Jeff Wartman

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Things are getting bad for Roland Burris.
After changing his story regarding the contact he had with former Governor Rod Blagojevich from “no discussion” to “Robert Blagojevich asked me if I would raise $10,000,” then to “I tried to raise the money for Blagojevich but I failed,” it is clear that Roland Burris has betrayed the [...]

The lies of Roland Burris are getting major media play.  From Mark Brown, writing in the Sun-Times today:
I’ll leave it to the proper investigative bodies to decide whether Roland Burris committed perjury last month in testimony before the Illinois House impeachment committee. From a strict legal perspective, maybe he didn’t.
But I’ll tell you straight up, [...]

On Feburary 13th, newly minted Chairman Michael Steele brought together activists for a GOP Tech Summit.  It’s long overdue — we were beaten badly in the technological realm in the last election, and if we are going to be competitive moving forward, we need to be able to be effective at using technology for activism [...]

An Open Letter to President Barack Obama.
Re: 02/09/09 Press conference / Stimulus package
President Obama,
In keeping with your call for civility in politics, I am going to write some feelings, in a civil manner, in response to your press conference yesterday.
First, I must say that you’ve done a wonderful job of creating a straw man [...]

From Bloomberg News…
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — The stimulus package the U.S. Congress is completing would raise the government’s commitment to solving the financial crisis to $9.7 trillion, enough to pay off more than 90 percent of the nation’s home mortgages.
The Federal Reserve, Treasury Department and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have lent or spent almost $3 [...]

To commemorate what would be the 98th birthday of President Ronald Reagan, I give you one of his greatest speeches — his first inaugural address on January 20, 1981.
Inaugural Address
West Front of the U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1981
This speech was delivered to the nation when President Reagan was inaugurated to his first term of office.
Senator Hatfield, [...]

From the Congressional Budget Office:
President Obama’s economic recovery package will actually hurt the economy more in the long run than if he were to do nothing, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
CBO, the official scorekeepers for legislation, said the House and Senate bills will help in the short term but result in so much [...]

After Tim Geithner’s well publicized failure to pay his taxes, it looks like another Democrat and Obama cabinet hopeful has failed to pay his taxes.
Tom Daschle pleaded his case Monday evening in a closed meeting with former Senate colleagues after publicly apologizing for failing to pay more than $120,000 in taxes. President Barack Obama said [...]