Tag Archives: Obama
Busy Tuesday – State Of The Union, North Korea Nuke Test, Gun Control Hearing
Today marks a busy Tuesday. Tonight we have Obama’s State of the Union address, which is very important because it marks his first State of the Union address for his second term. We learned last night that North Korea successfully … Continue reading
GOP Pushes On With Sequester
Last month I talked about the strategy Republicans should employ moving forward in order to get the most out of the debt and spending debate. I said that the Republicans should raise the debt ceiling because it was a losing … Continue reading
Obama Starts His Gun Control Push In Minneapolis
Yesterday we saw President Obama start his gun control push on the road in Minneapolis. While in Minneapolis Obama pushed Congress to enact new gun control measures including universal background checks, a ban on assault weapons, and a ban on … Continue reading
Letter To My Representatives and Senators On Gun Control
It is The Political Zealot’s 30th birthday today. I will be off today on a big job interview and out and about all day so instead of some keen insight on today’s stories I’ll give you an insight on what … Continue reading
Inauguration Over – What’s Coming In Obama’s Second Term?
Yesterday was inauguration day where the festivities took place in Washington for President Obama’s second term. President Obama was sworn into office on Sunday, but the public festivities took place yesterday. I am not sure why they won’t do them … Continue reading
The High Capacity Magazine – Public Enemy Number One
Let me introduce you to public enemy number one. The high capacity magazine. What is a high capacity magazine exactly? It is any magazine for a semi-automatic weapon which can hold more than 10 bullets. At least that is the … Continue reading
Obama Using Children To Sell His Gun Control Measures
President Obama will announce his proposal to help ‘prevent gun violence’, ie gun control, early this afternoon in a press conference. It is expected that Obama will propose a new assault weapons bans and universal background checks on all gun … Continue reading
Biden’s Task Force On Guns Presents Its Findings To Obama
Today Vice President Joe Biden’s task force on gun violence will present its findings to President Obama for review. Obama said yesterday in his last press conference of his first term that he would review the material and present what … Continue reading
Lame Duck Begins – Will Congress Avoid The Fiscal Cliff?
Today the lame duck session of congress begins. This lame duck is somewhat more important than most. This lame duck has to do something about the so called fiscal cliff. What is the fiscal cliff? I could go into a … Continue reading
Election Results: How Did Republicans Lose The White House And The Senate? The Tea Party
Last night ended much quicker than I expected. Fox News was the first to call the reelection of President Obama when they called Ohio going to Obama. This caused much of a stir in their election coverage because Karl Rove … Continue reading →