Scott Brown doesn’t even have a business card, but people are asking him about 2012. My favorite part of the Walters interview is that Brown has “no regrets” about his nude Cosmo spread. Brown told Barbara Walters “you have to have a sense of humor about yourself,” and links the centerfold to many of his [...]
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Now, It’s Your Turn
What did other people think of Pres. Obama’s Q&A with the Republicans? The right has grabbed on one section, which they are calling Obama’s “stunning admission,” and they’re going to town on it. Here are some other comments: secularhumanizinevoluter says (30 January 2010 at 7:27 am): I must be crazy(OK, everybody stop yelling NO DUH!) [...]
Obama Loses the Teleprompter
–updated– “… Pain or damage don’t end the world, or despair or f—ing beatings. The world ends when you’re dead, until then you’ve got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man. And give some back.” – Al Swearengen, “Deadwood” Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Visit msnbc.com [...]
Time for Results
“We face a deficit of trust… close that credibility gap…” with Pres. Obama as ambitious as ever. Climate change? That’s right. But nuclear energy? Yep. Clean coal? An oxymoron if ever there was one, but Pres. Obama talked about it, delivering a conservative speech for a Democrat. It’s a wonder Gov. Bob McDonnell, who offered [...]
What’s the SOTU Drinking Game Word?
President Obama will address his Republican opponents directly in his State of the Union address Wednesday night, a senior administration official said, as he seeks to generate new momentum and rebuild his credibility as a leader able to change the way Washington works. – Washington Post I say it’s “bipartisanship” or anything having to do [...]
The House is Doing What???
–bumped– With no clear path forward on major health care legislation, Democratic leaders in Congress effectively slammed the brakes on President Obama’s top domestic priority on Tuesday, saying that they no longer felt pressure to move quickly on a health bill after eight months of setting deadlines and missing them. – Democrats Slam Brakes on [...]
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
Polling the State, Srewing the People
WASHINGTON — President Obama will call for a three-year freeze in spending on many domestic programs, and for increases no greater than inflation after that, an initiative intended to signal his seriousness about cutting the budget deficit, administration officials said Monday. [...] But it would exempt security-related budgets for the Pentagon, foreign aid, the Veterans [...]
Obama, Democrats, and Reconciliation
From tonight’s interview with Diane Sawyer: “I’d rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president.” – Pres. Barack Obama This is truly a revealing moment. If a person is a “really good” president, isn’t there a better than decent chance he (or she, some day) will have a second term? After [...]
The Economic Wolf Cries Again
Nearly three out of four Americans think that at least half of the money spent in the federal stimulus plan has been wasted, according to a new national poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday morning also indicates that 63 percent of the public thinks that projects in the plan were included for purely [...]
Obama’s Guru Sends a Message: ‘No Bed Wetting’
It’s not Obama’s fault, not a referendum on him, it was simply an omen. Because if people like the president but don’t like his agenda, with the country’s wrong track numbers off the charts, it’s no problem. Analysis like this belongs with the comics. Pep talks for everyone! David Plouffe, Obama’s “Audacity to Win” engineer, [...]
Not Leading
“Masochistic”? Embarrassing. But if Josh Marshall and Talking Points Memo is laying out Barack Obama it’s time for the White House to wake up and hear the alarms. No one went farther out on a limb than TPM did during the primaries to assist Barack Obama in every way they could, seldom doing critical analysis [...]
The Deluge
Gallup says Democrats should abandon health care. Rasmussen says 61% of Americans say “it’s time for Congress to Drop health care.” Michael Barone writes under this headline: If Republicans run as strongly as Brown, only 103 House Dems are safe. Poor Paul Krugman is simply lost. The Senate bill is not going to help Democrats [...]
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 [...]
The U.S. of Corporate America
“The movie was created with the idea of establishing a vehicle to chip away at the decision,” said Nick Nyhart, president of Public Campaign, a group that opposed Thursday’s decision. “It was part of a very clear strategy to undo McCain-Feingold.” – Citizens United used ‘Hillary: The Movie’ to take on McCain-Feingold I guess the [...]
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