BY TAYLOR MARSH –updated– I have confirmed through a person close to Clinton that she will be in Chicago tomorrow and will be nominated for Secretary of State. In anticipation of Obama naming his foreign policy team tomorrow (9:40 a.m., according to the Obama team), there are a spate of articles today running down WJC’s [...]
Archive | November, 2008
INDIA: Anatomy of a Calculated Hit
BY TAYLOR MARSH It’s not in the numbers. It’s in the shock, devastation, and the focus of the targets. One Mumbaikar has a retort for the terrorists: … I’m booking flights to Mumbai. I’m going to go get a beer at the Leopold, stroll over to the Taj for samosas at the Sea Lounge, and [...]
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Thunderous Scope
BY TAYLOR MARSH Holidays. Movies. Blockbusters. Make sure you’re ready for a full length film that takes you for a ride. Then sit back and take it all in. You won’t regret it.
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Post Turkey Free for All
BY TAYLOR MARSH Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We sure did. With no disrespect to turkeys, Rosie really delivered one for NBC. We were about to rent a movie, “Street Kings,” a fantastic police drama (violent, but Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker deliver), when I landed momentarily on NBC. Rosie and Gloria Estephan were [...]
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Iraqis Approve Security Pact
BY TAYLOR MARSH What distinguishes the final agreement is the stature to which al Maliki has now risen in the eyes of many. He’s getting good reviews. In a country where agreements are hard to reach, Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki built a broad political coalition to muscle through a divisive U.S.-Iraq security pact that [...]
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The First Day
BY TAYLOR MARSH Imagine President Obama walking into the West Wing that first day. It’s so exciting to envision the possibilities. Along with his team and Vice President Joe Biden, President Obama begins to turn around America’s image around the world, as well as fortify our foundation at home. Remembering that after eight years of [...]
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It Wouldn’t Be the First Time
BY TAYLOR MARSH It’s the latest scuttlebutte on Clinton at State. The conservatives started talking about this one days ago and I wasn’t going to even bring it up, but NBC’s Pete Williams, in a quick clip, explains the legal aspects, as well as the precedent. It’s not the first time. UDPATE: Regarding Obama’s press [...]
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Obama Asks Gates to Stay at Pentagon
BY TAYLOR MARSH Obama reaches for continuity to retain Gates. Seeking experience in a time of war, President-elect Barack Obama will keep Defense Secretary Robert Gates in that job — if only temporarily — and he has chosen a retired Marine general to be his national security adviser, officials said Tuesday. Gates and retired Gen. [...]
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Palin and Chambliss, A Perfect Political Fit
BY TAYLOR MARSH This is just too perfect. Considering Palin’s “pallin’ around with terrorists” rhetoric against Obama, it’s absolutely fitting that she’s heading to Georgia. Eager, ready and willing to campaign for the GOP’s number one swiftboater. Saxby Chambliss is taking a page out of Curt Weldon’s playbook. Independently, I worked hard for Joe Sestak [...]
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Obama and the Budget: ‘Sniping’ and ‘Bickering’ Not Allowed
BY TAYLOR MARSH –updated– Press conference was brief, with Obama doing another one on the economy tomorrow. It’s clear Obama is taking a page from the smart pol’s playbook, while getting good reviews from the skeptics. Continue to woo the press, which will be critical in his first 100 days. Each presser gets better, with [...]
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Feeding the Beast
Finally, someone out there gets it right. Peter Beinert: In recent weeks, as Barack Obama has stocked his administration with one former Clinton official after another, the cry has gone up from the pundits and blogs: “Where are the new faces? You call this change?” Actually, yes. For the first time in four decades, a [...]
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Dick Morris, Hack
BY TAYLOR MARSH Every time I saw Morris on Fox jabbering about the PAC, it was so obvious he was a paid pimp. Seriously, this guy has no scruples at all. Neither does Sean Hannity, because he never once asked him if he had any ties to the group.
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Throwback
BY TAYLOR MARSH Republican women decked out in mink coats. Not exactly a 21st century image. But it sure says it all about the GOP. Their problem in a nutshell, or maybe should I say in a calendar. Announcing the conservative women “Pretty in Mink” calendar. The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute hammers home that [...]
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Rush Upset About Obama’s Armored Limo
BY TAYLOR MARSH The Obama’s fly on separate jets, Rush bellyached this morning. President-elect Obama has a “gas guzzling” armored car, not a hybrid, Rush whined. Complete with thick bullet proof glass, steel re-enforced frame, and special tires to carry the weight. No green Obama, judged the top wingnut bloviator. In one breath saying he [...]
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Marines to Afghanistan
BY TAYLOR MARSH …and so it begins to begin. Marine Corps leaders are devising a plan to send thousands of additional combat troops to Afghanistan to wage aggressive warfare against the Taliban that they expect could take years. The Marines would like to deploy more than 15,000 troops if Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and [...]
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TM Must Reads
THE 21st century world offers ways to tweak your appearance, or alter it altogether, with women finally able to combat directly the comparison that’s always been around. Men look distinguished as they age, while women look old, unattractive, or to use Rush Limbaugh’s favorite comment, who wants to look at a woman with wrinkles? The 2012 plastic surgery statistics are out and the American Society of Plastic Surgery tells the story.
The real question about Hillary is this: When people take a new look at her in the coming years, will they see the past or the future — Mrs. Clinton or Madam President? – Maureen Dowd IT’S A classic front page from Huffington Post, coupled with a post by Jason Linkins, which details what’s been going on.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “Here’s what nobody is telling you: Find a husband on campus before you graduate. Yes, I went there.
“Norma Rae is a survivor and for the first time in her life she’s got a chance to become something more… a winner.” – Promo for “Norma Rae” CRITICS like Anne-Marie Slaughter, but especially Maureen I-Love-My-Pearls Dowd, and others [most of whom didn't read the book or do their homework] who are blaming Sheryl Sandberg for being a billionaire Ivy League graduate, while accusing her of letting corporations and government off the hook, are missing a major point.
Great sex doesn’t always just happen. Sometimes, it takes a little planning, especially if — like many Americans — you’ve been in a bit of a sex rut. Do some prep work by turning your bedroom into a love nest: Make the bed (with new, or at least clean, sheets), tidy up, light a candle or two, and queue up a sexy playlist on your iPod.
“You Don’t Own Me” PSA -Official from You Don't Own Me on Vimeo. WHO DOESN’T know the song “You Don’t Own Me,” sung by Leslie Gore? The movie First Wives Club helped to reignite the relevancy of the song.
“Last night I interviewed Jill Stein the presidential candidate for the Green Party on this show. And I confess right now, I should have asked her to just get out of the race.” – Jennifer Granholm, “The War Room” [Current TV] THE ARGUMENT Jennifer Granholm makes above is a tactic that no longer fits the times.
“With that drum magazine, he could have gotten off 50, 60 rounds, even if it was semiautomatic, within one minute,” Chief Oates said. [New York Times] IN THE GAPING MAW of our leadership vacuum stands Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates, whose resolve, vulnerability and humility inside the vortex of a man made hell revealed what nobody in Congress or either political party has shown in decades. Leadership without regard to anything but his own duty to the people, which included the cops in the eye of volcanic carnage.
“Rick Doblin has done a lot for the field, but he is more of a populist,” Grob says. “We need careful and controlled scientific studies showing the efficacy of these drugs so funding can continue.” Broader awareness of these sorts of end-of-life psychedelic studies could be good for everyone, the researchers say.
*updated below* So much for keep calm and carry on, what Joe Scarborough proclaims to be his motto. It was the weirdest one-on-one back and forth with a high profile talking head imaginable. It makes high school look mature.
**UPDATED** Would we be any worse off with Stephen Colbert as president? I doubt it. Politifact has watched the video “(repeatedly!
Despite rising public concern about the federal budget deficit, Americans favor keeping Social Security and Medicare benefits as they are rather than taking steps to reduce the budget deficit (by 60% vs. 32%). – Public Wants Changes in Entitlements, Not Changes in Benefits This is starting early, so it’s time to revisit the facts.
“If we can prove that a biological attack originated in a country that attacked us, then all bets are off.” – Sect. Hillary Clinton Women can do it, too.
The interview with Obama by George Stephanopoulos wasn’t nearly as contentious as the interview with the Edwardses. No Republican talking points from Stephanopoulos yesterday, like when he accused Edwards of abandoning the troops with this beauty: “Do you think the Democrats should be saddled with the idea of completely cutting off funding for the troops?” Or this one: “You know, a lot of Democrats still in the Senate think that your position here is cynical political theater.
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