https://redstate.com/author/mark_i/feedConservative News & Politicsen-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 18:47:13 -0400<![CDATA[Newark Star-Ledger columnist Tom Moran has an op-ed today that very well may be the most disingenuous editorial thus far written on New Jersey Governor Chris Chrtistie.  Titled &#8220;The Anatomy of an $11 Billion Myth in New Jersey,&#8221; The piece makes wildly inaccurate claims about Christie&#8217;s fiscal year 2011 budget, falsely alleges that Christie has made false claims about his budget, and attempts to pin blame on Christie for inaccurate reporting on the budget in the press.]]>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:30:27 -0500<![CDATA[Mark Impomeni]]>https://redstate.com/mark_i/2011/01/16/anatomy-of-a-hatchet-job-n37618<![CDATA[Republicans’ votes against Obamacare were actually votes in favor of retaining employer-based health care coverage&#8230;Rather, it is the Democrats who are tainted with the hypocrisy with which they accuse their opponents.]]>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:00:24 -0500<![CDATA[Mark Impomeni]]>https://redstate.com/mark_i/2010/12/02/lame-demagogue-session-n37173<![CDATA[The American people are certainly resilient, but that doesn&#8217;t mean they want to be sitting ducks.]]>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:00:21 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Impomeni]]><![CDATA[9/11]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[george w bush]]><![CDATA[Obama administration]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]><![CDATA[War on Terror]]>https://redstate.com/mark_i/2010/09/23/debra-burlingame-reacts-to-obama-n36352<![CDATA[The Iraq War did not just fade away. It ended with a qualitative result: a spectacular victory for America in the face of long odds and complete vindication for the leaders who decided to stick it out instead of tuck tail and run when Democrats wanted to.]]>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:00:42 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Impomeni]]><![CDATA[2010]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Iraq]]><![CDATA[iraq war]]><![CDATA[Republicans]]>https://redstate.com/mark_i/2010/09/01/obamas-iraq-speech-one-page-left-unturned-n36076<![CDATA[Mark Levin has a Facebook post that takes a critical look at some comments New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made in his appearance on This Week this past Sunday. Levin is concerned that Christie is soft on immigration and Obamacare.]]>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:00:52 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Impomeni]]><![CDATA[2012]]><![CDATA[Chris Christie]]><![CDATA[Conservatives]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Jake Tapper]]><![CDATA[Liberals]]><![CDATA[Mark Levin]]><![CDATA[obamacare]]><![CDATA[This Week]]>https://redstate.com/mark_i/2010/07/27/let-chris-be-christie-n35625<![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s much hyped Oval Office address on the Gulf oil disaster is being roundly criticized from the left and the right as lacking in substance and leadership on the spill but full of presidential inaction on the cleanup. An analysis of the number of words the president devoted to the four general topics of the speech shows that the critics are right.]]>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:00:14 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Impomeni]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Green Energy]]><![CDATA[oil]]><![CDATA[oil spill]]>https://redstate.com/mark_i/2010/06/16/obama-speech-breakdown-n35152<![CDATA[“There is a cancer on the presidency. It has been growing daily for the past three months. It’s compounding, it grows geometrically now because it compounds itself. And there is no assurance that it won’t bust.”]]>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:30:45 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Impomeni]]><![CDATA[2010]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Joe Sestak]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://redstate.com/mark_i/2010/06/03/white-house-memo-makes-offer-gate-into-a-scandal-n34959<![CDATA[New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wasted no time yesterday in vetoing two tax increases passed by the Democratic legislature. Christie signed his disapproval of the measures reinstating an expired surcharge on &#8220;millionaires&#8221; almost before the ink was even dry on their pages. Video here.]]>Fri, 21 May 2010 12:30:16 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Impomeni]]><![CDATA[Chris Christie]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Spending]]><![CDATA[Taxes]]>https://redstate.com/mark_i/2010/05/21/dont-mess-with-christie-n34779<![CDATA[At the White House today, during the welcome ceremony for Mexican President Filipe Calderon &#8211; a welcoming to an official state visit wherein Calderon is to be celebrated &#8211; President Obama stood by as Calderon trashed the state of Arizona and its citizens over Arizona&#8217;s immigration control law:]]>Wed, 19 May 2010 14:00:02 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Impomeni]]><![CDATA[Arizona]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Immigration]]><![CDATA[Mexico]]>https://redstate.com/mark_i/2010/05/19/obama-and-calderon-trash-arizona-n34742<![CDATA[New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez, head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, has come out against Arizona&#8217;s immigration enforcement law. Menendez called on Major League Baseball to move the 2011 All-Star Game out of Phoenix.]]>Tue, 11 May 2010 08:30:43 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Impomeni]]><![CDATA[2010]]><![CDATA[All-Star Game]]><![CDATA[Arizona]]><![CDATA[Bob Menendez]]><![CDATA[dscc]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[MLB]]><![CDATA[Senate]]>https://redstate.com/mark_i/2010/05/11/dscc-head-menendez-is-not-helping-n34612