–updated– “It may not happen in my lifetime, or Dick Cheney’s, but hopefully by Easter. … “I found Rahm. I created him. I made him what he is today. I am so sorry.” – President William Jefferson Clinton (at Gridiron Dinner) “There is no deal yet,” according to Major Garrett, with Rep. Bart Stupak. Politico [...]
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Sarah Palin Beats Robert Kagan to the Talking Point
Robert Kagan writes today: This administration pays lip-service to “multilateralism,” but it is a multilateralism of accommodating autocratic rivals, not of solidifying relations with longtime democratic allies. Sarah Palin said it first, though it took her fewer words to do it, while primarily stressing the “reset button on our relations with Israel,” using “world’s worst [...]
Another Supreme Court Justice Plays Politics, this Time for his Tea Party Wife
This is the tale of the demise of the Supreme Court’s reputation, but also it’s rise as a political beast. It started well before the latest Clarence and “Ginny” Thomas incident. The LA Times reported on Sunday that the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has created Liberty Central Inc., a non-profit, “non-partisan,” Tea [...]
An Interview with WJC
Below is an excerpt of an interview with Fox’s Major Garrett and former President Bill Clinton, which hits on the new book, “The Death of American Virtue” by law professor Ken Gormley. One of the revelations in it has to do with the investigation behind what happened when Lewinski was held by FBI agents. “I [...]
One Tea Partier Who Isn’t Birther Wacky
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy But first, conservatives have put together “The Mount Vernon Statement.” It’s an insult to George Washington. Edwin Meese is the first name on the list, with Wendy Wright of “Concerned Women for America,” that organization trying to take our right to self-determination away, [...]
Bob Herbert: ‘Obama’s Creating A Credibility Gap’
One of Barack Obama’s biggest cheerleaders has awaken with a hangover today. For Bob Herbert it’s a matter of credibility. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Now, It’s Your Turn
Yesterday, I sent out a massive mailer that included part of “The Obama Brand Implodes,” which also invited people to tell me how they were feeling as Pres. Obama starts his second year. It was ugly. I’ve not even been able to read them all yet, but I’ve posted a few responses below. Most of [...]
An Old Problem Resurfaces
The “panic” stories are starting. No panic here, just telling it like it is. Obama’s brand is kaput. His second year begins in the hole. Health care is on life support, after spending a flipping year on it. Democrats are endangered everywhere, and they’re evidently surprised by it all. I am not and neither are [...]
A Side of Dish from Election 2008
updated below Jackie Collins, eat your heart out. The teases from John Heilemann and Mark Halperin’s new book, ‘Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime’, are deliciously salacious. Check out New York Magazine, whose excerpt on John and Elizabeth Edwards is a reputation killer for all time, [...]
Bill Clinton for Coakley, Stunning Ad from Fiorina
The video featuring Carly Fiorina stunned me. I interviewed Ms. Fiorina last year, someone who, regardless of her politics, is a fearless female who has ascended the business world, had plenty of troubles doing it and staying there, but just keeps on going. Having known many people struck by cancer out of nowhere, I have [...]
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Tiger, Tiger, Tiger
What was he thinking? er… Or more to the point, what was he thinking with? No brainer. No kidding. But I’m more interested in the politics of sex and power and what could have possibly possessed a young billionaire with the world at his feet to rely on the loyalty of a Los Angeles cocktail [...]
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The Long Walk Away From Women
updated “We won because [the Democrats] need us,” Stupak said. “If they are going to summarily dismiss us by taking the pen to that language, there will be hell to pay. I don’t say it as a threat, but if they double-cross us, there will be 40 people who won’t vote with them the next [...]
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WJC to the Rescue
When you’re in trouble, who are you going to call? When it’s economics, it’s William Jefferson Clinton. No one around does it better, and with health care in the balance, he made the case on the most practical of terms: Clinton argued that even “the most cold-hearted person” ought to support health care reform simply [...]
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In Pelosi’s House, 64 Democrats Sell Women Out
expanded from cross-post at Huffington Post The first female Speaker of the House makes history by passing a health care bill that not only doesn’t have a robust public option, but also sells out women’s civil rights. The Republicans acted reprehensibly today, heckling women lawmakers like the chamber was a frat house. Then there were [...]
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Selling Out Women’s Civil Rights
Pres. Obama opened the door to sell us out when he decided to put the Hyde Amendment in the budget, something Bill Clinton never did. But Mr. Obama didn’t stop there. During the stimulus fight, at the first sign of displeasure, our President personally asked that contraceptives be taken out. Now the President seems ready [...]
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