SITTING in the Oval Office on October 31st, Barack Obama tried to look like a man in charge. “We can’t wait for action on the Hill,” he declared. “We’ve got to go ahead and move forward.” The president then signed his latest executive order

Hoover Dam has become something of a liberal icon these days.

First lady Michelle Obama the other day railed at “the few at the top,” who do all sorts of bad things. A few months ago, we began hearing of the “1 percent” who are responsible for the current economic mess

The White House has put itself squarely in the middle of a fight over a planned pipeline that promises much-needed jobs in a weak economy but upsets President Obama’s environmental base.

While being grilled by co-host Ann Curry on Wednesday's NBC Today on Arizona's illegal immigration law causing racial discrimination, Governor Jan Brewer hit back and declared: “I believe truly that the media and others have tried to throw out that race card to shut down the debate. It's not about that. It's about illegal immigration.” Audio available here Earlier, Curry fretted: “Now what would justify such a law that required people, essentially, to carry papers, identification, something that proved that they're American citizens?” Brewer replied: “…it's under reasonable suspicion, it's no different than what law enforcement actually does today….So it's a simple issue, and the press, the liberal media tried to blow that completely totally out of perspective.” View video after the jump Curry pressed Brewer on whether police in Arizona would racially profile: “You say the people in Arizona are not racist or bigots

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**Written by Doug Powers Joe Biden has said the administration owns the economy now, but the President Obama has been a little slower to come on board… until now. From Real Clear Politics : WCCO-TV correspondent: “When I finally did have a chance to talk to President Obama one-on-one, I asked him at what point does the economy become his fault and not his predecessor’s?” President Barack Obama: “It’s always my responsibility.

I missed the Occupation of Europe by a few years so I’m delighted to have an opportunity to Occupy America. Hey, it’s a start.

The Obama administration is having a difficult time explaining the unemployment rate, which has been above 9 percent for 27 consecutive months and is today 1.3 percentage points higher than it was when Obama took office. The October numbers, due to be released on Friday, are unlikely to look any better. So, his administration goes to great lengths to spin its own unique set of facts.

One of the largest landslide elections in the history of the United States took place one year ago today. Free-market Republicans, riding a wave of public anger at bailouts, stimulus, and big-government programs, swept into power, capturing 63 seats and control of the U.S.

Saw a headline that made me smile, I swear: “Obama’s team banks on his ‘regular guy’ appeal.” (Article here .) Our president, regular guy? Where? An Antioch faculty lounge

Washington Democrats are not just out to lunch on jobs. They have devoured the entire buffet table.

**Written by Doug Powers Most US presidents since Theodore Roosevelt, with a couple of exceptions , have established national monuments via executive order. But I don’t recall very many doing so because they have the promise of being massive job creators : President Obama says his declaration of a deactivated Army fort as a national monument Tuesday will help create jobs, but a GOP congressional leadership aide says the claim “tanks on the straight face test.” Obama signed a proclamation Tuesday afternoon to designate Fort Monroe in Virginia’s Tidewater area as a national monument.

Conn Carroll Senior Editorial Writer “When I started the business, I’d very rarely ever get some information from the government that I had to really pay that much attention to,” David Cranston, president of Cranston Material Handling Equipment Corp. of Pittsburgh, says in a new Small Businesses for Sensible Regulations video

To much hype, the Obama administration has issued an executive order (EO), allegedly designed to reduce the growing problem of drug shortages. This is undoubtedly a complex subject and there are a variety of factors at work, but the text of the EO reveals something quite different from what most reports suggest, namely that the administration plans to work with industry to make it easier for pharmaceutical companies to address the problem of product shortages.

SOMETIMES the best stimulus is not the biggest, but the one that’s possible.

President Barack Obama pushed his economic agenda to a military audience on the third day of his trip through North Carolina and Virginia, this time with first lady Michelle Obama at his side.

U.S. President Barack Obama, saying the country “can’t afford this lack of action,” said Saturday he would begin in earnest prodding Congress to pass parts of his jobs package starting next week.

Obama authorized deployment of up to 100 combat-equipped U.S. troops to central Africa to help hunt down leaders of the Lord’s Resistance Army.

**Written by Doug Powers In 2009, a weepy Nancy Pelosi denounced rhetoric she claimed was coming from the Tea Parties, claiming the protest could lead to a climate of violence.