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Jeff Poor | January 27, 2009

Is the new Obama administration taking cues from the Bush administration to get Congress to act? It certainly seemed that way to, South Carolina’s junior Republican senator, Jim DeMint.

DeMint, speaking Jan. 27 at The Heritage…

Jeff Poor | January 27, 2009

Here we go again. Whether he’s promoting his Live Earth concert or out on the stump for some new global warming awareness program, when Al Gore speaks, the media drop everything and listen.

“Al Gore, sexy man. The thinking girl's…

Jeff Poor | January 27, 2009

It’s a question the press didn’t dare ask, but a second-term Minnesota Republican congresswoman wasn’t afraid.

Rep. Michele Bachmann, told participants in a Jan. 26 Americans for Prosperity teleconference that at President Barack Obama’s…

Jeff Poor | January 23, 2009

You’ve heard it here, there and everywhere in the news media – the time is now for a big-government economic stimulus package, not only to revive the economy, but to salvage America’s crumbling infrastructure.

That’s one of the selling…

Jeff Poor | January 21, 2009

After nearly two years of favorable treatment from seemingly every corner of the media since he announced his candidacy for the presidency in 2006, Obama is still finding ways to delight his biggest fans.

On his first day on the job,…

Jeff Poor | January 21, 2009

Presidential inaugurations are traditionally bear market days for stock traders, but Jan. 20, 2009 was by far the worst. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) lost 332 points (4 percent) and the broader S&P 500 index (S&P) lost nearly…