Donald Lambro

LAMBRO: An incomplete 100 days

The national news media have been treating President Obama's first 100 days as a historical landmark, as if he has done great things instead of doing what we routinely expect from our presidents.

April 30, 2009

Specter defection illustrates GOP pains

Sen. Arlen Specter's desertion to the Democrats is the latest body blow for Republicans reeling from severe back-to-back election losses as they struggle to find an appealing political message to rebuild the Republicans' badly bruised brand.

April 29, 2009

BREITBART: We’re here, we’re queer and we’re hypocrites

Greetings, from a poolside cabana at a trendy boutique hotel in Santa Monica. Oh, how I love these overpriced overnight stays. The sleek designs. The ambient music. The uniformly attractive and stylishly dressed young staffs. The plush beds with sheets of an absurdly high thread count. Weird faucets and weirder sinks. I bask in the attention to detail. W is my favorite letter. Philippe Starck is a personal hero.

April 27, 2009

Democrat wins cliffhanger N.Y. House election

Democrat Scott Murphy has narrowly won the special election for New York's open House seat in a closely-watched contest that handed Republicans another bitter defeat, adding to their sizeable losses in the 2008 elections.

April 25, 2009

Public wary of interrogation probe

Americans are not very interested in seeing the government investigate interrogation tactics used on suspected terrorists by Bush administration officials, according to pollsters.

April 24, 2009

LAMBRO: Paltry savings sought

Days after several hundred thousand angry Americans rallied to protest President Obama's big spending agenda, he asked his Cabinet to find ways to cut $100 million from the budget.

April 23, 2009

Parties running close in early fundraising

Despite Democratic control of the White House and Congress, Republicans are holding their own in the money race, outraising the opposition in the national party sweepstakes, nearly matching them in the Senate, and trailing badly only in fundraising for next year's House races.

April 22, 2009

BREITBART: Question Democratic authority? Not!

On April 15, I joined hundreds of thousands of everyday Americans across the nation at the tax day "tea party" protests. I wasn't told to go there by Fox News or by billionaires or millionaires. But what if I had?

April 20, 2009

GOP holds out hope in House race

Democrat Scott Murphy has lengthened a narrow lead over Republican Jim Tedisco in New York's special House election that now appears headed toward further legal challenges, even though a top Republican predicts the race is lost.

April 19, 2009

Tea party protest backers ask for more

A day after the tax day "tea party" demonstrations drew hundreds of thousands of protesters to more than 300 rallies across the country, the question organizers were asking themselves Thursday was, "What's next?"

April 17, 2009

Cuomo likely to seek top job — sometime

Despite polls showing the job is his for the taking, New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo insists he has no plans to challenge unpopular Democratic Gov.

April 14, 2009

LAMBRO: A worthy House Republican plan

When President Obama delivered his record-breaking $3.6 trillion budget to Congress, it was Page One news and led all the TV broadcasts - with little or no critical analysis.

April 13, 2009

BREITBART: Jon Stewart & Kumar go to D.C.

In the era of Obama, mainstream American political humor is now officially on the defensive.

April 13, 2009

LAMBRO: Humility can be a false virtue

President Obama set great expectations for himself on his first European diplomatic trip to test his new get-along-by-going-along foreign policy. And it was a complete success, according to the gushing reports from the news media.

April 9, 2009

LAMBRO: Obama proposals cap growth

I recently predicted that President Obama's cap-and-trade energy taxes would be the first casualty of his ambitious legislative agenda.

April 6, 2009

Fannie, Freddie defend big bonuses

The federal regulator of bailed-out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac defended plans Friday to give $210 million in retention bonuses to employees he said had lost years of savings when the companies' stock collapsed in 2008.

April 4, 2009

Fannie, Freddie defend bonuses

The federal regulator of bailed-out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac defended plans Friday to give $210 million in retention bonuses to employees he said had lost years of savings when the companies' stock collapsed in 2008.

April 3, 2009

New York 20th District race remains nearly tied

Republican and Democratic campaign officials each predicted victory Wednesday in the New York special congressional election, which remained near-tied and waiting to be decided by thousands of absentee and military ballots that have yet to be counted.

April 2, 2009

LAMBRO: Obama’s approval rating skids

Most polls show President Obama's job approval in the 59 percent to mid-60 percent range, but not pollster John Zogby, who says his score has dropped below 50 percent.