**updated** First Lady Michelle Obama is wearing Alexander McQueen. Nice touch. Kenneth Roth, executive director for Human Rights Watch, was among the guests at the state dinner this evening. The food sounds sumptuous, lobster my favorite, but the entertainment is right where my music tastes live. Jazz. The theme for the evening was “quintessentially American,” [...]
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The Visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao (bumped)
**UPDATED with “U.S.-China Commercial Relations Memo from White House** –originally posted at 6 a.m. EST– “We want to sell you all kinds of stuff.” – Pres. Obama (at joint press conference where Pres. Hu, more here) Also see CSIS primer on Hu’s visit. This is the eighth meeting between Presidents Obama and Hu. It’s the [...]
Waiting for Snow, News Edition
Washington, D.C. has been on a winter storm snow watch for over 24 hours. It started snowing yesterday morning, then stopped, then last night started again. The forecasters, who we’ve found are always on the mark, say it’s coming. We can’t wait. …as for the picture, it’s one of the many birds, Mr. Woodpecker, that [...]
Christmas.
Merry Christmas! …it’s even snowing here, with predictions of some serious accumulation. But what I want to know is what did you get your pet(s) for Christmas. Our kitties are stoned on premium catnip after a treat way beyond their usual dry food. After all, animals need Christmas too. The Blue Jays came down for [...]
Enter the Tea Party Era
Republican leaders in Congress, blindsided by grassroots fury over the tax cut deal they made with President Obama, are now scrambling to show their allegiance to the anti-federal, anti-debt movement. The GOP brass, led by Senate party leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), did so tonight by eagerly backing the successful efforts of Tea Party favorites to [...]
What’s In a Message?
The grand pooba of political insiders, Mark Halperin, takes to TIME today to lay it out starkly for Democrats, focusing on Barack Obama. The message is an inside the beltway biz meme being repeated everywhere, with hints that midterm troubles are deeper than November. It’s one of those things that has a way of becoming [...]
Dems Still In It, Because the Alternative Is Frightening
Once-despondent Democrats now believe that they may be able to avert a total midterm wipeout, as a series of important states now appears to be trending in their direction or growing more competitive. The bad news: In a sign of how hostile the election environment remains for the party, the cautious optimism is largely due [...]
Obama: ‘I can’t spend all of my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead.’
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Interesting interview with NBC’s Brian Williams, which I hope you watch. CNN has great shots of Pres. Obama in New Orleans. As for the questions from Williams about Obama’s BP response, it’s ridiculous to quibble about whether the BP blowout was “Obama’s Katrina,” [...]
2010: Finally, Democrats Come Up with A Plan
video via Huffington Post I guess they finally realized the running against Bush thing was lame. The way to go is so obvious. Simply tell the truth. The Republican Party is fueled by the Tea Party activists, who are the angriest segment of the American voting populace “very enthusiastic” about voting in November. What does [...]
2010: Sarah in New Hampshire, RNC Debuts Hillary Ad to Hit Obama
The video is compliments of the RNC press release announcing “November Starts Now”. They’re using Hillary Clinton’s 3:00 a.m. ad to hit Pres. Obama on the BP oil spill. How’s that for re-writing history on what Bush-Cheney did to MMS to allow the groundwork to be laid for the disaster? As for “November Starts Now,” [...]
The Funk’s a Groove
–updated– Recalling what might have been, while seeing what is now, Eugene Robinson is getting nervous. Give up the funk! he cries. The elections of 2008 were exhilarating. The current Democratic trajectory is not. But! Democrats need to get over themselves. And then they need to get busy, because, as Mr. Robinson proclaims, we already [...]
BP Cap in Place, So Far No Oil Flowing
This is the first sign we’ve had that BP is getting a real handle on the oil flow. What is called “shut in” tests are under way. Cautious optimism, emphasis on cautious. BP said Thursday that it has stopped oil from leaking out of its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. The gusher has [...]
Frank and Paul Join Demand for Military Cuts
Since the BP blowout, and the lies and broken promises from the oil giant, didn’t inspire Pres. Obama to lead an economic energy revolution (or fire Ken Salazar for his part in the ecological holocaust), I’m not sure anything will move our Congress to cut our military overspending. However, I support it unequivocally. Reps. Frank [...]
Is Obama Already Bored with a Dying Gulf, Dead Dolphins and Dying Whales?
Thank the gods for Huffington Post. At least they’re keeping the BP blowout up front, as the hurricane season brings “oil surf.” Meanwhile, nobody but cable hosts are screaming about energy. Is there anything more important? Pres. Obama’s already on to immigration tomorrow. Everyone is working towards what media talking heads are now calling the [...]
Bill Clinton on Gulf Catastrophe: ‘Blow Up the Well’
“… Unless we send the Navy down deep, to blow up the well, and cover the leak with piles and piles and piles of rock and debris, which may become necessary. You don’t have to use a nuclear weapon by the way, I’ve seen all that stuff, just blow it up. Unless we’re going to [...]
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