Chris Matthews on Monday admitted he and others at his network are not journalists but instead are advocates and activists. Speaking with Al Sharpton on Politics Nation immediately following President Obama's speech in Hartford, Connecticut, Matthews said, "I don’t think there’s any problem with taking sides" (video follows with transcript and commentary): read more Source:… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Problem
WashPost Page One ‘Scoop’: How Democrats Hope to Unseat Tea Party GOP With ‘Non-Ideological Problem Solvers’
Here's today's sign the Washington Post is a Democrat rag. This story is on A-4: "Health-care law may backfire for some on Medicaid: Expansion threatens to oust thousands in states with generous programs." This story is on A-1: "Democrats seek infusion of new faces." Paul Kane's front-pager passed along the DCCC's new strategy of finding… Read more »
New York crackdown shines spotlight on festering corruption problem at state level
For the second time in three days, prosecutors in New York announced the arrest of a sitting state politician accused of breaking the law for his own benefit. Source: FOXNews.com
Washington thinks entitlements are the problem. Maybe they’re the answer.
Washington frets endlessly over the problems that Social Security and Medicare, both of which are projected to exhaust their trust funds in the coming decades, might cause the budget. But two new reports underscore the serious problems they might solve for the country. Take Social Security. For years, pension experts have spoken of the “three-legged… Read more »