Gomez shows resolve; Markey has weak record to defend on national security

Democratic Congressman Ed Markey is feeling the heat over his weak record on national security in the tight race to fill the vacant Senate seat in Massachusetts.

Markey’s opponent, Republican Gabriel Gomez, took aim at Markey’s national security record in a campaign appearance Monday with Arizona Senator John McCain.

Gomez condemned two votes by Markey in the House against resolutions honoring the victims of the 9/11 terrorist …

Spending Daily | May 20, 2013

Bankrupting America Launches New Debt Ceiling Resource Center

Bankrupting America, a project of Public Notice, today launched a Debt Ceiling Resource Center to provide facts and the latest news and developments as Congress debates increasing the nation’s debt ceiling this summer.  The resource center will educate Americans about the key drivers of the debt, provide a 10-year projection of future increases and explain why any deal …

Bye-Bye, Balance

After months of advocating for a “balanced approach” to our debt and deficits, it seems like the administration is pulling a 180 on the debt ceiling. Despite the overwhelming support from Americans (73 percent) to tie a debt ceiling increase to spending cuts, the administration is saying they “will not negotiate.”  A “balanced approach” to raising the debt ceiling would take steps to address our long-term fiscal crisis (as outlined in the latest CBO report).  …

My title comes from a Cole Porter lyric for “Anything Goes.”  If anything, it’s even more relevant today than when he wrote it 79 years ago.

For instance?  For instance, we dither around while tinhorns in Iran and North Korea threaten to nuke us.  I say that when you’re in an alley fight with thugs, you toss out the Marquis of Queensbury rules and do whatever needs to be done to cripple your opponent.  What you don’t do is ask him …

Most on the Left will grudgingly admit that Big Government can go horribly wrong.  The histories of Russia, China, and North Korea are the extreme examples. But, the Left claims, Big Government can work well if the right people are in charge.

In America, those right people were ostensibly those that Obama chose for his version of Big Government.  As he himself proclaimed in 2008 to thunderous applause: “We’re the ones we’ve been waiting for!”

So how’s it working out?

Enter the Benghazi, …