Republicans fell for Obama’s backroom budget trap. Dec 31, 2011 WSJ Amid this month’s payroll tax fracas, few noticed that Congress passed a 1,200-page, $1 trillion omnibus spending bill for fiscal 2012. Maybe no one in Washington boasted because it’s a victory for spending as usual. Republicans—in the House and Senate—need a better strategy. The [...]

Dec 31, 2011 John Ransom It’s time to pull out the crystal ball and make some predictions about the non-stop sitcom that’s known as the Obama Administration. The first three years of the Obama administration has largely been a re-make of that American television classic Happy Days with Obama starring in the role of the Fonz. What’s [...]

By Peggy Noonan (Archive) · Saturday, December 31, 2011 The most memorable campaign line so far isn’t ’9-9-9′ or ‘Oops.’ So the first third of the Republican presidential race is ending. The first third is the introduction: “This is who I am, this is what I want to do, this is why you want to [...]

By Burt Prelutsky (Archive) · Saturday, December 31, 2011 When I see all the infighting taking place in the ranks of the GOP, I find myself hoping that by the time we finally get through the primaries and nominate a candidate, hard feelings will have subsided and we’ll all be able to support the last [...]

By Ken Blackwell (Archive) · Saturday, December 31, 2011 Editor’s Note: This column was co-authored by Ken Klukowski Eric Holder’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an all-out war on voter-ID laws and other measures to safeguard to the electoral process. Although Holder’s actions are purportedly to prevent African-Americans from being disenfranchised, the reality is [...]

Posted 12/30/2011 12:12 PM ET Any doubt about Mitt Romney’s conservative credentials were slaughtered this week during one of his speaking appearances across the hotly-contested caucus state of Iowa. Some Republicans see the former businessman, former governor as a latter-day conservative, given some of the less than cruel deals he made with an 85% Democratic [...]

Posted 12/30/2011 05:00 PM ET As the year comes to an end, the airwaves and Internet are full of prognostications about 2012 from pundits, assorted experts, media mavens and politicians. IBD Special Report: Year In Review   While those musings may be interesting, we at Investor’s Business Daily thought we’d add something new to the [...]

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America needs to go on a red-tape diet By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Friday, December 30, 2011 Uncle Sam ended the year having saddled Americans with another 81,836 pages of regulations. No issue was too small or insignificant to escape attention in the federal government’s final week of pronouncements. On Thursday, The Department [...]

New year promises both peril and opportunity By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Friday, December 30, 2011 The year 2012 is shaping up to be one to remember. Though there are many reasons for apprehension over what lies ahead, there’s less to fear than the doomsayers would have us believe. President Obama and Congress [...]