https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:mak5/ en-us Sun, 25 Aug 2024 15:16:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4260700/posts Kamala Harris wants to outlaw the very mechanism that enables consumers to buy what they need most in a time of scarcity. What gives? The Free Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4260700/posts#comment Sun, 25 Aug 2024 15:16:28 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3948288/posts Bernie Moreno, the luxury car dealer, blockchain evangelist and erstwhile member of the MetroHealth Board of Trustees, has formally announced his bid to claim Rob Portman's seat in the United States Senate. Moreno, 54, is a Republican and first-time candidate who intends to run as an outsider and successful businessman in the mold of Donald Trump. In a campaign video Tuesday, Moreno said that no candidate would fight harder against the rising tide of socialism in the U.S., as personified, in his conception, by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, squad members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar, and universities like Oberlin that... Cleveland Scene https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3948288/posts#comment Tue, 6 Apr 2021 15:32:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3413304/posts Reviewers trashed Donald Trump’s first book. They dismissed The Art of the Deal as self-promotional pap. They called the author a huckster. “The man’s lack of taste is as vast as his lack of shame,” said the Washington Post. Fortune noted his “shallowness” and “pomposity” and his need for “more money,” more “toys” and “more attention.” The book, said The New Republic, “is a weapon in the continuing public relations war that is Donald Trump’s way of doing business.” Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/1988-the-year-donald-lost-his-mind-213721#ixzz43qhNCzpK Follow us: @politico on Twitter | Politico on Facebook Politico https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3413304/posts#comment Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:02:54 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3392522/posts Rick Santorum endorsed Marco Rubio for president on Wednesday evening, just hours after announcing he’d drop out of the race himself. The Washington Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3392522/posts#comment Thu, 4 Feb 2016 00:40:06 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3367839/posts White House spokesman Josh Earnest said that President Obama thinks that gun control would help deter terrorists. Earnest made the comments today at the White House's daily press briefing. The Weekly Standard https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3367839/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2015 22:29:19 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2965349/posts Republican Sen. John McCain became so fed up with a Republican colleague’s efforts to block the National Defense Authorization Act on Monday that he suggested in a floor speech that perhaps Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid’s push to change the rules of the filibuster was not a bad idea. The Daily Caller https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2965349/posts#comment Tue, 4 Dec 2012 03:21:51 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2930532/posts An Ohio senator wants to give $1 billion from a General Motors stock sale to salaried Delphi Automotive retirees who lost much of their pension coverage during the supplier’s bankruptcy proceedings, but the Delphi Salaried Retirees Association says it prefers another solution. Plastics News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2930532/posts#comment Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:28:45 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2874462/posts Ohio’s U.S. Senate race continues to be a close one, with incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown now inching slightly ahead of Republican challenger Josh Mandel. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the Buckeye State shows Brown with 44% support to Mandel’s 41%. Three percent (3%) like another candidate, and a sizable 12% remain undecided Rasmussen Reports https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2874462/posts#comment Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:42:42 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2498383/posts <p>Lawyers for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich today asked a federal judge for permission to subpoena President Barack Obama to testify at Blagojevich's upcoming trial.</p> <p>Blagojevich is charged with using his office to enrich himself and close associates, including allegations he tried to sell the U.S. Senate seat that Obama vacated in 2008 with his election to the White House.</p> Chicago Breaking News Center https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2498383/posts#comment Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:14:01 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2474631/posts U.S. Representative John Boccieri (D-Alliance) announced Friday that he will support the health care bill. WEWS-TV https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2474631/posts#comment Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:24:04 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384725/posts Earlier this year, many Ohioans (especially in the northern part of the state) heard the name "Rob Portman" and said, "Who?" Now some are saying, "Rob Portman, next U.S. senator from the great state of Ohio." It is way too early to predict winners and losers in next November's election. But Portman has scored a symbolic victory by surging ahead in the latest Quinnipiac University political poll of registered voters in Ohio. If the election were held today, Portman would get 39 percent of the vote to Lee Fisher's 36 percent. Cleveland Plain Dealer https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384725/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:51:49 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383837/posts Economic woes in the Buckeye State put Gov. Ted Strickland in a vulnerable position for 2010, a new Quinnipiac Poll (1,123 RVs, 11/5-9, +/- 2.9%) finds. General Election Matchup Strickland (D) 40 (-6 vs. last poll, 9/15) Kasich (R) 40 (+4) Don't Know 18 (+3) Real Clear Politics https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383837/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:11:31 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371961/posts In every mid-term election, there is a race for governor that draws nationwide attention and packs a political punch far beyond the borders of its state. This year, Virginia and New Jersey have drawn that attention. The elections of Govs. Nelson Rockefeller in New York in 1958 and Ronald Reagan in California in 1966 helped shaped national Republican politics for nearly a generation. The likely election of Bob McDonnell in Virginia this year -- if it comes to pass -- will probably be another. Next year, it will be Ohio where former congressman and host of Fox News’ “Heartland” program... Human Events https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371961/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:45:53 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294083/posts Instead of saving the federal government from fiscal catastrophe, the health reform measures being drafted by congressional Democrats would worsen an already bleak budget outlook, increasing deficit projections and driving the nation more deeply into debt, the director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said this morning. The Washington Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294083/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:37:37 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283261/posts Wenzel Strategies survey shows Ohioans favor Strickland proposal for slots at Ohio horse tracks, but incumbent governor does not appear to profit politically from the idea Kasich leads incumbent Ted Strickland 44%-35%, with 21% undecided Portman leads Fisher 39%-33% in U.S. Senate race with 27% undecided Portman leads Jennifer Brunner 43%-31% with 26% undecided Wenzel Strategies https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283261/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:33:57 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251604/posts Two former employees of ACORN today said they and other workers were pressed to gather voter registrations and threatened with firing if they failed to meet a quota of 20 to 25 each day. "We definitely had to reach a quota. If we didn't reach a quota we'd lose our jobs," said Mario Grisom, a Wilkinsburg man who was among seven people charged with a variety of counts, including forgery, last week. A preliminary hearing into the ACORN charges began this morning in Municipal Court. Mr. Grisom, 28, and three others charged along with him waived their rights to preliminary... Pittsburgh Post-Gazette https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251604/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2009 15:03:53 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246204/posts Tom Ridge announced today that he will not seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in next year's primary. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246204/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 16:58:51 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236825/posts Incumbent Senator Arlen Specter trails former Congressman Pat Toomey by 21 points in an early look at Pennsylvania’s 2010 Republican Primary. Fifty-one percent (51%) of Republican voters statewide say they’d vote for Toomey while just 30% would support Specter. Specter is viewed favorably by 42% of Pennsylvania Republicans and unfavorably by 55%, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state. Those are stunningly poor numbers for a long-term incumbent senator. Specter was first elected to the Senate in 1980. Toomey, who served in the House from 1999 to 2005, earns positive reviews from 66% and... Rasmussen Reports https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236825/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:42:44 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178110/posts A massive storm slams into the United States, threatening to "be hazardous to our citizenry," yet, the President of the United States chides his fellow citizens to show some "flinty" tougness "When it comes to the weather." The storm kills dozens of people and endangers the lives and safety of hundreds of thousands of others; meanwhile the President of the United States hosts an exclusive cocktail party and fetes his A-list guests with chicken curry and wagyu steak, a Japanese delicacy prized for its tenderness. "It also costs a bundle -- as much as $100 a pound for choice cuts,"... The American Thinker https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178110/posts#comment Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:39:28 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174249/posts Wishy-washy, flippy-floppy Arlen Specter rides again. On Wednesday, Pennsylvania's senior U.S. senator, a Philadelphia Republicrat and the party's senior member on the Judiciary Committee, voted for the confirmation of Attorney General-designate Eric Holder. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174249/posts#comment Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:42:08 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170399/posts President Obama listened to Republican gripes about his stimulus package during a meeting with congressional leaders Friday morning - but he also left no doubt about who's in charge of these negotiations. "I won," Obama noted matter-of-factly, according to sources familiar with the conversation. The exchange arose as top House and Senate Republicans expressed concern to the president about the amount of spending in the package. They also raised red flags about a refundable tax credit that returns money to those who don’t pay income taxes, the sources said. Politico https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170399/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:29:12 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165174/posts After signing two hot dog buns for Tony Packo's Cafe in East Toledo, former Ohio congressman and White House appointee Rob Portman yesterday officially launched his campaign for the U.S. Senate election in 2010. The Toledo Blade https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165174/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:27:17 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141620/posts Gun owners in Pittsburgh who don't report their gun has been lost or stolen within 24 hours should face stiff fines and possible jail time, City Council members said today with a 6-1 vote in favor of controversial new legislation. The bill goes to Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, who refused to say if he will use his 10-day window to veto it, sign it or allow it to pass into law. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141620/posts#comment Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:39:31 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2127206/posts Ahead of a widely-expected crackdown on free speech and political dissent by the incoming Obama administration, our Dear Leader has appointed a new FCC transition czar to oversee the process. Henry Rivera, a longtime radical leftist, lawyer and former FCC commissioner, is expected to lead the push to dismantle commercial talk radio that is favored by a number of Democratic Party senators. Rivera will play a pivotal role in preventing Obama's critics from having a public voice during Obama's tenure in office. Rivera, who resigned from the FCC nearly a quarter-century ago during the Reagan years, believes in a doctrine... The Radio Equalizer https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2127206/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 19:43:39 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127056/posts GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin took some heat Wednesday from two of Pennsylvania's top political leaders. Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell told business leaders at a postelection breakfast that John McCain would have had a better chance of winning Pennsylvania with a different running mate, and U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, a GOP moderate, rejected the idea that the Republican party might belong to Palin. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127056/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 16:27:09 GMT