“I think we should start the hearings tomorrow. That worked out great with Clinton for Republicans, didn’t it?” – Ellis Henican Stating that “Our president is an enemy of our Constitution, and, as such, he is a danger to our safety, our security and our personal freedoms”, former Congressman Tom Tancredo has started the [...]
“The irony is that the things that will make the Republican nominee strongest in November against Barack Obama are the things that make it hard for candidates to get there.” – Ellis Henican E-mail ellis@henican.com. Follow him at twitter.com/henican
“More and more of the wealth in this country in fewer and fewer hands—we are becoming more like a banana republic.” – Ellis Henican The debate quickly heats up on The Factor with Bill O’Reilly arguing that taxing the rich will not help the economy. E-mail ellis@henican.com. Follow him at twitter.com/henican
“How do we go forward recognizing that these people have a right, they’re going to get it, and we better get used to it.” – Ellis Henican The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has announced his intention to apply to the United Nations Security Council for full membership for a Palestinian state. The US may not [...]
“The fight is really over the Independent voters and that’s why this district is worrisome to the President.”— Ellis Henican Republican Bob Turner won Anthony Weiner’s Congressional seat in a heavily Jewish populated district that has long been considered a stronghold of the Democratic party. Is this a sign of things to come in the [...]
“Let’s don’t turn public school teachers into the scapegoats of all of our education problems.”— Ellis Henican President Obama says our kids can not do their best without state of the art schools. Why, then, are some people saying we should be spending less on our kids’ educations? Henican alone disagrees with the Varney & [...]
“Wouldn’t (the U.S. banks’) argument be stronger if they hadn’t just led us down this dangerous path?” – Ellis Henican Ellis Henican, on Fox Business Channel’s ”America’s Scoreboard”, reacts to Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, calling new international bank regulations “anti-American”. Didn’t the old rules allow the banks to almost bring down the United [...]
“We know that if the government goes and spends a trillion dollars on infrastructure programs – people will get back to work.”— Ellis Henican With the President set to speak to a joint session of Congress about jobs and the economy, Ellis Henican tells Stuart Varney that government spending creates jobs. Varney & Co., Fox Business Channel (September [...]
“Aren’t we better off getting into the (U.N.) arena and debating, being a full partner—not being some cheapskate that won’t pay its bills?” – Ellis Henican Ellis Henican on ‘Freedom Watch’ reacts to House Republicans introducing legislation that would allow the US to withold some of its 22% contribution to the UN operating budget – favoring instead [...]
“The impact of the Katrina recovery on the economy of New Orleans and the Gulf coast may have some lessons in it for us as we deal with the smaller—but comparable—Irene.” – Ellis Henican President Obama may find that the damage left by Irene provides the need for an economic stimulus package that both Democrats [...]
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.”
