“Don’t you love the holier-than-thou Mitt Romney—after what he did to Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum?” – Ellis Henican This week in campaign politics saw Vice-President Joe Biden getting angry at Republicans and Mitt Romney for their failure to understand the middle class : “I resent when they talk about families like mine that I [...]
“My cousins in Louisiana seem likely to go strongly for Rick Santorum – you haven’t met my cousins!” – Ellis Henican The second anniversary of Obama’s Healthcare Law came and went with barely a whisper of self-congratulations from the White House. Still, Rick Santorum campaigning for the Louisiana primary said he felt that another term for [...]
Why are Republicans whining about the party appearing divided and voters not fully supporting Mitt Romney—the likely nominee ? “In the end the party will come together. The people who are now supporting Santorum and Gingrich – c’mon, give me a break – they’re not going to vote for Barack Obama.” – Ellis Henican Ellis [...]
“Why do you guys want to make it hard for people to vote? This hurts poor people and minorities.” – Ellis Henican The Justice Department blocked enforcement of the voter identification law that Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed last spring, contending that it would have a discriminatory impact on minority voters. The Justice objection means [...]
“The (Obama) policy is to look at everything. He actually put nuclear power plants – to my chagrin – on the table.” _ Ellis Henican Gas prices are over $4 a gallon. Everyone is feeling that pain. But, at a hearing this week, when Rep. Alan Nunnelee specifically asked Energy Secretary Steven Chu if “the [...]
“On paper he looks beautiful – his hair is perfect – but there’s something missing. He’s Al Gore – there’s something wrong with him.” – Ellis Henican Mitt Romney’s on a roll. He won in Michigan. He won in Arizona. Last night he won the Wyoming caucus. So why aren’t Republican voters embracing the likely-to-win-the-nomination [...]
“There is nobody that thinks that Mitt Romney is too liberal that’s going to support Barack Obama.” – Ellis Henican Mitt Romney isn’t loved by anyone but Trump. The Tea Party supports Gingrich but does the Tea Party vote matter? And the endorsement of the day goes to the famed Nevada Bunny Ranch who chose [...]
“Let’s go jail a few of them.” – Ellis Henican The Stock Act – legislation to bar members of Congress from Insider Trading – passed the Senate in a 96 to 3 vote. It still needs to pass the House. But, aren’t members of Congress already subject to insider trading laws? Ellis Henican with [...]
“This is fake outrage. Are you shocked that people with alot of money try to influence government? Washington is not broken – it is bought.” – Ellis Henican Obama’s re-election campaign identified its top fundraisers including former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine and two fundraisers linked to Solyndra LLC, the California solar company that received [...]
“I wouldn’t say Obama himself is such a polarizing figure. He’s more of a conciliator type personality. A lot of people on the left say that he gives in too much.” – Ellis Henican A Gallup poll shows that President Obama is one of the most polarizing presidents in history with 80% of democrats approving [...]
ELLIS HENICAN is a columnist at Newsday and a political analyst on the Fox News Channel. He also hosts a nationally syndicated weekend show on Talk Radio Network, is author of a New York Times Bestseller, and is the voice of “Stormy” on the hit Cartoon Network series “Sealab 2021.”
