By Liz Sidoti Democrats just can't seem to get on the same page on national security — and it could cost them dearly on an issue Republicans have dominated for decades. Increasingly, President Barack Obama and Democrats who run Congress are being pulled between the competing interests of party liberals and the rest of the country on Bush-era wartime matters of torture, detention and interrogation... 

By Ben Smith & Manu Raju Barack Obama’s Big Bang Theory of Governance is starting to face its first big test among the new president’s fellow Democrats. At the White House Tuesday morning, Obama began the day with a sharp push-back against the idea that his uncommonly ambitious agenda on health care, energy and other initiatives is too much, too soon. Share/Save Read More →

By William Tucker I subscribe to an Internet newsletter called Energy Central and the news is getting more depressing every week. Every time I scan the headlines I realize I'm looking at another piece of a gathering energy debacle. Share/Save Read More →

After doing such a GREAT JOB developing Michigan's economy, Jenny Granholm is tapped for Obama's transition team. From the Detroit News Gov. Jennifer Granholm was named to President-elect Barack Obama's transition team on the economy Thursday,(Snip)Granholm's appointment to the panel(Snip)former Macomb County Congressman David Bonior also is on the committee (Snip) comes on... 

By Ed Morrissey  HOT AIR – Just in case voters didn’t figure out Barack Obama’s economic instincts towards statism, this interview from 2007 on energy policy should open a few eyes.  During the Democratic primaries, Obama had a lot more openness about his desire for top-down control of the economy, especially when it came to energy.  In order to change the behavior... 

By Lisa Sisinni  I've never voted for a Republican presidential candidate, but this year is different. I'm voting for John McCain. Throughout the primary season, I supported Hillary Clinton. Between the final two Democratic contenders, Hillary was the only candidate who demonstrated leadership and a true understanding of key issues. She inspired millions of women around the country, Democrats... 

MSNBC – Obama said McCain is taking a page from the “Bush-Cheney playbook” on energy, saying his only solution is to drill anywhere and everywhere for oil. “That’s what he talked about yesterday, ‘I want to drill here. I want to drill now,’” Obama said, quoting McCain talking in Sturgis, S.D. “I don’t know where he was standing. I think he... 

By Brian Cherry The world of Presidential candidate Barack Obama must be a strange and fascinating place. You get to be the "post-racial" guy while dealing the race card from the bottom of the deck like an old time poker cheat. Along with this political slight of hand, your solution to solving the fuel crisis involves punishing the people who actually produce the gas while raising taxes on... 

By Editor NY POST – What does Barack Obama truly believe? Does it depend on the day of the week? True, candidates typically tack to the center after contentious primaries. But the "candidate of change" is taking that process to Twilight Zone levels. Share/Save Read More →

By Larry Rohter NYT – When VeraSun Energy inaugurated a new ethanol processing plant last summer in Charles City, Iowa, some of that industry’s most prominent boosters showed up. Leaders of the National Corn Growers Association and the Renewable Fuels Association, for instance, came to help cut the ribbon — and so did Senator Barack Obama . Share/Save Read More →

Sen. Obama voted for the 2005 Energy Bill, written in secret by Vice President Cheney and the energy lobby. Thomas Friedman referred to the bill as “the sum of all lobbies.” U.S. PIRG noted that the bill’s “heavy tilt toward big oil companies reflects the influence of Exxon Mobil and other oil companies on policy-makers in Washington, DC.” The Washington Post editorialized...