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American Solutions, a non-partisan organization fronted by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich with the goal to end partisan gridlock in Washington, has come up with a plan to get America’s economy working again. “12 American Solutions for Jobs & Prosperity” will do more to help our current economic situation than the current stimulus bill. A few of there suggestions are below: Get rid of the capital gains tax: This will give consumers confidence to invest in American... Read More→

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham discusses his opposition to the current stimulus bill. He thinks that President Obama’s leadership has been “lacking” in his attempt to devise legislation that will resolve our current economic situation. Sen. Graham wants Obama to hold a bipartisan meeting at the White House where both sides can help create an economic recovery bill .  Read More →

President Barack Obama is poised to suffer his first major political loss since announcing his candidancy for President of the United States two years ago. During the campaign…Obama inspired 53 million Americans to vote for him through his ideas of change, transparency, and unity. The first two weeks of the Obama presidency has not lived up to this message at all as he has gotten off to a rough start trying to pass his stimulus bill through Congress. Victor Davis Hanson of The Corner on National... Read More→

John J. Pitney writes a great article on National Review Online about the challenge ahead for the GOP. It looks like Michael Steele wants to pursue a plan similar to the “50 State Strategy” employed by Democratic Chair Howard Dean after John Kerry’s loss in the 2004 presidential election. According to “The Plan” listed on the GOP’s Rebuild the Party website…the party will attempt to run candidates in all 435 House districts in 2010. If the Republicans are... Read More→

The Obama Administration received some bad news today when Tom Daschle decided to withdraw his nomination for head of the Health & Human Services Department. However, the most troubling news for the new president is watching his near trillion dollar stimulus package (a.k.a Massive, Unsustainable Spending Bill) plummet in popularity. According to the latest Gallup Poll …only 38% of Americans support the bill in its current form…including just 13% of Republicans. Also…only a meager... Read More→

Since suffering heavy losses in the 2008 election….the Republican Party has been having an internal battle over what direction the party should go in. On Townhall.com…Michael Barone writes that he believes that the GOP should go after upscale voters living in affluent suburbs…rather than set their sites toward rural conservatives that were energized by Sarah Palin’s vice presidential candidacy. I tend to agree with Mr. Barone…but still believe that Republicans need to... Read More→