FreedomTalks

FreedomWorks Chief Economist Dr. Wayne Brough was a guest yesterday on CNBC’s Power Lunch discussing the role and relevance of unions in today’s economy. Dr. Brough outlined how markets are fluid and unions often attempt to impose regulations that do not reflect economic realities.
He also noted how the much maligned [...]

According to John Edwards, net neutrality allows democracy to flourish.

Our fellow blogger Robert Bluey has a good piece on the immigration bill over at TownHall.com
The world’s greatest deliberative body, the U.S. Senate, is expected to move with blazing speed this week to vote on a massive immigration reform bill that grants amnesty to 12 million illegal aliens. It doesn’t matter that no bill [...]

Peggy Noonan continues to beat the Fred Thompson drum. Her piece in the Wall St. Journal today talks about his stealth campaign for the nomination.
He is running a great campaign. It’s just not a declared campaign. It’s a guerrilla campaign whose informality is meant to obscure his intent. It has been going on for months [...]

Here is the vote breakdown.
National Review’s editors write,
“The Bush-Kennedy immigration “reform,” which is now expected to win broad bipartisan support in that chamber, provides legal status for an estimated 12 million illegal aliens. In exchange for the massive, unpopular amnesty, Senator Kennedy is willing to engage in a little “border dressing” that purports to beef [...]

After losing a string of embarrassing votes on the House floor because of procedural maneuvering, the Democrat leadership resorted to attempting to shut down the floor to the minority. Speaker Pelosi turned to an unheard of tactic of changing the germaneness rule on motions to recommit. This would be the first change [...]

Check out the Drudge Report for the latest tactic from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
After losing a string of embarrassing votes on the House floor because of procedural maneuvering, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has decided to change the current House Rules to completely shut down the floor to the minority.
The Democratic Leadership is threatening [...]

Congress Daily reports that a few Republican Senators voted yesterday for a Kerry amendment that could open the door to a “cap and trade” system. As the Congressional Budget Office reports, such a system would harm our economy and cost Americans jobs. It would also mean higher prices for electricity and gasoline, lower wages, reduced [...]

Here is a sampling of articles about the presidential debate last night in South Carolina.
Byron York at National Review
Michael Goodwin of the New York Daily News
Fred Barnes at the Weekly Standard
Mark Halperin at Time Magazine

Overall, I thought Giuliani had the best night. Romney also made a good showing. To be honest, I was disappointed in most of the candidates. No one talked about the entitlement crisis facing our country. Only Brownback mentioned the flat tax. There was some flip-flopping and some pandering, and a few ridiculous comments. Overall, I [...]