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President Obama is deflecting. Amid lagging poll numbers, a drawn-out oil crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, allegations of a criminal bribe to Congressman Joe Sestak, and fierce criticism from both parties (including harsh words of reproof from Democratic strategist James Carville and former Clinton advisor Dick Morris), Obama turned his attention to the Republican Party this week, verbally lashing Republicans for their negativity and lack of constructive solutions. In remarks delivered Wednesday,

At a May 6 Catholic Community Conference in Washington DC, Speaker Pelosi openly touted Jesus Christ, "The Word Made Flesh", as the inspiration for her public policies.  CNS News reports a couple of her more powerful statements: “And that Word," Pelosi said, "is, we have to give voice to what that means in terms of public policy that would be in keeping with the values of the Word. The Word. Isn’t it a beautiful word when you think of it? It just covers everything. The Word." “Fill it in with

With the unveiling of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s revised budget May 14 and its more than $12 billion in spending cuts, the stage is now set for the GOP governor and Democratic majority legislature to begin the tussle, posturing and compromise that will eventually lead to a final spending pan for the fiscal year that beings July 1. A $17.9 billion gap between revenues and spending commitments to which Schwarzenegger wants to add a $1.2 billion reserve, coming on the heels of filling a record-

Vanity Fair's editor, Graydon Carter, laid out a compelling case for Wall St's hijacking of Washington DC.  Unfortunately, he allowed blatant partisanship to cloud his objectivity when evaluating the role of Senate Republicans in the battle for financial reform. In his editorial, Mr. Carter presented a strong case for Wall St's virtually uncontested role in influencing DC lawmakers on matters related to regulation, transparency, and accountability in financial markets.  He called out the likes

What do most homeschooling instructors look like? Are they mothers, fathers, grandparents, or neighbors? And what is the state of homeschooling in California today? In February 2008, the Second District California Court of Appeals ruled that a homeschooling instructor must be properly credentialed in order to instruct school-age children at a home course of study. This ruling frightened many parents who had taught their children without needing to show proof of academic qualification. Within t

While much has been made in the media over Republican governors and state attorney generals threatening to dismantle the health care reform bill signed into law by President Obama last month, California’s Democratic leadership and Governor Schwarzenegger have made implementing the new law, with plenty of federal help, a top priority. This week, Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) and Assembly Speaker John Perez (D-Los Angeles) spent Wednesday in Washington, DC in meetings with Health

Possibly indicating what direction the president might lean on comprehensive immigration reform, the Washington Examiner reports that President Obama has proposed cutting U.S. border security as part of his 2011 budget.  This includes two specific provisions: 1. Reducing the amount of Border Patrol agents. 2. Cutting funding for a “virtual fence” along the U.S.-Mexico border, which is the technologically-advanced fence armed by several surveillance devices. Overwhelmingly, Republicans do

Dr. Paul argues that Republicans and Tea Party supporters are inaccurate when they ridicule Obama as a socialist.  Instead, Congressman Paul claims Obama, like George W. Bush, should be deemed a corporatist. So, what's the difference between socialism and corporatism?  Paul writes: Socialism is a system where the government directly owns and manages businesses. Corporatism is a system where businesses are nominally in private hands, but are in fact controlled by the government. In a corporatis

With less than three weeks until Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveils his revised budget plan for the fiscal year starting July 1, he and the Democratic majority Legislature have done little to reduce the state’s projected $18.8 billion budget shortfall. Almost the only thing they have accomplished is agree that increasing taxes won’t be part of whatever solution they stitch together over the next 10 weeks.  “In this budget I refuse to raise taxes because there are so many other areas where Sacr

The Coffee Party has made it a priority to begin reaching out to the nation's youth.  Widely characterized as the left-leaning, grassroots counter to the Tea Party movement, the Coffee Party launched "Campus Coffee Week" on April 17 in hopes of opening up the political dialogue to high school and college students. While the youth played a more visible role in the 2008 Presidential election, Coffee Party supporters claim that the media and Washington DC have failed once again to engage this crit