WE ARE not going to pretend around here that David Plouffe pontificating that Clinton is “probably the strongest candidate” for 2016 is news. But it’s always fun to ruminate on the subject, because it gives Republicans such angst just thinking she may. What is actually even more interesting to consider is how Hillary Clinton could [...]
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Top Story — Obama’s 2011 Grand Bargain Detailed in Documents Obtained by Bob Woodward
“He is, in his gut, a fiscal conservative. There is a Blue Dog Streak in him.” – David Plouffe in The Price of Politics, by Bob Woodward IF YOU haven’t read Bob Woodward’s latest book, The Price of Politics, you may not appreciate the documents below fully. We’re about to see Obama’s “excessive pragmatism,” as [...]
TOP STORY – Team Obama Takes Out Right Wing Noise Machine, Rush, Sean, Laura, All Led by Karl Rove [Video]
TODAY AT noon, and then again at 3:00 p.m., after listening to right wing radio for 20 years, I get to tune in to finally hear what I wrote about in my book. The last gasp of a dying influence. It’s over, even if the medium lives on. But finally, at long last, new-media has [...]
Top Story: Mitt Romney Wants the Presidency and Fought for It in the Debate
“On Social Security, I suspect we have a similar position.” – Barack Obama THERE IS no debating who commanded the stage in th debate. Mitt Romney was ready, prepared and coiled and didn’t miss a moment. President Obama, if he prepared at all, decided that he could afford to ignore the challenger. As president, while [...]
Romney Uses Hillary’s ‘Shame on You, Barack Obama’ in New Ad
Mitt Romney’s campaign has quietly begun airing a TV ad in six states that uses an old clip of Hillary Clinton to blast President Barack Obama. – Politico TEAM ROMNEY won’t let go of the fact that the Washington Post won’t retract their article on outsourcing and Romney’s Bain record. An excerpt: Mitt Romney’s financial [...]
Romney Campaign Mocks Obama Team Over Clinton Statement
Romney deputy press secretary Ryan Williams called the release “absurd:” “If the Obama campaign thinks that it’s important to issue a press release explaining Bill Clinton’s praise of Governor Romney’s ‘sterling’ business record, they are losing,” he said. “Losing miserably.” – Buzzfeed SO, BILL CLINTON speaks a truth that’s been held as a not so [...]
BARNES & NOBLE Chooses THE HILLARY EFFECT in ‘NOOK First’ Featured Authors Campaign
It’s incredibly exciting to announce that The Hillary Effect has been selected as one of two non-fiction e-books in the Barnes and Noble “NOOK First” featured authors campaign, just launched. Being selected as part of this “NOOK First” Barnes and Noble project was an incredible honor and opportunity. Now you know why we waited until [...]
Update on the The Hillary Effect
Today’s not going to be the day we publish, but I promise we’ll have a big send off for the publication next week! It will be worth the wait. Some book PR to give you a little more on what it’s all about. Spanning nearly two decades of American politics, The Hillary Effect is the [...]
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Leading Progressive Mike Lux Slams Obama on Proposed Bank Deal
The political folks like Dave Plouffe need to understand the policy Tim Geithner is pushing is in direct contradiction with their political strategy of taking on Wall Street and will blow up badly in their faces. You can’t give the Wall Street guys the ultimate sweetheart deal, and then try to run against Wall Street, [...]
About the Book Cover
The party’s over. The view from a recovering partisan. My e-book is scheduled to be published two weeks from today, November 8th. It will be available on Amazon, to download on Kindle, or on Barnes and Noble, as well as your iPad. It’s a busy, exciting time in my world. Since I announced my book [...]
Taylor Marsh Authors The Hillary Effect – Politics, Sexism and the Destiny of Loss
Due out in November. Available on Amazon.com, on your Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Nook, and iPad. Spanning nearly two decades of American politics, The Hillary Effect is the provocative and insightful story of the first viable female presidential candidate in history to win a primary and do so in spite of her campaign team’s mistakes. [...]
Ezra Klein: Republicans have ‘Won’
We don’t yet know what the final deal to raise the debt ceiling will be. But now that Harry Reid is developing a proposal with $2.5 trillion in cuts and nothing in revenues, it’s a safe bet that it won’t include any tax increases. Which means that whether Republicans realize it or not, they’ve won. [...]
Only Hope Left is if the Debt Talks Fail
According to five separate sources with knowledge of negotiations — including both Republicans and Democrats — the president offered an increase in the eligibility age for Medicare, from 65 to 67, in exchange for Republican movement on increasing tax revenues. – Sam Stein Let’s hope the elites in the room carving up the cake can’t [...]
David Plouffe’s Shell Game, 2012 Edition
President Obama’s senior political adviser David Plouffe said Wednesday that people won’t vote in 2012 based on the unemployment rate. – Top Obama adviser says unemployment won’t be key in 2012 King David has spoken. Oh, am I relieved. It’s good to know people won’t vote on the unemployment rate, even though a hell of [...]
Don’t Be Desperate, Reject
Paul Krugman isn’t the only one “disheartened”. He even offered up a part 3, complete with cat snark. Meanwhile, the Republicans celebrate. Why did Tea Partiers win such a major victory? Money, for starters. The Tea Party’s generously funded by billionaires like the Koch Brothers, and ultra-conservative policies are given “nonpartisan” ideological cover by right-wing [...]
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