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SALT LAKE CITY — Conservative political commentator Pat Buchanan predicted on Sunday that a woman will not sit behind the Oval Office desk for at least a few more decades — at least, he hopes.
During a Sunday appearance on The McLaughlin Group, Buchanan was asked when America can expect to see a female president.
"2040 or 2050," Buchanan said.
"That late?" host John McLaughlin asked.
"Let's hope so," Buchanan replied to the laughter of the panel.
When McLaughlin claimed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton owed it to her gender to run for president, Buchanan said the current Republican ticket wasn't even currently considering a female for vice president, so no woman could expect to make it to the White House before 2040.
Democrats on Mars?
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said on Fox News Sunday that Democrats putting a positive spin on Friday's jobs numbers were living in a fantasy land.
"I don't know if she is on vacation in New Hampshire or on Mars. I can't figure it out, but the fact of the matter is, people are not better off today than they were three or four years ago, and the statistics bear it out," Preibus said in response to Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's comments on the numbers.
Reince also criticized Pres. Barack Obama for his stimulus package failing to bring unemployment down to 5.5 percent.
I don't know if she is on vacation in New Hampshire or on Mars.
–Reince Priebus
"This president can't fulfill a promise. They're living in fantasy land, and you know what? We're going put this dream to an end of theirs in November and save America, fire Barack Obama and hire Mitt Romney," he said. "That's the best stimulus plan for this country right now."
Congressional candidate clarifies controversial cancer comments
GOP House candidate Chris Collins caused a stir last week when he made a controversial statement about breast and prostate cancer in relation to health care costs.
"People now don't die from prostate cancer, breast cancer and some of the other things," he said in an interview with The Batvian.
Collins was referring to his desire to repeal Obamacare, which he said was misinterpreting rising healthcare costs as caused by doctors earning more, rather than by more advanced procedures that cost more to perform.
"The fact of the matter is, our healthcare today is so much better, we're living so much longer, because of innovations in drug development, surgical procedures, stents, implantable cardiac defibrillators, neural stimulators -- they didn't exist 10 years ago," he said at the time. "The increase in cost is not because doctors are making a lot more money. It's what you can get for healthcare, extending your life and curing diseases."
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Collins clarified his comments Saturday, saying that as reported, they had been taken out of context. He said he had meant to reflect on the great strides made in healthcare that allowed for a greater percentage of people to survive breast and prostate cancer.
"Clearly, I'm not a politician," Collins said. "I come out of the private sector. I speak very directly. I actually answer questions. I'm not someone who filters, who is consistently filtering everything you say."
Romney campaign outraises Obama by $35M
The Romney campaign outraised Pres. Barack Obama for the second month in a row in June.
The campaign announced Monday that it, along with the Republican National Committee, had raised $106.1 million in June and had about $160 million cash on hand. This was compared to the Obama campaign, which said it had raised $71 million during the same time period.
According to the Romney campaign, $22.3 million of the June total came from small donors — those who donate $250 or less.
Mitt Romney and the RNC raised $77 million in May, compared to Obama's $60 million.
Social Security a form of slavery?Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., on Sunday compared the U.S. Social Security system to a form of slavery.
West was commenting on the recent increase in Americans getting social security benefits.
