Scrutinize the president, not Palin
By Matt Welch (Special to CNN)
On Friday afternoon the websites of the five most important newspapers in the United State – the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today – each had above their digital folds the same breaking story: it seemed the former governor of the 47th most populous state in the union, a woman who holds no elected office now and almost assuredly will not again anytime soon, had thousands of emails from her 21-month tenure data-dumped on the public. Read the full story here.
GOP may push for two-year budget as price of a debt deal
By Bob Cusack and Erik Wasson (The Hill)
Republican leaders are considering asking the White House to back a significant reform of the federal budget process in exchange for raising the nation’s debt ceiling. The GOP wish list for hiking the debt ceiling will be long, and Republican sources contend that overhauling the annual appropriations process is in the mix. Read the full story here.
An observation from phillipsbillboard.com: While working in the Congress I observed there was limited oversight of programs, spending and the results of same. A move as proposed here would allow more time. The 1974 Congressional Budget Act passed during the Watergate scandal worked for a while. Another idea that should be on the table is a Capital Budget for the Federal Government.
Gallup poll shows Republicans 2012 focus on beating Obama
By Alexis Levinson (The Daily Caller)
A USA Today/Gallup poll released Sunday found that Republican and Republican leaning independents would prefer the candidate who can beat Obama rather than the one who they most agree with on issues. The poll gives an insight into how voters are thinking about the largely unsettled primary field, and seems to bode well for Mitt Romney, who is currently the frontrunner in most polls. Read the full story here.