Obamacare's chickens are coming home to roost in the president's home city, adding more woes for the Chicago Cubs. The bad luck baseball team had a short-staffed grounds crew of seasonal workers for a game with the San Francisco Giants to avoid paying certain health care benefits. The crew couldn't get the diamond covered quickly enough during a sudden thunderstorm. Officials cut the game short with the Cubs leading 2-0.


There he goes again. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said to members of the Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce, "I don't think you're smarter than everybody else, but you've convinced a lot of us you are." Then he added, "One problem I've had today is keeping my Wongs straight." Is it any wonder that despite an apology, the group backed a Republican opponent over Reid's choice for lieutenant governor?"
Instead of slamming President Obama for spending too much time on the golf course, Republicans may wish they were cheering him on. Ben White of politico.com says such actions as blatantly teeing off right after shocking the American public with news of the grisly execution of a journalist by ISIS terrorists will hurt Democrats' chances of retaining a majority in the U.S. Senate. According to this observer, Obama "is dragging Democrats down."