Enemy of the State

While waiting for Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst’s GOP response to the President’s State of the Union Address to play on Politico’s video player, an ad for Smirnoff Ice played. After watching Ernst’s speech, I realized it wasn’t an ad. It was a recommendation.

Joni Ernst

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Good Night, and Good Luck

President Obama’s weekend unveiling of tax cut proposals for the middle class was a much welcomed surprise – unless you were the Republican Party, who exhibited a similar reaction to that of a bull meeting a matador in the arena.

Obama and the GOP Congress

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The Score

In the past two months, President Obama has issued an Executive Order on immigration, unveiled a partnership with China to curb pollution and most recently proposed making the first two years of community college free for qualifying participants. This is why the man has an action figure.

Obama Figure

How did the Republican-led 114th Congress begin 2015? Well, the House celebrated by passing dynamic scoring.

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