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Obama's Immigration Con Part II
By Carole on Apr 22, 2012
In 2008, Candidate Barack Obama promised that if elected he would address comprehensive immigration reform during his first year in office. Four years later, he has vowed to address reform at the beginning of his second term. But rather than admit this is just another campaign promise on which Mr. Obama failed to deliver, his re-election campaign's senior adviser blames a Republican "reign of terror."
Obama's Still Dividing But Not Conquering
By Carole on Oct 1, 2011
President Barack Obama has been trying to fire up some of his core constituencies as part of his re-election campaign. But our Candidate-in-Chief fell flat recently when he told the Congressional Black Caucus to "stop complainin" and when he whined to a group of Latino journalists about why he hasn't kept his promise of immigration reform. Evidently no one told him that the political strategy of pitting groups of voters against other groups of voters only works the first time unless you have a strong record of actually delivering for those who got you elected.
Obama Still Fails To Lead On Immigration
By Carole on Sep 28, 2011
Last weekend President Barack Obama told African Americans to "Stop complainin'. Stop grumblin'. Stop cryin'." Today at a White House roundtable targeting Hispanic voters, the president did some complaining and grumbling of his own. Responding to questions about his failure to deliver the comprehensive immigration reform he promised, Mr. Obama said "This notion that somehow I can just change the laws unilaterally is just not true."
Obama's Approval Drops But His Agenda Marches On
By Carole on Apr 21, 2010
President Barack Obama's approval rating has dropped to an all-time low of 44% according to the latest Quinnipiac Poll released this morning. (source) But even though his numbers have dropped since signing his unpopular health care reform bill and the political future of his policy looks bleak, the president and his accomplices plan to push ahead with the far-left agenda the American people obviously do not want.
Caution: Ideological Adjusters Ahead
By Carole on Apr 20, 2010
Have politicians completely given up even pretending they have core personal beliefs? While it's reasonable to believe that over the course of a long career new information and new experiences may necessitate an occasional ideological adjustment; the wholesale changes on where some perpetual candidates stand from campaign to campaign has made the term flip--flopper a virtual given and woefully inadequate.
