First Gibbs, now the DNC. Meanwhile, as they chase the media and Sarah Palin, the Tea Party crew is raging mad at everyone, with Arianna Huffington’s post a good place to learn about why. As some conservatives decide it’s time to take Tea Party activism the next step, cutting off the fringe that’s toxic, so [...]
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Bill Maher: Obama Needs More Bush
“He’s just a president and like any president you have to hold their feet to the fire,” Maher tells POLITICO. … “This is not what I voted for” he said, after Obama had failed to meet Maher’s expectations on health care and climate change. What he needs in his personality is a little George Bush. [...]
Nobody’s Thrilled, But Republicans Still 2nd to Obama
Fox News has been making a serious charge about mainstream political reporters: They hate Sarah Palin. This is not just wrong, it’s absurd. The reality is exactly the opposite: We love Palin. And if Palin does not exactly love us, she’s smart enough to recognize how quickly reporters devour every provocative remark she utters. She [...]
The Elizabeth Edwards Tragedy
cross-posted and expanded at Huffington Post According to ABC News (with video), Elizabeth Edwards “may be preparing to sue her husband’s longtime aide for allegedly contributing to the demise of her marriage.” Mrs. Edwards also making demands of Andrew Young, while threatening to charge him with “alienation of affection.” Whether she does or not is [...]
McCain-Lieberman Push Iran Human Rights Bill
This would authorize the president to deny visas and freeze economic assets for people in Iran who are responsible for the kind of brutality that we’re seeing on these videos,” Lieberman said during an appearance on MSNBC. – The Hill Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy On the 31st [...]
The Swoon
Well, never let it be said that the traditional media establishment won’t eventually catch on. David Broder, the Washington dean of politics, finally takes a deep breath only to find himself intoxicated by Sarah. The political perfume that’s been dropped on doorsteps in every conservative conclave in the nation, created the day she decided that [...]
Democrats Can’t Lead, Republicans are Worse
CBS’s Mark Knoller makes an amazing and completely wrong assessment of Obama’s bipartisanship appeal to Republicans: What these presidential appeals for bipartisanship always mean is: do it my way. Your liberal media at work. I guess Knoller thinks Obama’s commitment to nuclear and “clean coal” technology, which began long before he was elected, not to [...]
Tone Deaf In Chief
“I, like most of the American people, don’t begrudge people success or wealth. That is part of the free-market system.” – Pres. Barack Obama Well, the new media heavies (and latest wannabe) are having a blast with Obama’s latest blunder. Simon Johnson blasts Obama, with Paul Krugman calling him “clueless,” followed by “Oh. My. God.” [...]
The Accidental Godfather of the Tea Party
–updated– Republicans have significantly narrowed the gap with Democrats on who is trusted to deal with the country’s problems and have sharply reduced several of President Obama’s main political advantages, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. … Asked how they would vote in the November House elections, Americans split evenly — 46 percent [...]
Sarah Palin Won’t Make Hillary’s Mistakes
Watch CBS News Videos Online Marc Ambinder has written a very interesting post today on the devilish prowess of Sarah Palin, someone I’ve continually covered since the 2008 election ended. For good reason. There is no one who fits the mood or the times or fills the current political vacuum better than Sarah Palin. There [...]
What’s In It for Republicans?
What do you know. Ezra Klein finally gets it. Better late than never, though as long as it took it’s not very impressive. On Sunday, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell responded to Barack Obama’s summit invitation by demanding Obama scrap the health-care reform bill entirely. This is the context for that demand. What they want [...]
John Murtha is Gone
–updated– The news came from his office, with more from the Washington Post. Chris Cilizza runs down the coming special election. Congressman John Murtha Passes Away at Age 77 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman John P. Murtha (PA-12) passed away peacefully this afternoon at 1:18 p.m. at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA. At his bedside [...]
Bipartisanship Obama Believes In
The New York Times picks up on Obama’s interview with Katie Couric: Watch CBS News Videos Online “I want to come back and have a large meeting, Republicans and Democrats, to go through systematically all the best ideas that are out there and move it forward,” Mr. Obama said in the interview from the White [...]
Super Bowl Sunday
Today began “State of the Union” with Candy Crowley, with one of her guests Sect. Hillary Rodham Clinton. I’ll add a big note of praise to the political gods and CNN for Ms. Crowley, the first woman ever to anchor an important Sunday news show. Talk about paying your dues. Christiane Amanpour does foreign policy [...]
Anything Goes
music compliments of WB MSNBC headline: Palin e-mails reveal a powerful ‘first dude’. With the Tea Party convention in full swing this weekend, and the Beltway snowed in, can there be any doubt Fox News channel will get plenty of eyes Saturday night? However, the laugh out loud of the week is the rambling exhale [...]
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