FreedomTalks

Former Austin Mayor Kirk Watson really didn’t have an answer to the question, “What are Barack Obama’s legislative accomplishments?” Could this become a theme in the general election if Obama wraps up the nomination? Stay tuned.

Senator John McCain has changed his story on his opposition to the Bush tax cuts. The Associated Press reports,
Republican John McCain says he opposed President Bush’s tax cuts because they didn’t come with spending cuts. That is not what he said at the time.
In a presidential debate on Wednesday, McCain said he voted against the [...]

This is simply an amazing admission from the former president and first-lady hopeful Bill Clinton. Hat tip to ABC News.
We just have to slow down our economy and cut back our greenhouse gas emissions ’cause we have to save the planet for our grandchildren.
Well, at least someone on the left is admitting that carbon taxes [...]

Ben Smith of The Politico writes that Barack Obama was the “most liberal” senator of 2007, according to National Journal.
National Journal rates Obama the single “most liberal” member of the Senate last year, spotlighting some policy differences, as well writing GOP attack ad if he’s the nominee, but perhaps also a helpful note in consolidating [...]

Here’s an op-ed I published in my school’s newspaper yesterday.
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It all began in a place called Hope.
No, I’m not referring to that classic line by a certain incorrigible former president; rather, a guy who really wants Clinton’s old gig.
Mike Huckabee was born and raised in the same small burg - Hope, Arkansas - as [...]

Governor Romney’s healthcare plan is costing taxpayers lots of dough. Hat tip to ABC News The Note.
Romney’s healthcare plan is getting expensive. “Spending on the state’s landmark health insurance initiative would rise by more than $400 million next year, representing one of the largest increases in the $28.2 billion state budget the governor proposed yesterday,” [...]

As I wrote in my personal blog The Conservative Revolution, FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey appears in the new Citizens United film Hillary: The Movie.
It’s worth watching to remind folks just how power-hungry and ruthless Hillary can be. The recent Democrat debate in Myrtle Beach the other night was also a reminder of how vindictive [...]

No. Really. Looks like French President Nicholas Sarkozy thinks he can argue away his country’s dismal economic reports by measuring the, um, national happiness.  ‘
What price happiness? French President Nicolas Sarkozy is seeking an answer to the eternal question so that happiness can be included in measurements of French economic growth.
He’s turned to two Nobel [...]

Just when I thought I couldn’t be more disappointed with the GOP presidential nomination race, I read Mitt Romney’s comments about “bringing back” manufacturing jobs to Michigan.
The Washington Post reports,
As part of his plan, Romney said he would back spending an additional $20 billion over five years to federally fund research on energy, fuels, automotive [...]