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Tag Archives: President Barack Obama
Gun control failed because it is not a voting issue to most Americans
There’s a lot of outrage today after the U.S. Senate failed to move a mild gun control measure toward further debate. A bipartisan measure from Sens. Pat Toomey and Joe Manchin to extend background checks to gun shows and weapons … Read More
Lee Responds to President’s Call to Restrict Gun Rights
SALT LAKE CITY – Today, Senator Mike Lee responded to the president’s speech calling for increased restrictions on the rights of law-abiding citizens: “The proposals the president is calling for Congress to pass would primarily serve to reduce the constitutionally protected … Read More
Bishop Calls President Obama’s Proposed Climate Change Mandate “The Wrong Tack”
WASHINGTON— This week further information has been leaked about President Obama and his Council on Environmental Quality’s plans to instruct each federal agency to consider “global climate change” before approving major federal projects. Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01), Chairman of the Public … Read More
Week of sequester, Rand Paul might cause upheaval to the political norm
This has been a big week in politics. Two events occurred that have a strong potential to disrupt the political norm and effect major changes. The first was the collective public yawn over the sequester. The Obama administration, and its … Read More
Most Americans are skeptical of the doom-and-gloom arguments against the sequester
You never know with Congress and the White House, but it seems to me there’s an excellent chance the sequestration cuts of $85 billion are going to happen on Friday. The president’s out there pitching against it, so is Rep. … Read More
HATCH STATEMENT ON THE 57th PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement today after President Barack Obama was sworn into office during the 57th Presidential Inauguration: “Presidential Inaugurations are a time to look forward at the opportunities possible over the next four year. … Read More
Obama beats the GOP on budget-battle manure spreading
No side is covering themselves with glory in the current fiscal cliff negotiations, but Republicans are far more honest with their proposal than President Obama is with his. The president is really stinking up negotiations with budget-battle manure. Obama’s plan, … Read More
Poor GOP-Nobody to blame but themselves
Interesting to see all the recriminations over who is to “blame” for Mitt Romney losing the election. Was it all the ugly things Obama said about him? This very newspaper’s editorial page says so, but I beg to differ — … Read More
Romney’s grace after defeat may mitigate pain for many LDS supporters
(To see Cal Grondahl’s cartoon that goes with this post, click here.) Mitt Romney’s concession speech (here) was gracious, generous and conciliatory. It even impressed MSNBC talker Chris Matthews, who has spent the better part of a year accusing the … Read More
The presidential election comes down to ‘Gallup’ versus ‘Silver’
As we get closer to the final weekend of the presidential race there’s still no trend that can be determined by looking at all the polls, no one candidate moving to a small but significant lead. Despite that, most supporters … Read More