The annual report from Citizens Against Government Waste identifies a total of not quite $17.2 billion dollars in unnecessary, unrequested Federal spending, attributing $10.2 billion of it to particular line items requested by individual legislators to benefit their own constituents.… Continue Reading
Überfrau Hillary Clinton has always had the advantage of what I’ve periodically called the “inside game” — the lists of fundraising sources grown since 1989 when Bill took over the Democratic Leadership Conference; the myriad of favors personally owed to… Continue Reading
Slate opens up the deathwatch with a great graphic of Hillary on the bow of a sinking Titanic, and sets her odds of getting the nomination at 12%. This is the sort of thing that really moves copy — it’s… Continue Reading
If it seems like I’m piling on Hillary’s campaign, it’s because there’s so much material to work with. On September 18, 2001, Senator Clinton spoke about former First Daughter and now high-priced management consultant Chelsea Clinton’s involvement with the horrific… Continue Reading
If the name Richard Mellon Scaife doesn’t mean anything to you, then you probably have no idea why this picture is so extraordinary. But trust me, it is. Scaife is the moneymaster of what Hillary Rodham Clinton, as First Lady,… Continue Reading
You may remember that as First Lady, Hillary Clinton took her daughter on a state visit to Bosnia, and when their plane landed in Tuzla, there was a big panic because they and their greeting party came under sniper fire.… Continue Reading
Ouch. That that, Hillary! By the way, the meme this week is that it’s going to be next to impossible for Hillary Clinton to get the nomination. Once again, NAPP Readers, you heard it here first. I’ve been wrong before.… Continue Reading
Why have we heard next to nothing from Hillary Clinton — who is obviously desperate to find some way to regain momentum against Barack Obama — about this whole Jeremiah Wright thing? Because, as it turns out, she’s vulnerable on… Continue Reading
Bill Schneider at CNN has just now figured out that it’s functionally impossible for Hillary Rodham Cllinton to secure the Democratic Party’s nomination for President; he computes that she would need somewhere between 60% to 66% of the remaining delegates… Continue Reading
John McCain has a lengthy history of being a budget hawk, and one of his bugaboos has been earmarks. One of the reasons the GOP establishment dislikes McCain is that he has been very forthright about calling his fellow Republicans… Continue Reading