How could someone seemingly get everything they touch wrong? You would think proposing tax cuts would be safe territory for our incumbent president, until you examine his actual proposed cuts. President Obama is expected to announce a $200 billion two year tax cut for business […]

Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State , we head to New Mexico. Quick New Mexico facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in New Mexico was 5.9%. As of June 30, 2010, the unemployment rate was 8.2%–a net increase of 2.3%! (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics ) According to Recovery.gov, New […]

By Kevin Mooney — Even the best polls acknowledge a margin of error that discerning readers should carefully consider. However, the methodology and sampling that is used to determine most Manhattan voters would prefer to see Rep. Charles Rangel leave Congress is flawed to the […]

Over the past week we have reviewed Ohio , South Carolina , Missouri , Illinois and Wisconsin in our continuing series investigating what effects the Recovery Act and the “Summer of Recovery” have had on the states. These five states alone show a different picture than the Obama administration would lead […]

By Rebekah Rast – President Obama’s Summer Economic Stimulus Recovery plan has failed. The national unemployment rate increased to 9.6 percent in August. The private sector is fed up with Obama’s big government tactics. “The private sector has uniformly rejected Obama’s economic policies,” says Bill Wilson , […]

By Kevin Mooney — Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski has asked for another round of comments on Network Neutrality, which makes it unlikely that any definitive action will taken in September. But Seton Motley, editor-in-chief of StopNetRegulation.org, cautions against declaring victory . The far-left coalition known as […]

Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State , we head to New Hampshire. Quick New Hampshire facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in New Hampshire was 5.2%. As of June 30, 2010, the unemployment rate was 5.9%–a net increase of 0.7%! (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics ) According to Recovery.gov, New […]

The unemployment numbers are in, and no matter the hopeful spin, they contain more bad news than good for the Obama Administration and the Democrats. For the sixteenth straight month , unemployment has been at or above 9.4 percent with many economists forecasting between 9.5 and 10 percent […]

By Kevin Mooney — Whatever voters may think of former President George W. Bush these days, they think very highly of their disposable income, cost of living and bank accounts. That’s why it’s smart politically for Republicans to call for an extension of the Bush […]