Career Politicians on the Rise: How to Stem the Tide Mark Meckler August 4, 2014 Big Government, Incumbent Accountability, News Politics has become a new profession. The trend creating “career politicians” has been growing for decades, and has surely contributed to the entrenchment of power in DC and its separation from the will...
Obamacare and the Sting of Empty Promises Mark Meckler July 23, 2014 Incumbent Accountability, Lawmaker Lunacy, News “If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.” Every American remembers hearing this empty promise. I bet you can even hear the inflection of the president’s voice as you...
Making Sense of Cantor’s Defeat: A Guide for Baffled Beltway Insiders Mark Meckler June 17, 2014 Engaged Citizens, Incumbent Accountability, Media Coverage, News, Tea Party After a few primary defeats, the media was quick to shout, “The Tea Party is dead,” but it appears the reports of its death, to paraphrase Mark Twain, have been greatly exaggerated. News outlets across...
Landrieu: Using ‘Clout’ for Keystone Pipeline ‘Not My Job’ Mark Meckler June 11, 2014 Featured, Incumbent Accountability, News Mary Landrieu thinks she’s pretty powerful. In a recent interview with The Washington Post, she used the word “clout” 13 times referring to her position as the Chair of the Senate Energy Committee. But...
Mary Landrieu, the Counterfeit Candidate Mark Meckler April 24, 2014 Featured, Incumbent Accountability, News When Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu’s first television ad hit the airwaves this week, it purportedly highlighted her “efforts to stand up to the administration in order to fight for Louisiana, and protect...
Limits on Campaign Contributions Serve Incumbents Mark Meckler April 17, 2014 Featured, Incumbent Accountability, News Thomas Sowell knows why politicians on both sides of the aisle are so upset that the Supreme Court overturned limits on campaign contributions—because such restrictions hurt political challengers and...
Eric Holder to Congress: “You Don’t Want to Go There, Buddy!” Mark Meckler April 11, 2014 Corruption, Featured, Incumbent Accountability, News “You don’t want to go there, Buddy!” That’s how Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States responded when a member of Congress dared to question the “most transparent administration...
How is Obama Like this 11th Century King? Mark Meckler February 5, 2014 Incumbent Accountability, News Canute the Great was a Viking leader and an 11th-century King of England. Legend has it that once he overheard his flattering royal advisors brag that their king was "so great, he could command the tides of...
Outrage of the Year in Arkansas Mark Meckler December 17, 2013 Incumbent Accountability I am frankly shocked by the underhanded tactics of the Arkansas State Legislators who deceptively imbedded increased term limits in a state amendment entitled “Arkansas Elected Officials Ethics,...