Save the Date:   Saturday, March 10, 2012

Senate President's Lies: Haridopolos Should Resign 

It's amazing how candid some politicians can become if they know they're risking perjury when they answer tough questions falsely. They feel free to say whatever is convenient to them when they're talking to reporters or to the general public, but they occasionally make a 180-degree turn if they're first required to raise their right hands and swear to tell the truth. 

The latest example is the president of the Florida Senate, Mike Haridopolos, a full-time politician and part-time college lecturer from Brevard County who once thought he had a good chance of being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012. A few months on the campaign trail persuaded him that the voters weren't likely to agree with that, so he dropped out and headed back to Tallahassee. He'll preside over the 2012 legislative session, beginning next month, before retiring because of term limits. 

(To read the entire editorial, click here.) 

 

To create jobs, the President unveiled the American Jobs Act – nearly all of which is made up of ideas that have been supported by both Democrats and Republicans, and that Congress should pass right away to get the economy moving now. 

The purpose of the American Jobs Act is simple: put more people back to work and put more money in the pockets of working Americans – without adding a dime to the deficit.