Ashley Judd Won’t Run For Senate

Hollywood hottie Ashley Judd isn’t running for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky after all – although she didn’t rule out a political campaign at some point in the future.
The 44-year-old actress announced her decision via a series of messages on her Twitter page …
“Regretfully, I am currently unable to consider a campaign for the Senate,” [...]

Senator Judd?

Hollywood hottie Ashley Judd is seriously contemplating a bid for the United States Senate in her quasi-home state of Kentucky.
The 44-year-old daughter of country star Naomi Judd (and half-sister of Wynonna Judd) has made it clear she wants to challenge Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2014 – and polling would seem to indicate the [...]

Fiscal Cliff Tax Hike Passes U.S. Senate

$620 BILLION TAX INCREASE RECEIVES BROAD, “BIPARTISAN” SUPPORT
The U.S. Senate kicked off 2013 by retroactively endorsing a massive $620 billion tax hike on upper income earners – including small business owners whose ability to create jobs is vital to the health of the American economy.  In passing the tax hike, lawmakers also reneged on the [...]

McConnell, McConnell

Former S.C. Senate President Glenn McConnell will take the oath of office on Tuesday as the 89th lieutenant governor of South Carolina.
Everybody knows that, right?
Well, everybody except WLTX TV 19 (CBS – Columbia, S.C.) …
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Ummmm …
No word yet on how U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (RINO-Kentucky) feels about this demotion.
Look, we know [...]

Obama’s Jobs Plan? Blame …

U.S. President Barack Obama has a new jobs plan … one which apparently consists of blaming Republicans in the United States Congress (and the Tea Party) for America’s ongoing economic sluggishness.
In fact, Obama – who has seen his approval rating dip below 40 percent in recent days – is already subtly attempting to shift the [...]

Correcting Lindsey Graham’s (Latest) Lies

We’ve been enjoying U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s latest game of “Red Rover” with fiscally conservative ideology. So much so that we’ve been genuine (i.e. less-than-backhanded) in our recent praise of his actions during the debate over raising the federal debt ceiling. For the time being, we’ve got a pair of Senators from South Carolina as [...]

The Debt Limit Debate

The debate over the federal debt limit – which has U.S. President Barack Obama acting “like a dick,” according to one pundit – continues to rage in Washington, D.C.
A month ago, the U.S. House voted overwhelmingly against raising the limit from $14.2 trillion to $16.7 trillion. Eighty-two Democrats joined 236 Republicans in rejecting the measure [...]

Debt Limit Vote Fails

By an overwhelming 318-97 margin, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected President Barack Obama‘s request to raise the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt limit without corresponding spending cuts.
Eighty-two Democrats joined 236 Republicans in rejecting the measure – while 97 Democrats voted to raise the debt limit. All six of South Carolina’s U.S. Representatives voted against the [...]

GOP: No Tax Hikes

Republican leaders in both the U.S. House and Senate warned president Barack Obama that they will block any effort to raise taxes as a way of reducing the country’s skyrocketing debt.
“If the President begins the discussion by saying we must increase taxes on the American people – as his budget does – my response will [...]

Earmark Win For DeMint

Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell has flip-flopped on the issue of earmarks – the controversial Congressional provisions that are routinely abused in an effort to secure federal funding for unnecessary pork barrel projects.
Previously a supporter (and prime beneficiary) of the earmark system – on Monday McConnell announced that he would support a ban on the [...]

How Republicans Party

The National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW) held its annual fall Board of Directors meeting in Charleston, S.C. last weekend – a decision the organization is likely regretting after several controversial pictures from one of the meeting’s sponsored events began surfacing on the internet.
One of the pictures shows S.C. Senate President Glenn McConnell -  who [...]

Dems Back Broad Tax Cut

U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman – an “Independent Democrat” from Connecticut – announced Monday that he would join Republicans in supporting the full extension of 2001/03 tax cuts for all income earners, including those individuals who make more than $200,000 a year.
“We don’t want to do anything that would put the economy into a second dip [...]