by drjmcurtis | Jun 14, 2015
Stumbling out the gate for the last six months, 62-year-old former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush makes it official in Miami tomorrow announcing as a 2016 Republican Party candidate. Jeb comes with considerable baggage, the brother of one of the most unpopular presidents in...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 13, 2015
Promising to rewrite the tax code, former U.S. Senator, Secretary of State and now Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton, offered nothing new in stump speech on the economy. Given the Republican-controlled Congress, it’s doubtful Hillary could get...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 12, 2015
Handing President Barack Obama another legislative defeat, the president tried to join House Republicans on “fast-track” trade authority primarily with the Pacific Rim. Ignoring objections from Democrats’ libera wing, Barack found common ground with Republicans to...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 11, 2015
Threatening to cut the State Department budget 15%, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said the $47.8 billion budget would also restrict funds from being used to set up a diplomatic mission in Cuba. Boeher mirrored the House GOP’s frustration over the slow pace of...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 10, 2015
Announcing today he’d send 450 more U.S. advisors to Iraq, President Barack Obama signaled no change in U.S. policy toward the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Refusing to put U.S. boots on the ground, Barack disagreed with his Capitol Hill critics led by Sen. John...