Rahm Emanuel’s bid for Chicago Mayor put on hold UPDATE

An appeals court in Illinois has just ruled that Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s former Chief of Staff, is ineligible to run for Mayor of Chicago because he has not meet the city’s residency requirements.  You may recall that a Cook County judge had ruled earlier that he did meet the requirements, and, thus, was eligible to…

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White House “comes clean” on Sestak allegations

Friday afternoon, after most Americans left work early to begin their long Memorial Day weekend, the White House finally issued its long-awaited explanation on the Sestak matter.  Although the timing of the release is suspect, the facts disclosed are even more so. Congressman Joe Sestak (D. Pa.) has maintained since at least February that the White…

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Cheney vs Emanuel: Setting the record straight on Afghanistan

I must say from the outset that I am on the side of those strategists who believe the best course in Afghanistan is to move to counter-terrorism … and not escalate in Afghanistan. But I bristled when I heard WHCOS Rahm Emanuel tell John King on CNN that questions on strategy had never been asked. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4WGVcAjUAo…

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Obama’s Health Rationer-in-Chief

It is worth some time learning about the man who will be playing a pivotal role in Obamacare (should it come to pass), and who is already playing a pivotal role in Obama’s version of Medicare. He is Dr. Ezikiel Emanuel, and, if the name sounds familiar, he is the brother of Rahm Emanuel, the White House…

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Middle Class Tax Increase

Newt Gingrich nailed it Friday when he showed how the Obama budget will eventually lay a hefty tax increase in rising energy costs on all Americans. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d5DEWDPH9I Yesterday on Face The Nation Bob Schieffer puts the question to Rohm Emmanuel who does a nice job of evading the question, instead talking about the $7.69 a…

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