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A few years ago, a website chronicling "100 Things Younger Than Roscoe Bartlett" surfaced. Included among the items that came to be after the octogenarian Maryland Republican's birth are penicillin, Scotch tape, talkie movies, Fidel Castro and the...
He was elected to the treasurer’s office in 2006, a tough year for Republicans, and was reelected handily in 2010. Before politics, he worked in the private sector for 30 years managing businesses in the energy, environmental, and construction industries.
LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 14: (L-R) Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, a former defense attorney for reputed mobsters, poses with Lorie Lesieur and Carl Medeiros of Rhode Island after marrying them in courtroom that was the site of the Las Vegas... View Photo »
Only the elites despise earning money
I was not surprised at the news that Oliver Stone’s son had converted to Islam, while in Iran. Similarly, I would not have been surprised at news that Oliver Stone’s son had become a conservative evangelical Christian. Maybe you know what I mean. Sean...
Like so many Progressives today, Theodore Roosevelt felt no need to study economics before intervening in the economy. He said of “economic issues” that “I am not deeply interested in them, my problems are moral problems.” For example, he found it...
LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 14: Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman (L), a former defense attorney for reputed mobsters, performs a wedding ceremony for one couple getting married for the first time and six couples renewing their vows in a courtroom... View Photo »
So Obama has thrown in his lot with Silicon Valley paymasters who threaten all software creators with piracy, plain thievery.
President Barack Obama’s campaign has mapped out several paths to reelection — some run through Florida, some through Pennsylvania, some through Ohio. All of them run through Wisconsin. Continue Reading Swing state mood Obama won the state by a...
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Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum addresses an overflow crowd following a rally on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 in Boise, Idaho.
View Photo »Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum poses for a picture with a supporter following a rally on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 in Boise, Idaho.
View Photo »Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum pauses for a moment while addressing the crowd at a rally on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 at Capital High in Boise, Idaho.
View Photo »Pro-Tibetan protesters are seen in a man's glasses during a demonstration February 14, 2012 in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, DC. As Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama held talks at the White House, dozens of impassioned pro-Tibet...
View Photo »Pro-Tibetan protesters hold placards remembering a man who immolated himself to death during a demonstration February 14, 2012 in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, DC. China has stepped up detentions of government critics since last month and has recently imposed...
View Photo »President Barack Obama, center, arrives at Vermilion Restaurant in Alexandria, Va. , for a Valentine's Day dinner with first lady Michelle Obama, Tuesday, Feb. , 14, 2012.
View Photo »Demonstrators wave flags and banners during a pro-Tibetan demonstration February 14, 2012 in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, DC. As Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama held talks at the White House, dozens of impassioned pro-Tibet...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 14: Acting director of the Office of Management and Budget Jeffrey Zients testifies during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on February 14, 2012 in Washington, DC. Zients is tesiffying about U.S. President Barack Obama's budget request for FY2013.
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 14: A pug named Sake sits in his owner's backpack during a small protest by a group called Dogs Against Romney outside of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 14, 2012 in New York City. The group is incensed that the GOP presidential candidate Mitt...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 14: Members of the media gather around an English bull terrier named Petey during a small protest by a group called Dogs Against Romney outside of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 14, 2012 in New York City. The group is incensed that the GOP...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 14: An English bull terrier named Petey stands with his owner Al Alvarez during a small protest by a group called Dogs Against Romney outside of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 14, 2012 in New York City. The group is incensed that the GOP...
View Photo »LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 14: (L-R) Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, a former defense attorney for reputed mobsters, poses with Lorie Lesieur and Carl Medeiros of Rhode Island after marrying them in courtroom that was the site of the Las Vegas Kefauver Committee hearing at the...
View Photo »Anti-Fujimori demonstrators beat a pro-Fujimori demonstrator in downtown Lima on April 21, 1992 as clashes broke out between supporters and detractors of President Alberto Fujimori's military-backed coup in front of the Sheraton Hotel where an Organization of the American States (OAS)...
View Photo »Anti-Fujimori demonstrators run away from water cannons sprayed by police to break up clashes between supporters and detractors of President Alberto Fujimori during a march in front of the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Lima on April 21, 1992 where an Organization of the American States (OAS)...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 14: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with participants speaking about a payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance February 14, 2012 at the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House in Washington, DC. ...
View Photo »LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 14: (L-R) Troy Weekley and Cynthia Weekley of California, and Thomas Luginbill and Victoria Luginbill of Washington renew their wedding vows in a courtroom that was the site of the Las Vegas Kefauver Committee hearing at the grand opening of The Mob Museum...
View Photo »A member of the American Revolutionary Popular Alliance opposition party waves a Peruvian flag in front of soldiers on April 18, 1992 in Lima. Party members were demanding the return of their party's headquarters occupied by the military on April 05, 1992, the day President Alberto...
View Photo »US President Barack Obama speaks about urging Congress to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance during an event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House in Washington, DC, February 14, 2012.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama shakes hands with guests after speaking about urging Congress to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance during an event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House in Washington, DC, February 14, 2012.
View Photo »A 'Dogs Against Romney' press event in front of Madison Square Garden during the 136th Westminster Kennel Club Annual Dog Show February 14, 2012 in New York. The protest is sponsored by Dogs Against Romney - and will seek to focus more public attention on the fact that US presidential...
View Photo »LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 14: Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman (L), a former defense attorney for reputed mobsters, performs a wedding ceremony for one couple getting married for the first time and six couples renewing their vows in a courtroom that was the site of the Las Vegas...
View Photo »US President Barack Obama and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping(C) speak during meetings in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 14, 2012. The White House on Tuesday welcomed China's likely next leader Xi Jinping, with President Barack Obama looking to push...
View Photo »Protestors demonstrate on behalf of Tibetan rights in front of the White House as Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping visits with US President Obama, February 14, 2012, in Washington, DC. Dozens of impassioned pro-Tibet activists waved flags and chanted, 'China lies, Tibetans die' and...
View Photo »Peruvian soldiers carry a makeshift barricade marked 'death to the dictator' after dispersing hundreds of members of the American Revolutionary Popular Alliance opposition party, on April 18, 1992 in Lima. Party members were demanding the return of their party's headquarters occupied by...
View Photo »US President Barack Obama and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping speak during meetings in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 14, 2012.
View Photo »Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum addresses an overflow crowd following a rally on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 in Boise, Idaho.
View Photo »What you’ve seen me on the campaign is what I’m going to do on our advertising, which is to talk about my record, if I’m going to juxtapose it versus how I’ve voted or what I believe that I’ve done here versus others
Our current polling suggests Mitt Romney is the man to beat in both South Carolina and Florida ... The top concern of voters this year is the economy and Romney is the candidate they trust most on that issue. He’s also managed to neutralize social conservatives. The GOP nomination contest may be functio...
Time will tell. But I anticipate that most likely I'm going to get asked to [release tax returns] in the April time period and I'll keep that open
Our current polling suggests Mitt Romney is the man to beat in both South Carolina and Florida ... The top concern of voters this year is the economy and Romney is the candidate they trust most on that issue. He’s also managed to neutralize social conservatives. The GOP nomination contest may be functio...
This is a president also who is attempting to pave the way for same-sex marriage in our nation by refusing through his attorney general to defend the Defense of Marriage Act ... I will defend that Act and I will also defend marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman.
This issue is a test of whether or not Congress ... realizes it is now the technology sector that is driving the U.S. economy
The very core of what this country stands for is on the line ... The basic promise of no matter who you are, where you come from, this is a place that you can make it if you try. That’s at stake in this election.
If all white men were like the ones on stage in SC GOP debates last night, you wouldn't speak to one white man in the USA!
And it’s not because you thought it was going to be easy ... You know when you support a guy name Barack Hussein Obama for president of the United States, you’ve got to assume that the odds may not be in your favor. But what you understood was the campaign was not about me, it was about our common visio...
His media saturation of the Florida airways is clearly having an impact, and, based on what I have learned, he is staying on message by talking about spending and deficits — two issues GOP voters care about.
And it’s not because you thought it was going to be easy ... You know when you support a guy name Barack Hussein Obama for president of the United States, you’ve got to assume that the odds may not be in your favor. But what you understood was the campaign was not about me, it was about our common visio...
Romney is the clear favorite, and you’d have to conclude he even has a shot to win 50 percent of the GOP vote, depending on what happens in South Carolina
I have signed this bill despite having serious reservations with certain provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists ... Moreover, I want to clarify that my administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American cit...
Alabamians don’t want to be associated with the Democratic Party and Barack Obama
The help we ought to give them is to connect them to a business-run training program to acquire the skills to be employable ... Ninety-nine weeks is an associate degree.
Many tea party leaders do not support either Mitt Romney or Ron Paul for president.
a country that is being ruled by what many would perceive to be Islamic terrorists
The goal of the U.S. and other sanctions against Iran is regime collapse, a senior U.S. intelligence official said, offering the clearest indication yet that the Obama administration is at least as intent on unseating Iran’s government as it is on engaging with it.
I would love him as much as I did the second before he said it
It’s [their] desire to appear as though they are ‘tough on terrorism’ and the vehicle to being ‘tough on terrorism’ is to oppose at any level, in any way ever, the notion of trying people who the United States has detained in civilian courts ... It’s one of those things that frustrates people about Cong...
We don’t need someone who supports lies and promotes lies and stands behind those lies in order to get elected president
Obama reversed Bush’s policy of ignoring Osama bin Laden, immediately setting a course that eventually led to his capture and death.
He said we have a specific vision statement: Every child should graduate bilingually fluent and capable of doing college work
The debate that the Republican candidate Rick Perry attended on American Fox TV turned into a scandal that contained very ugly statements about Turkey
I’m the only one up here . . . that understands true racism in this country is in the judicial system.
