Pres. Obama’s comments frustrated many Republicans who were hoping the president would shift his focus to jobs and who are confused at the comment after Pres. Obama said Republicans brought good ideas to the recent health care summit.

“It’s just challenging to say Republicans have good ideas on health care reform … and then say Republicans don’t do anything on health care,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spokesman Don Stewart said. “We’ve been dealing with health care non-stop for a year now and to say no one’s interested in it is a hell of a stretch.”

Conservatives are becoming more and more angered over Pres. Obama’s handling of health care reform. At the president’s own invitation, Republicans have brought their own reform plan to the table, stating they had plans to reform health care without adding more government. However,  the president has not, as of yet, shown signs of interest in the plan. In fact, he told Republicans “to do a little soul searching” about health care.

For the host of Americans that think Tina Fey was running with McCain on the Republican ticket, Palin is making even more of a presence in American media.

No, she is not playing Fey in Vegas, however Palin’s Tonight Show appearance was definitely an opportunity for her to transition into her new public life.

Palin cracked jokes aimed at herself, her host, and her opponents/critics. She reiterated past sentiments and revisited touchy experiences. As Leno’s first guest on his first new show, even with the loss of viewers during Palin’s monologue, Jay was up from last year at this time and well above the viewer ratings of his TV schedule contemporary, David Letterman.

Hitting on Palin’s new and many pastimes, Leno’s show exhibited a woman who will retain her status as an outspoken public figure. Speaking of public figures, has anyone seen Joe Biden lately?

And she’s happy she’s not vice president. “I would not know what to do with all that free time,” she quipped.

Obama expects this year’s summit to be monumental. Leading representatives from both the Democratic and Republican parties. It would be a bipartisan’s dream. But Obama isn’t bipartisan. He’s pushing an agenda, and compromise isn’t part of it.

Considering the previous couple of attempts at bipartisan cooperation with the President, this great gathering about an issue we all thought had suffocated probably won’t be decisive.

The Pledge was said, but, really? What moronic Congressman laughs at the idea of pledging his allegiance to his country? I have to ask, What is the purpose of you holding the position you do, Congressman Becerra? Surely not for personal benefit?

Since yesterday, the YouTube video of the event has been viewed over 10,000 times.
Congressman Laughs at the Pledge on YouTube

Apparently, the candidate claims that the request caught him off guard. Any way you look at it, I’d rather not have a congressman who represented me laughing at the idea of pledging himself to our country. Just saying.

Krohn’s idea of a conservative society includes constitutional regard, respect for life, less government and personal responsibility. Mike Gallagher, nationally syndicated radio host said of Krohn, “Any time I am depressed about the state of our country or the future of the modern conservative movement, I consider two words: Jonathan Krohn. If America’s future leadership includes this smart-as-a-whip phenom, we’re going to be just fine.”

The young Georgian has been recognized as gifted since about first grade when he took an IQ test with astounding results. In the very recent past, he has caught the attention of conservative leaders Newt Gingrich, Mike Gallagher, Jon Stewart, Ann Coulter, William Bennett, and Lisa De Pasquale among others.

Jonathan Krohn

When asked about his political future, Krohn said that he doesn’t intend to run for office, but is working on getting his own political radio talk show. Some are hopeful that his future will include a presidential campaign, calling for “Jonathan Krohn, 2032!”

Although Krohn won’t be able to even vote for at least four more years, we expect big things from him in the near and distant futures.

President Barack Obama has repeatedly claimed that his budget would cut the deficit by half by the end of his term. Given that Obama has already helped quadruple the deficit with his stimulus package, pledging to halve it by 2013 is hardly plausible.

Some may argue that George W. Bush is responsible for Barack Obama’s deficits, that Mr. Bush forced the hand of this administration by leaving office in the midst of a sharp recession.

This argument is absolutely incorrect. At some point the Obama administration has to take responsibility for itself.

Consider that from Jan. 20, 2001, to Jan. 20, 2009, the debt held by the public grew $3 trillion under President Bush—to $6.3 trillion from $3.3 trillion at a time when the national economy grew as well.

By comparison, from the day President Obama took office last year to the end of the current fiscal year, according to the Office of Management and Budget, the debt held by the public will grow by $3.3 trillion. In 20 months, Obama will add as much debt as Bush ran up in eight years.

Obama’s spending plan approved by Congress last February calls for doubling the national debt in five years and nearly tripling it in 10.

Rep. Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island becomes the fourth member of the House of Representatives to announce over the past three days that they’ll retire at the end of the year rather than run for re-election.

As things currently  stand, eight House Democrats have announced retirement with another five running for state offices. Now, the Democrats will be defending 13 open seats in the midterm elections. More Democrat vacancies are expected to follow.

Rep. Patrick Kennedy

Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee said that many of the House Democratic retirements were occurring in some tough political territory, adding that “the fact of the matter is, Democrats in swing districts are retiring because they know what November has in store for them.”

We all know why things are going down like this; the question is, how are the conservatives going to capitalize on this?

Their goals included job creation and some other issues that needed to be taken care of somewhere between several months and over a year ago.

It didn’t really work.

“We can’t afford to allow politics to stand in the way of a well-functioning government,” the president said.

Does he know what a well-functioning government looks like? Please consider Ronald Reagan’s presidency.

Maybe Obama will eventually realize that promising bipartisanship and then voting for your guy without compromise is considered hypocrisy.

Compare it to your marriage all you like, Mr. President, this is not bipartisanship. And it’s not for the benefit of the nation.

Yeah. We’ve noticed. Who hasn’t noticed? The Democrats are so giddy with their congressional majority that they haven’t stopped arguing amongst themselves long enough to do any good for our nation.

Speaking at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. the president said this “erosion of civility” sows division and distrust.

I say that the Democrats need to get over their favorable party position and remember the millions of Americans they serve. Watching on the news as our government functions  shouldn’t be so scandalous an experience; the republic aspect of our government requires them to vote as their constituents would vote.

The argument would become a lull if congressional representatives would apply this principle in their practice. Who knows what would happen if Washington’s leaders could stop arguing long enough to speak nicely about something important?

What's not to argue with?

President Obama had no idea what he’ll be asked (well, sort of. Obviously we all had a long list of unanswered questions after last week). I imagine that had he addressed real issues during last week’s State of the Union Address, he wouldn’t have had reason to be nervous.

• “Why are the health care meetings, procedures, etc not on CSPAN as promised?” – Mr. Anderson, Texas
• “How do you expect the people of this country to trust you when you have repeatedly broken promises that were made on the campaign trail. Most recently, the promise to have a transparent healthcare debate…” – Warren Hunter, Brooklyn

Sure, there were a few frivolous and personal questions, but YouTube viewers, like the rest of America, had a few questions for our commander in chief.  Steve Grove, who heads News and Politics on YouTube, notes that new mediums like the online video site promise to improve the “transparency and direct access” to politics.

The “pulse” of the nation can be revealed in this type of open question-answer session– we can now respond directly to the President’s televised speech of last week. This development in communication between the President and the People cannot be anything but beneficial.

New mediums seek to keep the government for the people by the people.