|
12:06 PM, May 7, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENOne day before the Indiana primary, Dick Lugar has released a new ad accusing his opponent, Richard Mourdock, of wanting to "cut every single senior's Social Security." (Update: The ad was apparently released late last week.) The ad portrays an elderly woman talking about Mourdock's Social Security plan. "He's going to ruin people. Some can't get along without Social Security, every penny of it," the woman says. "Heaven help us, because Mourdock won't." Watch the ad below:
According to Mourdock's website, he supports the "Ryan plan" in order to keep Social Security (and Medicare) solvent "to ensure that we keep our commitment to those currently receiving benefits as well as those nearing retirement."
In 2011, Lugar was one of 40 senators to vote for the House budget, authored by Paul Ryan. It's unclear how that budget differs on Social Security from the plan Mourdock says he supports.
Update: Mourdock spokesman Chris Conner emails the following response: "Scaring senior citizens to garner votes is directly out of the Democratic playbook and [it is] sad that Dick Lugar has reached such a desperate action. Mourdock has stated repeatedly that anyone currently 55 or older would not see any change in their benefits."
11:29 AM, Apr 25, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENHouse Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) delivered the following remarks today during a hearing on replacing the budget sequester:
Read more... 9:09 AM, Apr 23, 2012 • By ROYCE K. DEBOWAs a constituent of Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wisc.), I regretfully offer up my congressman to the country. Residing in Wisconsin’s First Congressional District affords more than 700,000 southeastern Wisconsin citizens the privilege of being represented by Ryan.
Read more... 4:20 PM, Apr 5, 2012 • By GARY SCHMITT and THOMAS DONNELLYEarlier this week we wrote that the chairman of the Joints of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, had “provoked a public confrontation” with House Budget Committee leader Rep. Paul Ryan. It appeared that Dempsey had made a grievous error by claiming that Ryan had “called [the JCS], collectively, liars.”
Read more... 8:12 AM, Apr 4, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPERSteve Hayes, with Kirsten Powers and Charles Krauthammer, last night on Fox News:
Read more... 10:28 AM, Apr 3, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPERAt a lunch time speech today, President Obama is expected to attack Paul Ryan's budget by calling it "a Trojan horse."
Read more... 1:23 PM, Mar 30, 2012 • By STEPHEN F. HAYESWith Mitt Romney leading the delegate race and the rapid coalescing of conservatives around him – Jeb Bush, Mike Lee, Marco Rubio, and Paul Ryan with formal endorsements, and Jim DeMint and Pat Toomey with quasi-endorsements – there is increasing speculation about who the former Massachusetts Governor would pick as a running mate if he wins the Republican nomination.
Read more... 8:52 AM, Mar 30, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPERPaul Gigot, writing at the Wall Street Journal:
"The biggest Republican names are rallying to Mitt Romney, and the latest is Paul Ryan, who today will endorse the likely GOP nominee in advance of Tuesday's Wisconsin primary. Mr. Ryan joins former President George H.W. Bush and Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who also boosted Mr. Romney this week. ...
Read more... 7:31 AM, Mar 28, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPERThe boss, Arthur Brooks, and Ed Feulner, writing in today's Wall Street Journal:
"The contrast between the House Republican budget and that of our current commander-in-chief is striking. President Obama has been arguing that raising taxes is the only solution to sequestration that he will accept. In other words, he asks the nation to decide between higher taxes and a weaker defense. Mr. Ryan rejects either solution.
Read more... 10:00 PM, Mar 27, 2012 • By JAMIE M. FLYPresident Obama’s budget cuts defense by $487 billion over the next ten years.
Read more... 10:25 AM, Mar 26, 2012 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSONSenior White House advisor David Plouffe — President Obama’s campaign manager in 2008 — told Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday that, when it comes to dealing with our colossal deficits and debt, “the right approach is the president’s approach.” That approach, Plouffe added, “gets our deficit on a very sustainable path.” One wonders: Has Plouffe seen a copy of the president’s budget?
Read more... 7:29 AM, Mar 23, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPERMatt Continetti, writing at the Washington Free Beacon:
"There is something morbidly appropriate in releasing the House GOP budget during Lent, when Christians around the world prepare to commemorate the most famous sacrifice in history.
Read more...
|
- Conservative Intelligence
- Satirical Wit
- Foreign Policy Insight
- Sophisticated Perspective
Ethan Epstien, in a New York System state of mind
Read more...
-
-
Washington plays by TSA rules.
-
Reflections from the thinking man’s knuckleballer.
-
Really?
-
A film without pretension about warriors as heroes.
-
With American evangelicals on the ground in South Sudan.
-
-
Romney’s challenge is to address the deep uneasiness in America and point the way to a comeback.
-
The American and his/her car.
-
   Obama’s overblown tax breaks
for business.
 Why we need to break up the banks.
 Why we build memorials.
|
