Krauthammer: Jay Carney Is Saying "You're Too Stupid To Understand What You Want"CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: It's precisely why historically centrally-planned economies don't work. The Soviets had a plan for this much steel and this much concrete and it had no response to what was out there in the market and they overproduced. So, they had a lot of production numbers and they had an economy that was unworkable. Here these people are d
Chris Matthews On Benghazi: "Where Were The People That Could Have Come? I'm Going To Ask That Question Until I Get An Answer"CHRIS MATTHEWS: Let me go to Brandon first. I guess this is the question that gets to me. If you're out there pinned down and the word gets back to Washington in real time at the National Security Agency or the national security desk, why didn't we try to send somebody from somewhere? What happened? BRANDON WEB: Hi, Chris. I think people need to
Clarence Page: Obama Told "One Of Those Political Lies" About Health InsuranceHUGH HEWITT, HOST: Now here’s what the President said in 2009. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Here’s a guarantee that I’ve made. If you have insurance that you like, then you will be able to keep that insurance. If you’ve got a doctor that you like, you will be able to keep your doctor. HH: Now Clarence, you have written a few columns defend
Carney: People Can't Keep Same Health Plan That Doesn't Meet "Minimum Standards"ED HENRY: Beyond the website, the president, when he was trying to get the law passed, repeatedly said if you currently have health insurance, you will be able to keep your plan. This morning, David Axelrod was pressed on that point and said,
O'Reilly Interviews Cheney: "What Did We Gain From Iraq, Afghanistan Wars?"Tonight on "The O’Reilly Factor," former Vice President Dick Cheney sat down with Bill O’Reilly to discuss the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Other than Saddam Hussein being removed from power, O’Reilly asked, “What did we get out of [the war]?” “The biggest threat we face is the possibility of terrorist groups, like Al Qaeda, equi
"This Morning" Report: Policy Cancellations, Premium Increases Add To Obamacare FrustrationJAN CRAWFORD, CBS NEWS: Nearly five weeks into the launch of HealthCare.gov, the management expert brought in to turn around the website says its issues are fixable. But it's going to take weeks, not days. That comes as some Americans are being surprised, not only that they are being booted off their current plans, but at how much they're being ask
Carney: "We Do Not And Will Not" Monitor Angela Merkel's CommunicationsQUESTION: There’s a report out from the Wall Street Journal that says that the president did not learn until this summer that the NSA had been tapping Angela Merkel’s phone for years, as it had been with other world leaders. Was the president kept out of the loop about what the NSA was doing? JAY CARNEY: First, I am not going to get
NBC: Obama WH Knew Obamacare Would Terminate Half Of Individual PlansNBC News: President Obama repeatedly assured Americans that after the Affordable Care Act became law, people who liked their health insurance would be able to keep it. But millions of Americans are getting or are about to get cancellation letters for their health insurance under Obamacare, say experts, and the Obama administration has known that fo
RCP's Tom Bevan On Problems With Obamacare RolloutRCP's executive editor Tom Bevan explains how the problems with Obamacare go much deeper than the glitchy website.
Pat Caddell: The American People Not Going To Walk Away And Give Up On PrivacyPAT CADDELL: The public overwhelmingly believes the White House either designed, ordered, or knew about the IRS stuff. What we find out with all the scandal stuff, it comes out in driplets. They haven't done that, they haven't done that with the NSA. But you're right, Harris, which is this entire issue of whether anything you own is private or you
Axelrod: "The Vast Majority Of People In This Country Are Keeping Their Plan"DAVID AXELROD: Most, most people are going to keep their own plan, Senator, and you know that. There were some plans, there were some plans -- the head of Blue Cross in Florida was on television yesterday and said there was a small number of people in his state that were going to be transferred to plans that have a higher quality and most of them
Shepard Smith vs. Dana Perino On NSA Spying And How It Worked Under BushShepard Smith and former Bush press secretary Dana Perino hash it out over recent revelations that the NSA spied on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone calls. Shepard asks Perino, a defender of the surveillance program, where the NSA gets its authority. Perino responded, "what would make us think it's not okay?"
George Will: It's Possible More People Have Lost Their Coverage Than Have Signed Up For ObamacareGEORGE WILL: You showed the graphic a moment ago about how many people are losing their coverage in California and Florida. It is possible. As more people since the first of October have lost their coverage than have signed up for the Affordable Care Act, the government program, in all 50 states. The premise of Obama care lost in Congress, they los
Juan Williams vs. Brit Hume: "Whose Idea Of Better Coverage? The Government's?"CHRIS WALLACE: And let's put up again those statistics. Just in case you didn't see them, because they are quite remarkable about the people who are losing health insurance, not gaining it. Florida Blue terminating 300,000 policies because they don't meet the new ObamaCare standards. Kaiser Permanente in California, 160,000 canceled, these are peop
George Will: "Of Course I Want Obamacare To Fail"GEORGE WILL: In fact, what they're trying to do is micromanage one sixth of the American economy. And what we have learned throughout the twentieth century was that the micromanagement, the central planning, of complex societies doesn’t work. I want to assure brother [Juan] Williams that there is no schadenfreude here, because I’m not even pret
Dean: Obamacare Is Going To Be Reason Dems "Pick Up Seats In The House"GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: If your insurance plan conforms with the requirements of Obamacare you don't have to go to the exchanges. BILL KRISTOL: Which very, very few, almost no, about 15% of individually purchased self-insurance plans do. And why is that? It was a free market. If people wanted to buy all those benefits they could have. HOWARD
Kristol: The Big Political Story Is People Are Losing Their Health InsuranceBILL KRISTOL: President Obama said over and over in selling this plan in 2009 and 2010, "if you like your current plan, you can keep it." That is false. About 15 million people are being told your current plan, which many of them do like, they purchased appropriate plans for themselves, they are being told that they can't keep it. They are being f
Dick Cheney: Daughter Liz "Is Going To Win" Wyoming Senate Race"The fact of the matter is, Washington is not going to elect the next senator from Wyoming, the people of Wyoming will elect that senator," Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday on ABC's "This Week".
Generation Opportunity Ad Hits Obamacare: Halloween Horror 2013"Don't get scared into signing up signing up for Obamacare," this ad from Generation Opportunity says. "You have options. Get the insurance that's right for you."
FNC's Political Insiders: Obamacare, Privacy, Merkel & NSA, Lame Duck ObamaPat Caddell, Doug Schoen and former Rep. John LeBoutillier (R-NY) discuss Obamacare web difficulties, Obama administration handling of the rollout, privacy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel calling out the NSA, growing political fallout with U.S. allies, if Obama is now a lame duck and more.
Melissa Harris Perry: Does Rick Perry Want Women To Vote In Texas?Dear Governor Perry, It’s me, Melissa. We are getting to be regular pen pals! I hate to be a pest, but it seems my earlier letters didn’t sink in. You remember the one in June about extending the Texas legislative session 30 days in order to push your anti-abortion agenda. Or maybe the one about watching out for the “Wendy Davis Expres