GOP’s Portman: I now support gay marriage
(Photo: Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images, file)
Sen. Rob Portman, once considered as Mitt Romney’s running mate, says decision followed his son’s coming-out.
236 Republicans and 25 Democrats: The Washington Post's guide on how the National Rifle Association uses political donations to exert control over Congress. →
And don’t let anyone kid you into thinking the pro-gun movement in Washington is bipartisan in ANY sense.
It is an affront to all of what the civil rights movement stood for, what people died for, what people bled for, and those of us who marched across that bridge 48 years ago, we didn’t march for some racial entitlement. We wanted to open up the political process, and let all of the people come in, and it didn’t matter whether they were black or white, Latino, Asian-American or Native American.
(Last week), Jon Huntsman, former governor of Utah, U.S. ambassador, business executive, and prominent conservative politician, published an editorial in The American Conservative calling marriage for same-sex couples a “conservative cause.” Reblog this photo and read more if you agree: http://bit.ly/Wd9vb9
OK, joking aside, this is important. Republicans have invented a history in which it has been fiscal irresponsibility all along — and far too many centrists have bought into the premise. →
The reality is that we had low debt and no fiscal problem before Reagan; then an unprecedented surge in peacetime, non-depression deficits under Reagan/Bush; then a major improvement under Clinton; then a squandering of the Clinton surplus via tax cuts and unfunded wars of choice under Bush. And yes, a surge in debt once the Great Recession hit, but that’s exactly when you should be running deficits.
The point about the fake history that expunges the Clinton years is that it turns the budget into a story in which nobody is at fault because everyone is at fault, and the problem is a generic issue of runaway spending. No, it isn’t; we would have come into this crisis with very little debt if the GOP hadn’t always insisted on tax cuts.
This is not complicated.
Gabby Giffords’s speech therapist wrote out her Senate testimony on notebook paper.
Simple.
Powerful.
Michelle Obama goes sparkling, sophisticated for inauguration
(Photo: Nicholas Kamm / AFP - Getty Images)
The first lady stepped out in a sophisticated blue Thom Browne coat and J. Crew shoes for Inauguration Day, accessorizing with a Cathy Waterman necklace. Browne, an American designer better known for his menswear, designed the coat based on the style of a man’s silk tie.
Whatever, they both look awesome..as do the girls.
Pomp and circumstance: Obama’s second inaugural kicks off
(Photo: Mladen Antonov / AFP - Getty Images)
The pomp and circumstance of President Barack Obama’s second inauguration were underway Monday morning in Washington, as the president engaged in a series of quadrennial traditions leading up to his formal swearing-in on Capitol Hill.
I am a sucker for these things and always watch. Love them. And love all the hats the Supreme Court Justices are wearing. lol
Barack Obama officially sworn in for second term as President of the United States of America.
Before Monday’s public swearing in, Barack Obama was officially sworn in Sunday by Chief Justice John Roberts at the White House.
Page 1 of 11
