Quote of the Day: GOP and Boehner Plans to Make Obama a One Term President

Obama versus who? President making John Boehner a foil
Washington — John Boehner is hardly a household name, but President Obama seems set on making him one. Obama gave Boehner a major cameo in his Speech outside Cleveland on Wednesday, seeking to create a useful foil for his argument that Congress should remain under Democratic control. As House Republican Leader, Boehner once summarized his approach to the Obama agenda in two words: "Hell, no!" Get breaking news alerts delivered to your Mobile Phone. Text BREAKING to 52669. "You need...

Social media wrap: GOP leads Democrats on Twitter (call it the Snooki effect)
The GOP is out-tweeting the Democrats (and not just because of John McCain's online love-in with Snooki ). Fifteen of the 20 most popular congressional Twitter accounts belong to Republicans, with a similar number registering among senators, a new study from Public Relations firm Burson Marsteller reports . Top-ranked Tweeter on Capitol Hill is John McCain , whose more than 1.7 million followers dwarfs the next most popular senator, Jim DeMint (about 50,000 followers). House...

Rep. Weiner urges Dems to drop 'defensive crouch' in elections
Democrats need to abandon their "defensive crouch" in the Elections, one of their liberal leaders asserted Wednesday. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) encouraged his party to go more on the offensive, with Elections less than eight weeks away. "We've got to get out of our defensive crouch here, and start to talk about some of the things that were accomplished," Weiner said on "Imus in the Morning" on the Fox Business Network . "And realize that, look, we're going to have a choice in November:...

Boehner slams Obama's stimulus spending
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- House Minority Leader John Boehner outlined a plan to bolster The Economy on Wednesday, just ahead of President Obama's Speech detailing a $350 Billion plan to boost Jobs. In a statement, the Ohio Republican identified the "two main problems hampering Job Creation" as "excessive Government Spending and the uncertainty Washington Democrats' policies -- especially their massive Tax hike -- are causing small businesses." Boehner called on House...

Obama vs. Boehner
NEW YORK -- How worried are Democrats ? V-E-R-Y. Let's take it from the top. President Obama spent Labor Day reminding Americans that he's the cool one, the "Yes we can" one, the rolled-up sleeves one. He never named Ohio Republican Rep. John Boehner explicitly, but he clearly was aiming for the man who, if things go as they seem to be going, will be the next Speaker of the House. Speaking to Laborfest in Milwaukee, Obama referred to "the Republican who thinks he's going to take over as...

Obama to take on Boehner directly in Ohio speech; GOP senses panic
President Obama will use a high-profile address on The Economy Wednesday in Cleveland to further elevate House GOP Leader John Boehner as the foil Democrats want to run against in an uphill Election year. In blogs and speeches, Obama and administration aides have repeatedly targeted the longtime Ohio lawmaker possibly poised to become Speaker, but Wednesdays address by the president will be the most direct assault yet. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday that Obama...

G.O.P. Senses Panic: Obama To Take On Boehner Directly In Ohio Speech
The Hill: President Obama will use a high-profile address on The Economy Wednesday in Cleveland to further elevate House GOP Leader John Boehner as the foil Democrats want to run against in an uphill Election year. In blogs and speeches, Obama and administration aides have repeatedly targeted the longtime Ohio lawmaker possibly poised to become Speaker, but Wednesdays address by the president will be the most direct assault yet. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday that...

Gregg poses aggressive measures to rein in spending
Congress should cut Discretionary Spending and freeze federal workers' pay, the top Senate Republican on Budget issues urged. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, said that Congress should cut Discretionary Spending by two percent over the next five years, along with a three-year freeze on cost of living adjustments (COLAs) for federal employees. "I believe we should cut by two percent for the next five years the appropriations on the Discretionary side...

Cantor: President Obama just doesn't get it
House Republican Whip Eric Cantor defeneded Minority Leader John Boehner’s common-sense Economic proposals today to keep Government Spending at the 2008 level and not raise taxes. However, even though Cantor asked Democratic colleagues in Congress (Boucher, Nye, Perriello, Connolly, etc.) to support the proposal, they’re likely to ignore it in their quest for more Government Spending as “Stimulus” - and claim the GOP is out of ideas. “President Obama just...

It's Not a Juggernaut. It's the Obama Administration.
Once upon a time, Barack Obama was a political colossus. And for all we know, he might be again. But he isn’t a political colossus now : In a sign that Democrats are not on-board with what was supposed to be a major cornerstone of their platform this fall, an increasing number of Democratic Incumbents and Candidates are criticizing Pres. Obama’s economic plan. ADVERTISEMENT Within 24 hours of Obama’s major address in Ohio on Thursday, a Democratic senator, three House...

Weiner tells Dems to drop "defensive crouch"
Rep. Anthony Weiner has some advice for Dems : "We've got to get out of our defensive crouch here, and start to talk about some of the things that were accomplished," Weiner said on "Imus in the Morning" on the Fox Business Network. "And realize that, look, we're going to have a choice in November: [The] Republican Party has basically said they're going to Repeal a lot of these things." .... Weiner, who'd led a bloc of Liberal Democrats during the pivotal Healthcare Reform battle earlier this...

Health plans respond to Obama administration's warning on premiums
The main Health Insurance lobby reacted strongly Thursday afternoon after the Obama Administration called on Health plans to stop "misinformation and scare tactics" about the Healthcare Reform law. The Administration's letter to America's Health Insurance Plans comes after several Health plans told customers that they were raising rates in part because of the new law. In it, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius warned: "I want AHIPs members to be put on notice: the...

After November
At this point, it seems very likely that the Republicans will gain control of the House of Representatives in the November Elections. (They stand a decent chance of winning control of the Senate, too.) That will make Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) the head of the Oversight and government reform committee, giving him Subpoena power that comes with the chairman's gavel. It will also make Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) the Speaker of the House. And according to Politico (and common sense), the...

DE-Sen: Teabagger O'Donnell gets Palin endorsement
The GOP primary in Delaware is this coming Tuesday. Here's the bottom line: if Rep. Mike Castle wins, he's the favorite heading into November (though his numbers in General Election matchups have dipped below 50 percent). If Teabagger Christine O'Donnell wins, Democrat Chris Coons will be heavily favored. Smart Republicans are pushing hard for Castle. They want to win the seat. Just a few minutes ago:

They Call Him "The Leader"
John Keefe: Food Stamps Slated For Cuts, by John Keefe : While the numbers of people receiving food assistance through the USDA SNAP program (formerly know as food stamps) are growing, funding is set to be cut, if a bill passed by the House makes its way into law. It comes down to Budget priorities, and is a preview of the Austerity we will be seeing from federal and State Governments as they try to mitigate the costs of the Financial Crisis and the weak economy we are all...

Bam to rip GOP in wide-ranging press conference
Washington - President Obama resumes his Election-year offensive Friday when he takes questions at his first full-blown Press Conference since May. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs indicated Obama will hammer Republicans for insisting on preserving Tax Cuts for the wealthiest Americans. Obama will make an opening statement at 11 a.m. and then answer questions in the East Room on what is expected to be a wide range of topics, from The Economy to Afghanistan and Iraq to the flap over...

COMBATING THE RACIST UPRISING
The Tea Party and Conservative Media have been dating from day one. Rumor mongering has been one of their favorite pastimes with Rush Limbaugh coming along as their creativity coach. A rumor that President Obama is a Moslem masquerading as a Christian who was born in Kenya and is living in the United States as an Illegal Alien is their best work so far with "death panels" a close second. The rumors they spread act as proxies for their fear and distrust of black people. They can shout them out...

Paul Krugman: Things Could Be Worse
Too little too late is better than nothing at all: Things Could Be Worse, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times : ...In the 1990s, Japan conducted a dress Rehearsal for the Crisis that struck much of the world in 2008. Runaway banks fueled a bubble in land prices; when the bubble burst, these banks were severely weakened, as were the Balance Sheets of everyone who had borrowed in the belief that land prices would stay high. The result was protracted economic weakness. And the...

Is President Obama Elevating GOP Leader John Boehner as The Next Speaker
Today duringa campaign Speech in Ohio, surround by a union crowd, the President announced an additional spending proposal in attempt to help Democrats in a tight races come November. As today's locationwaschosen for no other reason than the hotly contested Governors race where the Republicans look to gain the Governorsseat but as many asfive house seats as well. The President alsotookthe opportunity to make a personal attack on the House GOP Leader John Boehner while...

Boehner Statement on President Obama's Economic Speech
House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement in response to President Obamas economic Speech in Cleveland: If the president is serious about finally focusing on Jobs, a good start would be taking the advice of his recently departed Budget director and freezing all Tax Rates, coupled with cutting federal Spending to where it was before all the Bailouts, Government takeovers, and Stimulus Spending sprees. NOTE: This morning, Leader Boehner set out...