Fan politics was on overdrive yesterday in North Carolina. From the crowd someone yelled, “I love you.” To which Pres. Obama replied, “But if you love me you’ve got to help me pass this bill.” This pretty much encapsulates Barack Obama’s entire political strategy from 2008 to 2012. “If you love me –insert request here–,” [...]
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James Carville’s Advice for Obama: ‘Panic!’
**UPDATED** I don’t think Pres. Obama or his White House team are humble enough to “panic.” But it’s the reaction of any sane person with a purpose who’s president and wants to stay around to make a difference. From James Carville comes the “Fire. Indict. Fight.” prescription. 1. Fire somebody. No — fire a lot [...]
Elizabeth Warren: You may outspend me, but you won’t outwork me.
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FT: Obama’s Planned Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security **UPDATED**
The Financial Times lays out what has been talked about for months and months, with Pres. Obama set to deliver a speech on deficit reduction on Monday. It begins with the way the U.S. government measures inflation, which would deliver “a less generous chained-consumer price index,” to quote FT. This decision alone would devastate elderly [...]
Progressive Notes: BREAKING Elizabeth Warren Enters MA Senate Race!
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. Some cheerful news. Elizabeth Warren has announced she will run for U.S. Senate against incumbent Sen. Scott Brown in MA. Warren is and will be backed by key unions, progressive groups and by Democrats across America. She is a hero for speaking up for the middle [...]
Democrats and the Politics of Denial
On a high-level campaign conference call Tuesday afternoon, Democratic donors and strategists commiserated over their disappointment in Obama. A source on the call described the mood as “awful.” “People feel betrayed, disappointed, furious, disgusted, hopeless,” said the source. – Twin defeats spark Democratic fears Steve Benen writes about “context” of the special elections yesterday. Okay, [...]
NY-9 Win Depends on The Machine, as Worries Widen about Obama
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), a prominent Jewish congressman, said the Jewish vote is a concern for his party. “I think Jewish voters will be Democratic and be for Obama in 2012, especially if you get a Republican candidate like [Texas] Gov. [Rick] Perry,” he said. “But there’s no question the Jewish community is much more [...]
Kabul U.S. Embassy Attacked by Taliban
Live coverage over at the UK Telegraph, with photos of the action. This from the New York Times report: Insurgents launched a complex assault against the American Embassy and the nearby NATO headquarters on Tuesday, pelting the heavily guarded compounds with rockets in an attack that raised new questions about the security of Afghanistan’s capital [...]
Perry’s Debate Performance, a Nixon Moment?
In the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debate it was widely reported that Mr. Nixon was in ill health. The result was a pale, sweating Nixon against a vibrant, tanned John F. Kennedy. Of course, Bobby Kennedy bird-dogging the thermostat didn’t help Nixon’s predicament. As they say, the rest is history (with a lot of help from alleged [...]
Bachmann Draws Blood on Perry, Romney Stays Steady
It was a brawl. A beautifully ugly Republican battle. The Tea Party audience loved Rick Perry. …right up until he made the case for “illegal immigrant” children to get in-state tuition. “I didn’t mind the vaccine, social security is a ponzi scheme, but the illegal immigration issue is killing Perry.” – Ann Coulter The boos [...]
Mike Huckabee: ‘Mitt may be the most electable Republican’
The first step to fixing a problem is honestly admitting there is a problem. America’s goal must be to fix Social Security by making it more financially sound and sustainable for the long term. But Americans deserve a frank and honest discussion of the dire financial challenges facing the nearly 80-year-old program. – Rick Perry: [...]
The Meaning of ‘Special Relationship’: Israel vs. Saudi Arabia
Incoming from Arabia. From Turki al-Faisal: The United States must support the Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations this month or risk losing the little credibility it has in the Arab world. If it does not, American influence will decline further, Israeli security will be undermined and Iran will be empowered, increasing the [...]
Liberally Independent: Perry Points
Joyce L. Arnold: Liberal, lesbian, Independent, equality activist, writer. A post from a liberal Texan’s perspective, about Rick Perry. I’m not sure there’s much to say that hasn’t been said, and I’m even less sure anything better can be said than what the wonderful Molly Ivins wrote about Perry’s predecessor, W. It absolutely applies to [...]
New York, Weprin, Obama & Israel
**UPDATED** It’s no coincidence that the day before the special election in New York, with an upset in the making, there is an incendiary ad on the New York Times website hitting Obama on Israel. It links to the website “Not Pro Israel.” A Times editorial on Palestinian statehood runs today: A United Nations vote [...]
TPaw Endorses Romney
“Perry’s support comes mostly from Republicans who support the tea party movement, although he has a statistically insignificant edge among non-tea party Republicans as well,” says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. – New CNN Poll: Perry on top when it comes to electability Tonight is another debate, this one on CNN from Florida, where Rick [...]
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