March 8, 2010 _ A letter to the editor in the Daily Local News on March 5 from a Coatesville woman pretty much summed up the thoughts of a majority of Americans on their feelings towards the Democratic Obama administration.
The headline on the letter was: “There’s no money, so stop the spending.” Even though many national polls have shown that the costly Democratic health plan is unwanted, Obama is still pushing to spend billions of non-existent tax dollars.
An Associated Press story in the Daily Local News suggests Obama’s own party is not backing his health care reform. The headline was: “Obama pleads with Democrats over health care reform.” He has little support in the Republican Party as indicated from a Business Journals article and the headline was telling on Obama’s big talk on his willingness to compromise. The headline: “Obama Throws GOP Some Bones.” The article reported, “President Barack Obama threw some bones to Republicans today in the wake of last week’s White House health care summit, but there’s little chance these tweaks will win any GOP support for his reform bill.”
Obama is also having problems with his own party on another issue, energy. The Wall Street Journal ran a front-page story with the headline: “Democrats Revolt Over Energy.” The story reported Democrats offered legislation to block the administration’s plan.
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While many reports of Obama visiting Montgomery County on Monday were aired, few reports have been printed of Karl Rove coming to Chester County on Saturday. The Republican Committee of Chester County is hosting a special evening with Rove at the Desmond Hotel.
At the George W. Bush White House, Rove oversaw the Offices of Strategic Initiatives, Political Affairs, Public Liaison, and Intergovernmental Affairs and was Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, coordinating the White House policy-making process.
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Democratic leadership in New York took more hits last week as Governor David Paterson is under an ethics investigation and Congressman Charles Rangel had to step aside from his leadership position because of ethics issues. The New York Times website reported that Rangel is “caught in a swirl of ethics inquiries.” An editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer on March 5 recommended that Rangel shouldn’t be allowed to retake his position as chair of the Ways and Means committee.
Stories by the Associated Press and Business Journals on March 4 reported Paterson is in trouble over World Series tickets. The Business Journal story reported, “A state commission has accused embattled Gov. David Paterson of breaking state law by accepting free World Series tickets, lying to the commission under oath and backdating a check for the tickets. The state Commission on Public Integrity on Wednesday issued the formal allegations against Paterson, following its own investigation. The commission, in unanimous agreement, said Paterson violated state lobbying laws by accepting free tickets to the first game of the 2009 World Series between the Phillies and Yankees held at Yankee Stadium in late October.”
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The last year of governing by Democrats is opening some eyes. An Eye On The Media reader passed on a story from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review with the headline: “Young voters increasingly identify with conservative politics.”The story reported, “A recent Pew Research Center report said 40 percent of voters ages 18 to 28 lean Republican, up from 30 percent last year. Fifty-four percent of those voters said they lean Democratic, down from 62 percent last year.”
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Finally, Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Ed Rendell’s legacy was outlined in an opinion column in the March 4 edition of the Inquirer. The article by John Fea, professor of American history at Messiah College, was headlined: “State is erasing its history.” Rendell has slashed funding for the Commonwealth’s historical sites, including Brandywine Battlefield Park.
History is gone but casinos are here.