Entries by Joe Miller
Pro-life congressmen hopeful despite 39th Roe v. Wade anniversary
Members of the U.S. Congress reflected on the negative effects of almost forty years of legal abortion in America, but said they are encouraged that the pro-life movement continues to gain momentum. The estimated thousands of people who will “descend upon Washington” for the Jan. 23 March for Life, remind the country of its obligation […]
Behind the numbers: Debates, late deciders propel Gingrich to win
Newt Gingrich posted a double-digit victory in Saturday’s South Carolina primary, with late deciders delivering a clear rebuke to Mitt Romney, the one-time-front-runner. In the exit poll of voters as they left polling places in South Carolina Tuesday, nearly two-thirds said recent debates were an important factor in their vote, and Gingrich won them by […]
Newt Gingrich Wins. What it Means
No candidate has won the GOP nomination for President without winning South Carolina since Ronald Reagan in 1980. But every one of those candidates who won had also won either Iowa or New Hampshire. We’re now confronted with a designated front runner, Mitt Romney, who got less votes in Iowa in 2012 than he got […]
Fed gambling on another trillion of QE to calm recession fears, slow loss of personal wealth
Consensus is building fast that the Federal Reserve will roll out a third round of quantitative easing, possibly as high as $1 trillion and likely by the end of January, economists say. The Fed has already carried out two rounds of quantitative easing, in which it buys assets from banks with freshly printed money with […]
Romney Fading Nationally?
Mitt Romney is a considerably weaker front-runner among Republican registered voters nationally than he was at the beginning of the week. Romney now leads Newt Gingrich by 30% to 20%, with Rick Santorum and Ron Paul tied at 13%. At the beginning of the week, Romney had a 23-percentage-point lead over Gingrich and Santorum. The […]
Romney demands Gingrich house ethics files
Newt Gingrich slammed a request Friday by Mitt Romney that he release all files from a congressional ethics investigation in the late 1990s, reminding reporters that Romney has refused to release his tax returns. “Give me a break,” Gingrich said after a rally in Orangeburg, S.C. “I refuse to take seriously any request from the […]
Socialism behind Obama’s Rejection of Keystone?
The president’s decision to reject a proposal concerning the Keystone pipeline project is exceptionally disappointing. In short, the pipeline would have served as a major distribution corridor for crude oil from the oil sands of Canada to various refineries located throughout the United States. At a number of junctures in the lower-48, it was also […]
New Poll Shows Gingrich Closing on Romney
A Public Policy Polling poll shows Mitt Romney leading the pack — with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich closing the gap one week from the first-in-the-south presidential primary in South Carolina. Polling data suggests that Romney’s slim leader status may be buttressed by the Palmetto State electorate’s current take on his ultimate electibilty in the […]
Sen. Rand Paul keeps his promise: refunds $500k to US Treasury
In a political culture based largely on hollow promises, it’s nice to know that there are some in Washington determined to follow through on their commitments. On January 12 U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who was elected in 2010 on his promise to do his part to reduce federal spending by shrinking big government, announced […]