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Yossi Gestetner
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June 16, 2016
Media/GOP treating Trump same as Romney post-BenghaziThe GOP has a message problem, a unity problem, and a throwing-under-the-bus problem from well before Trump showed up.
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March 3, 2016
John Oliver pulled a Trump on youThe famous Daily Show spinoff comedian playing a political commentator shouldn't cast stones in his glass house.
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October 25, 2015
Hillary covered up a terror attack, Nixon a burglaryNixon covered up a burglary where no one died.
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September 17, 2015
Watch the GOP blow thisObama's economic and health care policies are a disaster six years after Bush.
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August 24, 2015
Trump, Immigration, and the GOP EliteThe GOP establishment types insult the intelligence of the public when it comes to Trump's deportation plan.
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January 20, 2015
Two presidents, two different poll resultsHow does Obama's economy compare to Bush's at the same time in Bush's presidency? And how does the coverage compare?
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January 8, 2015
GM is not alive, and Obama didn't save the auto industry...but the operation was a success!!!
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December 29, 2014
An 'Awesome Economy'? Not Even CloseBoth narrow-area data points and broad data points reflective in the Economic Stress Index are all still weak compared to the years or decades before Obama came in.
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June 20, 2013
Five Things to Know About CBO Projections and EstimatesThe CBO is a lot like the Tooth Fairy, except that you don't get a quarter.
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April 29, 2013
Clinton's Legacy in Peril...while George W. Bush's is on the rise. Who'd a' thunk it?
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March 3, 2013
Clinton Proves Obama is Wrong on Sequester EffectsCharting the real effects of discretionary spending.
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January 4, 2013
2012 GM Auto Sales Worse Than Any Bush YearThese numbers will make your liberal friends go totally crazy.
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December 4, 2012
Balancing the Budget by 2016 the Clinton WayObama might consider this if he actually cared about balancing anything.
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November 30, 2012
Americans Spend as Much on Lotteries as on Afghan WarDems keep yelling that instead of spending billions on the war in Afghanistan, we need to spend for the poor on home. But here are some interesting facts
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November 29, 2012
Media at it Again with Economic SpinEven with the election over, legacy media still hypes the moribund economy.
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November 26, 2012
In Defense of Michael MedvedThe popular talk radio host has made the case for returning to Clinton-era spending rates. He's right.
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November 11, 2012
Nate Silver Admits Pollsters Correct Methods Days Before ElectionPolls were actually a point or two in favor of Mitt Romney on average in the three weeks before the election, instead of being tilted to Obama.
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October 31, 2012
Living Through Sandy (and No Obama Leadership)Many sections of Rockland County, New York, and many areas in the region suffering destruction from Sandy, are not on the radar of the national media, FEMA, or the President.
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October 24, 2012
'Two-Year High' Home Sales: Among the Worst on RecordIn only four years since 1963 have annual new-home sales come in below 400,000 units. Barack Obama was president in each one of those years: 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
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October 18, 2012
Housing Start 'Surge' is Worse Than in the Bush yearsThe only thing "good" about so many economic numbers under Obama is they are better than when he came into office which is hardly a starting point to measure success
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October 17, 2012
About That $250M that GOP 'Gutted' From Hillary's State DepartmentThe Security flop was a management issue; not budgetary.
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October 8, 2012
The 7.8% Unemployment Rate in ContextIf the workforce was now as large as it was when Obama came into office, the UR in September would be 10.7%.
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September 24, 2012
Clinton Lies Again About Obama's Jobs RecordIf Democrats want to play the "14-Month Game," then bring it on.
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September 23, 2012
A big reason Romney can't seem to get a leadYou'd never know it from the news, but the housing "recovery" stinks.
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September 12, 2012
The FY2012 Budget Deficit in PerspectiveThe deficit of just one month (August 2012) of $192 billion is larger than thirty two months of Bush Tax Cuts for the Rich.
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September 10, 2012
By Bailing Out GM and Chrysler, Obama Was Betting Against AmericaIt was Mitt Romney who was ready to bet on American Law in order to save GM and Chrysler.
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September 3, 2012
Why Republicans Ignored Afghanistan at the ConventionPerhaps the GOP needs to be saluted, not attacked, for not using Afghanistan as a stick against the President
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May 24, 2012
Even with Nutting's Math, Obama 1st Term Spending up 24% vs. Bush's Last TermJay Carney already using Nutting's claims
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May 23, 2012
The False Obama Spending Math by Market WatchColumnist Rex Nutting over at Market Watch has a story with the headline "Obama spending binge never happened."
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April 26, 2012
Britain Has No Austerity. Blame its Recession on Last Year's Tax HikesBrace yourself for the phony liberal argument that cutting back government spending led to a recession in Britain, so America needs to keep government spending high.
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March 12, 2012
Newt's Game of 'Concede' and 'Focus'Newt Gingrich promises to go all the way to Tampa to fight for the nomination. OK, if he says so. However, I have a question for him
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February 4, 2012
When Obama Came into Office...Liberals always rely on the "inherited economy" argument when defending Obama. So let's remember exactly how things were when Obama came into office.
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January 3, 2012
Judaism Fits With Economic Conservatism, Not LiberalismThe reason why most Jews vote for the Democrats is simple: Most U.S. Jews are not-religious and many of them are seething with anti-Religion!
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December 26, 2011
Obama's Post Recession Job Record in Historical ContextObama campaign spin is headed our way. He has turned around the economy, they will say, and employment numbers prove it.
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October 3, 2011
Comparing 2011 Polls to 2007 Polls is WrongVarious sages tell us current polls on the GOP presidential don't mean much, because at this time during the 2008 contest, Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson were leading the national polls. They're wrong.
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August 22, 2011
1,369 US Troops Have Died Under Obama. For What?While Obama supporters point out that Gaddafi apparently is kaput without costing American lives, would any of them know what Obama has to show for the 1,369 troops who died in recent years?
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July 25, 2011
CBO: How We Swung From $5.6 Trillion Projected Surpluses to $6.2 Trillion Actual DeficitsWhichever way you twist and turn the numbers, the facts remain clear: only a small percent of it is due to tax cuts
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June 18, 2011
Why America Needs Governor Perry as its PresidentIt is time for Obama to pack his bags and let Perry take over.
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June 4, 2011
Why Libs do Not Deserve a Pass on Ethics ScandalsLib TV Hosts Lawrence O'Donnell explained that Congressman Weiner and other Libs that get caught up in scandal deserve a pass because they don't preach against immoralities, but Republicans do
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April 12, 2011
Important Difference Between a Certificate - vs. Certification - of Live BirthBoth are considered "birth certificates," but one of them can be obtained by those born outside Hawaii.
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March 21, 2011
By the Numbers: Obama's Alliances vs. Bush's UnilateralismLet us see how Bush's "unilateralism" looks when placed against Obama's working with the world
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March 17, 2011
Obama Leads Sheen by Only 13 Points More Than Does PalinBut you would not know it from some headlines...
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March 16, 2011
WI Republicans Leading in Lib Recall PollBut news sites spin it as bad news for Republicans
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March 8, 2011
The $223 Billion February Deficit in PerspectiveThe spending cuts proposed so far are chicken feed.
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February 23, 2011
The Wisconsin Numbers that Democrats are IgnoringThe way the left is attacking Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and claiming to be in favor of "democracy" could make one think that the Republicans are the ones who lost the November election there.
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February 20, 2011
The number of FDIC forced bank closings not slowing downDespite TARP, the number of bank closings by the FDIC continue to rise.
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February 9, 2011
By the Numbers: Who is 'Struggling With Leadership'?Media uncritically passes along Democrat propaganda
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January 31, 2011
George W. Bush: Visionary or just lucky?Either way, the former president's call for democracy can't be ignored.
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January 27, 2011
By the Numbers: CBO Stats that the Left Won't LikeGovernment to run record $1.5 trillion deficit in 2011
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January 3, 2011
Did Republicans Save the Stock Market for 2010?Odd when most of the market gains took place...
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December 20, 2010
The Clinton Tax MythDems love to claim that under Clinton, we raised taxes on the top earners in the country and gained 22 million jobs in the following years.
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December 9, 2010
The Economic Legacy of the Four-Year Democratic CongressThe numbers tell the story.
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September 4, 2010
Obama Succeeds Most When He Does LeastObama's biggest success to date has come by not doing anything.
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September 3, 2010
The secret to Obama's Iraq 'success?' Do nothingObama deserves credit for staying out and away of the Iraq mission.
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August 26, 2010
Who's to blame?When is violence the fault of the policy, and when is it the fault of those against the policy?
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August 19, 2010
Why it is better to run as a DemocratConsider the difference in treatment of Tom DeLay and Charles Rangel.
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August 12, 2010
The argument for a larger Stimulus, doesn't hold water.As always, facts don't matter to some when it gets in the way of their agenda and ideology.
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July 4, 2010
The 'good news-bad news' scenario for the Dems in NovemberIn 2006, the economy was doing well and Republicans still lost 30 seats.
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June 18, 2010
BP Should Fight the Government on CostsThe Coast Guard failed in their mission - therefore BP should demand that the Government pay most of the costs.
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May 30, 2010
Republicans, Drop it!National Republicans should drop the Sestak case, because there are plenty of more relevant things that Republicans can use to attack the Dem/Obama record
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March 25, 2010
It's Reid's victory, not Pelosi'sThe speaker barely prevailed despite possesing a huge majority.
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January 27, 2010
About that spending 'freeze' Mr. President