By Rick Manning — Here is what Iowa Democrat Sen. Tom Harkin said on Valentine’s Day making one wonder if Cupid’s arrow sapped him of his senses. SEN. TOM HARKIN (D-IA): “Thank you, Madam Chair. I think, first of all, I want to disagree with those who […]
By Rick Manning — Haven’t we heard this somewhere before? How about that bold line by Obama that the laundry list of programs he presented would not add a dime to the deficit? The last time Obama was heard making this promise was in 2009 when he […]
NRD Editor’s Note: This column first appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — Tonight, we will hear President Obama give a defense of big-government liberalism and make an argument that growing government is good for America. He couldn’t be more wrong. Almost 1 in 6 Americans depends […]
By Rick Manning — Tonight President Barack Obama is expected to declare that the job of debt reduction is almost done in State of the Union speech. Combined with his campaign arm, slyly called Campaign for America’s Future, sending an email alert out with the subject line, […]
By Rick Manning — The Labor Department faces a scandal over their mismanagement of funds for the Job Corps program at the very worst time for the Obama political appointees who roam the halls of the Frances Perkins Building. With the old Secretary out, and the new […]
By Rick Manning — Ever since coming out of the closet and disclosing his intent to go to war with the tea party in Republican Party primaries in a New York Times exclusive, Rove has come under attack from everyone from Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin to […]
NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — The Groundhog Day New York Times headline screamed, “Top Donors to Republicans Seek More Say in Senate Races.” Now there’s a man bites dog. Big money wants more power. Who’da thunk it? Steven J. Law, president of American […]
By Rick Manning — One of the advantages of living in the Washington, D.C. area is that occasionally you are privy to conversations by decision makers or news broadcasters which cast a light on how these elites are thinking. I had the good fortune to overhear one […]
By Rick Manning — Fewer and fewer Americans are represented by labor unions with only 6.6 percent of private sector workers belonging to organized labor in 2012 according to a survey released by the federal government last week. The stunning drop in private sector labor union membership […]
