Congressman West: “I am reconsidering my membership of the CBC”
Congressman Allen West (R – Florida) shares his reaction to the recent militant statements made by fellow members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Switch: Sarah Palin confirms weekend Tea Party rally
After hours of conflicting reports, organizers confirmed potential presidential candidate Sarah Palin will speak at a Tea Party rally in Iowa.
Consultants from Palin’s team threatened to withdraw her from the rally if former Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell were present at the event, Politico reported.
O’Donnell was uninvited from the rally, scheduled for Saturday in Indianola, Iowa, late Wednesday at the request of Palin’s people, the report said
“Palin has confirmed,” Tea Party of America organizer Charlie Gruschow told Politico. “O’Donnell will not speak or be present.”
Read more: UPI.com
Boehner v. Obama: The House Always Wins
Hollywood frets about paparazzi trying to break into Kim Kardashian’s wedding.
And Washington is beset by President Obama trying to crash the House chamber.
It’s likely that such a maneuver would have failed to impress Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.
The Salahis may have scoffed for its sheer lack of audacity.But worst of all, Emily Post and Judith Martin would have shaken their heads.
After all, most believe it’s a social faux pas to invite yourself over.
“I respectfully request the opportunity to address a Joint Session of Congress on September 7, 2011, at 8:00 pm,” wrote President Obama to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) around noontime Wednesday.
The president’s entreaty to speak to Congress in prime-time, State of the Union-style, triggered a strange, “only inside the Beltway” kerfuffle which focused on the rules of etiquette and decorum.
Read more: Fox News
Issa: Still Many Questions About ‘Fast and Furious,’ Fears of Scandal Sequel
This is a huge scandal with many facets which still need to be explained. Watch as Greta Van Susteren, FOX News Host and Rep. Darrell Issa, Chairman, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee discuss the matter.
Buffett Widens Rift With Republicans by Faulting Tea Party
Warren Buffett, the self-made billionaire and son of a former Republican congressman, has widened the rift with his father’s party by pressing for tax increases on the wealthy and reinforcing ties with President Barack Obama.
Buffett endured scorn from Republicans this month after he called the Tea Party approach to budget talks “insane” and proposed raising $500 billion by taxing the richest Americans. Buffett, chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., was cited as an exemplar by Obama at least three times since July.
“Whenever Buffett says something, you can almost put money on the fact that within the next 48 hours, Obama’s going to use the phrase, ‘My good friend Warren Buffett says blah, blah, blah,’” said David Rolfe, chief investment officer of Berkshire shareholder Wedgewood Partners Inc. “If you’re going to tread into those waters, you need to expect the brickbats.”
Read More: Businessweek
Andre Carson: Tea party wants blacks ‘hanging on a tree’
A top lawmaker in the Congressional Black Caucus says tea partiers on Capitol Hill would like to see African-Americans hanging from trees and accuses the movement of wishing for a return to the Jim Crow era.
Rep. Andre Carson, a Democrat from Indiana who serves as the CBC’s chief vote counter, said at a CBC event in Miami that some in Congress would “love to see us as second-class citizens” and “some of them in Congress right now of this tea party movement would love to see you and me … hanging on a tree.”
Carson also said the tea party is stopping change in Congress, likening it to “the effort that we’re seeing of Jim Crow.”
The explosive comments, caught on tape, were uploaded on the Internet Tuesday, and Carson’s office stood by the remarks. Jason Tomcsi, Carson’s spokesman, said the comment was “in response to frustration voiced by many in Miami and in his home district in Indianapolis regarding Congress’s inability to bolster the economy.”
Read more: politico.com
Sarah Palin Appearance at Tea Party Rally in Iowa ‘No Longer Confirmed’
Sarah Palin’s Saturday appearance at a tea party rally in Indianola, Iowa, is on hold, a person close the former Alaska governor told The Wall Street Journal.
The person said Ms. Palin’s appearance was “no longer confirmed” and cited “continual lying” from event organizers at Tea Party of America, including a recent mixup over whether former U.S. Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell of Delaware would also speak.
Ms. Palin is known for last-minute schedule changes that whipsaw supporters and media across the country. But the latest decision is puzzling. Ms. Palin’s speech at the rally was viewed as her most high-profile appearance of the summer, fueling speculation she was indeed plotting to run for the Republican presidential nomination.
Read More: The Wall Street Journal
White House: Only ‘Fervent Partisan’ Would Suggest Obama To Blame For Job Losses
When asked questions about the president’s upcoming speech on jobs and economic growth yesterday, White House Spokesperson Jay Carney claimed that only the most ‘fervent partisan’ would suggest the 8 million plus jobs lost in this recession were lost because of actions Barack Obama took.
The question was asked by CBS reporter Norah O’Donnell. The exchange appears in the official White House transcript of the press briefing:
Q — Jay, the question is what is different in this new speech? What is going to be different?
MR. CARNEY: Well, you will see what the President proposes…
Read More: CNSNews.com
Congressional Black Caucus Declares ‘War’ on Tea Party
Watch this compilation of segments showing members of the Black Caucus forcefully putting down the Tea Party movement and using militant language to call for citizens to rise up to action against it.
Palin Backers Use Film to Spread Message Ahead of Iowa Speech
An online poll featured on the Iowa-based Tea Party of America’s website asks, “When do you think Sarah Palin will announce as a candidate for the presidency?”
There are seven options from which respondents can choose, making the last one — “don’t think she’s running” — appear as if it were added as a mere afterthought.
Members of the newly formed Tea Party group, which will host the former Alaska governor at a rally in Iowa on Saturday, have made clear that they have no special insight into Palin’s presidential intentions. But the group has been touting Palin’s address as a major event, and if she does use the speech to strongly hint at the likelihood of a White House bid, Palin’s team of self-appointed volunteer organizers in the Hawkeye State are ready to pick up the pace of their own efforts, too.
Ladd Ventling, who serves as a county coordinator for the Iowa branch of Organize4Palin, told RCP that he spoke privately with Todd Palin for over 20 minutes about the volunteer group’s efforts during the visit by Alaska’s former First Couple to the Iowa State Fair earlier this month.
Read More: Real Clear Politics