TGIF.......

1 --- Who won the debate. Frankly, Sarah Palin. Certainly the favorite going in was Texas Governor Rick Perry. Then Mitt Romney nearly sounded like a man but came up short on the matter of record (especially Romneycare).

Newt Gingrich hit the ball hare and had a couple of hits including an endorsement of sorts to one of the elements of Obama's job proposals. Asked whether he would renew unemployment benefits for those out of work, he said they should be required to participate in a "business led" job training program. "I believe it is fundamentally wrong to give people money for 99 weeks for doing nothing." Score a big one for the former "Mr. Speaker".

Herman Cain became a sentimental favorite after telling about his battle with cancer. Cain comes off as someone most Republicans like to like. All the others on the stage had their moment in the limelight.

At the end of the day we come to the only person to make a serious gain was the former Alaska governor.

 

2 --- Warren Buffett has loudly and famously said he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary in arguing that the rich should bear a larger tax burden. He has inspired President Obama to institute a “Buffett rule” to guide his tax policies that says millionaires and billionaires should not pay a lower portion of their income on taxes than the poor and middle class.

Texas Senator John Cornyn questioned in a tweet Thursday. “Will Warren Buffett release his tax returns so we can see why he should be the standard for tax policy?”

Sounds an awful lot like the Texan is calling Buffett show us all his cards.

 

3 --- Will Solyndra have the same effect on Democrats as Watergate had on Republicans in the mid 70s?

 

4 --- According to a survey published Thursday by the Pew Research Center for The People & The Press, Fox News beat out local television and CNN as Americans' number one source of television news on national and international issues. Not bad for a bunch of yahoo conservatives.

 

5 --- Friends of Barak Obama immerse themselves in Fifth.

 

6 --- Have you ever wondered what the USA would be like today with a President John McCain and VP Sarah Palin? I bet things would be a lot different.

Later,

Ciao.......Moe