Donald Lambro
Articles by Donald Lambro
DONALD LAMBRO: Obama vetos can block progress of Republican Congress
Republicans took control of Congress this week, mindful that their job performance over the next two years will determine their party's path to the presidency in 2016. Published January 6, 2015
DONALD LAMBRO: Job numbers worse than they seem
Don't be fooled by the everything's-coming-up-roses coverage that the national news media gave the Obama administration's job numbers last week. Published December 9, 2014
LAMBRO: A presidential legacy of record overspending
Federal spending is exploding under President Obama, shattering every record for budget deficits, public debt and annual expenditures. Published May 27, 2014
LAMBRO: Still missing: The recovery
President Obama continues to tell us that the quality of our lives and our economy have improved when all the available evidence shows they have not. In fact, they've grown worse under his policies. Published August 23, 2013
LAMBRO: Speak softly and carry a big golf stick
President Obama has fled the White House for the peace and serenity of the beaches and golf links of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts leaving behind a mess of polls with failure written all over them. Published August 14, 2013
LAMBRO: Facing facts about jobless America
Another weak jobs report came out last week, drawing yawns from Democrats, excuses from the White House and shallow, incomplete reporting from the nightly news shows. Published August 9, 2013
LAMBRO: Al Qaeda on the runback
Remember when President Obama was telling us in his 2012 re-election campaign that he had "decimated" al Qaeda and it was "on the run"? Published August 7, 2013
LAMBRO: Slouching toward 2016
The 2016 presidential marathon began this week when Hillary Rodham Clinton had a very visible, heavily promoted White House lunch with President Obama, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie threw a political punch at one of his potential rivals for the Republican nomination. Published July 31, 2013
LAMBRO: Making a case for Trayvon Martin
The polarizing racial and legal debate over George Zimmerman's acquittal in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Florida has been turned into a national political issue that's not going away anytime soon. Published July 24, 2013
LAMBRO: Obstacles mount to the Obama agenda
Nearly six months into his second term, things haven't been going well for President Obama on a number of critical fronts. Published July 12, 2013
LAMBRO: Crying ‘wolf’ over sequestration
Remember when President Obama was flying around the country warning everyone that the budget-cutting sequestration would destroy life as we know it America? Published July 10, 2013
LAMBRO: Obamacare goes wobbly
The White House decision to delay the implementation of Obamacare's business mandate for one year sent shock waves through political circles in Washington. Published July 5, 2013
LAMBRO: The foolish wager of Edward Snowden
Fugitive Edward Snowden, wanted on charges of espionage against his own country, is caught in a trap of his own making. Published July 3, 2013
LAMBRO: The human toll of the Obama economy
Forget everything you've been told by President Obama about the economy getting "stronger," or what you've heard on the nightly news about the "solid" recovery. Published June 28, 2013
LAMBRO: Tinker, tailor, whistleblower, spy
The hunt for fugitive Edward J. Snowden has all of the elements of a John le Carre spy novel. Published June 26, 2013
LAMBRO: Paper tiger
The Federal Reserve served notice this week that it will begin scaling back its costly economic stimulus program this year that has been propping up the chronically weak Obama economy. Published June 21, 2013
LAMBRO: Obama flees from scandal overseas
It is a well-known axiom of presidential politics that when things aren't going well at home, chief executives go abroad. Published June 19, 2013
LAMBRO: From bureaucratic snafu to explosive cover-up
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." Published May 22, 2013
LAMBRO: Setting the scandal tone at the top
Barack Obama's second term may be remembered more for his scandals than for anything else he's done thus far in his troubled presidency. Published May 17, 2013
LAMBRO: Chicago ‘fire’
When President Obama tries to make the case that his policies have improved life in America, he isn't talking about his hometown of Chicago. Published May 10, 2013
