By Rick Manning James Madison is known as the Father of the Constitution.  Wouldn’t it be nice if Madison had been kind enough to leave a series of writings talking about what the document means, how the various branches of government should operate and the powers each […]

By Tom Toth Detached from his teleprompter, Barack Obama is a strangely different character. Speaking this afternoon to the White House press corps, Obama went off script to scorn House Republicans negotiating to end the shutdown. Obama compared Republicans to negligent home borrowers, saying of […]

By Robert Romano As a famous German propagandist once said, if you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth. Elections have consequences, it is true. And in 2008, following the epic market crash and financial crisis, Republicans were demolished in the general election, losing the […]

By Brad Tidwell Recently, Obama has come out strongly against the Republicans in Congress, saying that their reluctance to raise the debt ceiling is unprecedented and dangerous. However, when Obama was last on the congressional side of the Capitol, his position was quite different. This […]

By Tom Toth Young Americans seem to have been saddled with a raw deal. If you’ve recently graduated from college or soon plan to, you may not even remember the political debate surrounding the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. Whether you do or […]

By Robert Romano One surprising aspect of the partial federal government so-called “shutdown” is what a small portion of the budget is actually affected, in turn bringing attention to just how little impact Congress can have on spending through the normal budget process. Some $2.5 trillion of […]

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By Tom Toth Chipping out from the Capitol Hill bunker, President Barack Obama often enjoys getting away from the bustle of Washington politics to enjoy a round a golf–more precisely 146 rounds since he entered office. His favorite courses are on military bases at Andrews Air Force […]

By Robert Romano As the partial government shutdown wears on in Washington, D.C., another potential standoff is right around the corner — this time it’s the $16.699 trillion debt ceiling. Treasury officials claim that come Oct. 17, the government will be unable to make payments on time […]

By Tom Toth President Obama isn’t very happy. Over the first 48 hours of the government shutdown, Americans have watched Obama and his Congressional gofers desperately attempting to paint the shutdown as a catastrophe forced onto the nation by the Tea Party . Photo Courtesy of Tamara […]