Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets , Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Sean Trende to discuss his book The Lost Majority: Why the Future of Government is Up for Grabs–and Who Will Take It , why gaining electoral majorities is a very difficult task, and why conventional wisdom is often wrong. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates . If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffee[at]newledger.com. We hope you enjoy the show. Related Links: Buy The Lost Majority: Why the Future of Government is Up for Grabs–and Who Will Take It on Amazon Sean Trende at Real Clear Politics Follow Pej on Twitter Follow Kevin on Twitter Follow Sean on Twitter The hosts and guests of Coffee and Markets speak only for ourselves, not any clients or employers.
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The Lost Majority
Brought to you by: Missouri: David Limbaugh — Minnesota: Ed Morrissey — Colorado: Michelle Malkin Twitter is always fun on nights like this. I heard of Rick Santorum’s win in Colorado from Jim Pethokoukis. Here’s a sample. These are not all in chronological order, but in the order I thought told the best story. http://twitter.com/JimPethokoukis
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Rick’s Trifecta
Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets , Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Congressman Dennis Ross to discuss Obamacare, Eric Holder’s involvement in Fast and Furious and the end to insider trading in Congress. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates . If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffee[at]newledger.com. We hope you enjoy the show. Related Links: Ross to Eric H. Holder: You Can Delegate Authority, But You Cannot Delegate Responsibility GOP blames ‘Obama economy’ in call to extend federal pay freeze Congressman Dennis Ross Follow Brad on Twitter Follow Ben on Twitter Follow Congressman Ross on Twitter Subscribe to The Transom The hosts and guests of Coffee and Markets speak only for ourselves, not any clients or employers.
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Dennis Ross Discusses Obamacare and Fast and Furious
Yes, we beat SOPA, but the problem of foreign infringers is still around. And we’re not just talking about online copyright infringement, either. Copies of clothing, purses, gadgets, you name it: foreign free riders are a problem. It’s an important tradeoff to find, so an open process for the Darrell Issa OPEN Act is a good one . A slow, consensus-based approach is also smart , so I’m glad consensus is what Eric Cantor and John Boehner are demanding from a bill on this topic. The alternative is picking winners and losers. That’s not good for government to do, even if it’s been a problem for a long time , to the annoyance of Frédéric Bastiat. Speaking of picking winners and losers, FCC Spectrum management is falling apart . The more the FCC controls who’s bidding, and how the winners of the auctions will use that spectrum, the less efficiently we allocate and use that critical, limited resource. So naturally what are we looking at? Hassling Verizon for doing what it has to instead of fixing the FCC. Seriously: People who say that any Republican would be anywhere near the problem Obama is, simply need to look more closely at just how awful the Obama regulators are. They are completely out of control. We need to defeat Barack Obama and restore some sanity at FCC, FTC, EPA, and the rest. Google and Facebook will obey Indian censorship laws . Singling out Twitter for abuse over foreign censorship laws never made much sense, folks. Programming note: due to CPAC and my traveling cross country to it, this will be the only Tech at Night post this week.
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Tech at Night: Opening up the OPEN Act, FCC spectrum insanity
Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets , Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss why the latest unemployment report is good politically, but not a sign that the recession is over, the Facebook IPO, and our Super Bowl picks. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates . If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffee[at]newledger.com. We hope you enjoy the show. Related Links: Employment Jumps; Rate 8.3%, 243,000 New Jobs Created BLS: Employment Report for January, 2012 Why the unemployment rate might fall to 8.1 percent by Election Day—and why it’s bad news for Obama Record 1.2 Million People Fall Out Of Labor Force In One Month, Labor Force Participation Rate Tumbles To Fresh 30 Year Low Facebook Form S-1 Who Owns What, Who Makes What in the Facebook IPO Facebook’s net income and revenues: $1 billion on $3.71 billion in 2011 From Founders to Decorators, Facebook Riches The Quiet Man: Meet the Less-Known Face of the Facebook IPO, CFO David Ebersman Follow Brad on Twitter Follow Ben on Twitter Follow Francis on Twitter Subscribe to The Transom The hosts and guests of Coffee and Markets speak only for ourselves, not any clients or employers.
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Unemployment News is Good for Obama, Not as Good for the Economy
