Yesterday I got a chance to watch Marco Rubio, Florida’s Republican senator, praise small business at a reception held by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). Those looking for Rubio to tip his hand about his vice presidential prospects came away disappointed. At one point, Rubio said he hoped to help small business in the years he had left in the Senate. A member of the audience asked whether he was in fact measuring his time remaining in the Senate in years rather than months. Rubio replied, “Look, I love serving in the United States Senate. I know that sounds strange, but that’s the place I think I can make a difference.” He chided the Senate’s lack of urgency, calling it “frustrating.” NFIB joined the multi-state lawsuit against President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. A Supreme Court ruling is expected next month. Photo by: Katherine Ruddy
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Marco Rubio Happy in the Senate
Desperately seeking contraception. (CNSNews.com) — 324,000 women dropped out of the nation’s civilian labor force in March and April as the number of women not in the labor force hit an all-time historical high of 53,321,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The civilian labor force consists of all people in the United States
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War on Women: 324,000 Women Dropped Out of the Nation’s Civilian Labor Force in March & April
1. An incarcerated felon got 40 percent of the vote against the sitting president of the United States in the West Virginia Democratic primary. Barack Obama has trouble in coal country. 2. There was huge turnout in Wisconsin’s barely contested Republican primary for governor. Democratic nominee Tom Barrett has his work cut out for him against Scott Walker. 3. Barrett’s opponent Kathleen Falk actually had stronger union support, but they are getting on board now. 4. Despite his recent success in state GOP conventions, Ron Paul didn’t do any better than Newt Gingrich in consolidating the remaining anti-Romney vote in last night’s primaries. He even fell into third place in West Virginia. But Paul didn’t do very much in any of those states either. His campaign continues to deemphasize primaries as Mitt Romney is starting to roll up landslide victories. 5. Gingrich nevertheless advises Romney to pursue Paul’s voters, tying them to the discontent seen in the European elections. 6. Pretty striking that Obama waits until the day after North Carolina’s Amendment One passes to contemplate — and these are still just rumors as I write this — coming out in support of same-sex marriage. 7. A lot of the people lamenting Richard Lugar’s defeat are treating bipartisanship as if it were an end in itself. TARP, Medicare Part D, No Child Left Behind, the Iraq war, and the country’s descent into debt were all in varying degrees bipartisan.
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Random Observations from Last Night’s Votes
There’s a great article in the Wall Street Journal today titled: “America and the Value of ‘Earned Success’“ [here’s the link ] The author talks about living in Spain for a while, and provides an amazing quote inside the article: “what set the United States apart from Spain was the difference between earned success and
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Wilma versus Julia
NC is voting on an anti-gay-marriage referendum today. As this causes some complications for the GCMOTUS (Gutsy Call Maker of the United States), he’s chickening out. President Barack Obama was scheduled, albeit briefly, to visit North Carolina on Election Day… More: President Gutsy Call: Okay With Giving Campaign Speeches in Afghanistan; Too Craven To Give Them In North Carolina
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President Gutsy Call: Okay With Giving Campaign Speeches in Afghanistan; Too Craven To Give Them In North Carolina
