obama will propose a plan to cut the student loan payments of millions of Americans during his State of the Union address, the White House announced Monday. The president’s plan…
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
The President’s proposed tax on fifty of the largest financial institutions seeks to raise $90 billion in the next ten years, but there’s a chance it could go further. If the losses from the $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program,…
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Thursday, December 31st, 2009
My sources back at my usual Geek stomping grounds tell me that a fair few of you PoliticOlogists may have received a shiny new iPod for your winter holiday of choice. If you’ve got a bunch of unused gigs just…
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
American politicians visiting Africa always provides a pause for popcorn to watch the moves of our favorite politicans (and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent trip their piles on), since we’re so used to watching their ambitious plans, I think…
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Friday, July 10th, 2009
Editor’s Note: From our right-wing buddies at College Politico (oh, left-wing college bloggers, won’t you come to us and restore the balance in the force?)
Back before the election, President Obama made promises about what he would do as President.…
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Two great bits of political burnage today from the GOP–one aimed at the President, and another at themselves.
First, President Obama. After calling candidate John McCain’s proposal to tax employer-based health benefits “so radical, so out of touch with what…
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Obama on Tuesday proposed making “pay-as-you-go” rules for federal spending into law.
President Obama proposed Tuesday that the government adopt “pay-as-you-go” rules for federal spending.
The so-called PAYGO proposal requires Congress to balance any increased spending…
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Monday, June 8th, 2009
How does this work best? As an example of the pathetic depths to which the GOP has sunk in attempting to counter Obama’s wild popularity? As emblematic of the tendency of everything, everywhere, all the time to become political? Or…
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