Meghashyam Mali at The Hill reports: President Obama on Sunday said he would make gun control a priority in his new term, pledging to put his “full weight” behind passing new restrictions on firearms in 2013. “I’m going to be putting forward a package and I’m going to be putting my full weight behind it,”… Continue Reading »
Daniel Halper at the Weekly Standard reports: Two days after reports that hotels in Washington are not filling up ahead of Barack Obama’s second inauguration, the president emailed supporters to encourage them to come to the festivities scheduled for next month in Washington, D.C. “Because of you, I’ll be taking the oath of office again on January 21st,” Obama wrote… Continue Reading »
Daniel Halper at the Weekly Standard reports: President Barack Obama used the funeral for Hawaii senator Daniel Inouye to talk about himself. In the short 1,600 word speech, Obama used the word “my” 21 times, “me” 12 times, and “I” 30 times. Obama’s speech discussed how Inouye had gotten him interested in politics. “Danny was… Continue Reading »
Awr Hawkins at Breitbart reports: Some interesting news has broken in the wake of the latest push for gun control by President Obama and Senate Democrats: Obama sends his kids to a school where armed guards are used as a matter of fact. The school, Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC, has 11 security officers… Continue Reading »
Stephen Dinan at the Washington Times reports: House Speaker John A. Boehner on Wednesday dared President Obama to veto the Republican “Plan B” offer to avoid the “fiscal cliff” — higher tax rates on those making more than $1 million but tax cuts for everyone else — even as the president pleaded for cooperation rather… Continue Reading »
