RedState Briefing 01/09/2014

Morning Briefing For January 9, 2014 >> Today's Sponsor 1.  The Politics of A–holes The media that built up Chris Christie as the salvation of the GOP is turning on him in the lead up to Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign announcement. It is what it is. The media does this routinely. The story of the day is Chris Christie’s staff behaving badly, possibly at his direction, to hurt elected officials who did not back Christie.  . . . please click here for the rest of the post → 2.  This is an Easy Fix by Chris Christie First, it actually is pretty brilliant that Christie came out using Barack Obama’s standard excuse of not knowing and being misled. That’s well played. Second, this is such an easy fix. Christie can turn it around quickly. He needs to follow through and see that heads roll. Then he can point out that he has actually fired people, unlike President Obama. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → 3.  The GOP Open Borders Train Revs Up its Engine For those of you who thought that our previous warnings about an amnesty push in the near-term were overblown, today’s developments should serve as a wakeup call.  In what was clearly a coordinated effort by the establishment, Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor issued a call for passing immigration legislation this year during their weekly conference meeting at the same time Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue made an emphatic pitch for amnesty. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → 4.  Democrats and their Pathetic Unemployment Decoy It’s understandable why Democrats would feel embarrassed about unemployment.  Employers are cutting jobs, reducing hours, and lowering wages as a direct result of the Obamacare mandates and taxes.  Instead of putting out the fire that they set, Democrats have decided to distract our attention by offering band aids for the economic burns in the form of unprecedented long-term unemployment benefits. Typically, the Unemployment Insurance program lasts for 26 weeks of unemployment with an additional 13 weeks during recessions.  Most of the cost is purveyed by employer payroll taxes.   Since 2008, however, Congress has funded Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits for up to 99 weeks of unemployment. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → >> Today's Sponsor Sincerely yours, Erick Erickson Editor-in-Chief, RedState Forward This Email to a Friend Take me to RedState