“He’s by far the best qualified man,” Mrs. Bush said, “but no.” “We’ve had enough Bushes,” she said, saying “it’s not just four families, or whatever.” [Associated Press] THE LIBRARY of George W. Bush was dedicated today, with the voice of the former president’s mother Barbara Bush speaking truth to whatever Republican power still exists [...]
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Paul Ryan Learns a Lesson
Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget is now expected to exempt seniors 55 years old and above from his Medicare overhaul — despite his personal preference to raise that age to 56 — according to several GOP sources familiar with his plans. For years, the House Budget Committee chairman has sought to transform Medicare from its current [...]
Steven Spielberg: “Gov. Chris Christie was a Hero for Me”
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER talks to Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day Lewis. Here’s an excerpt: Spielberg: I got a chance to meet him. Mandela has always been a hero. And Bill Clinton is a hero for me today. THR: Your colleague David Geffen turned against him. Spielberg: Well, we all have different points of view about politics [...]
Chris Christie’s Weight Is a Presidential Health Issue
“That’s ridiculous,” said Christie. “I mean, that’s ridiculous. I don’t know what the basis for that is.” [ABC News] GOVERNOR CHRIS Christie is wrong. What’s worse is that he appears to be in denial, too. His weight is an issue when considering him for the presidency and voters are right to consider it as one. [...]
Worry Rises About The Very Small Republican Tent
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Some leaders expressed worry that the turn to contentious social issues in the days leading up to the Republican National Convention, where the party platform is likely to embrace a tough anti-abortion stance and strict curbs on immigration, could undercut the party’s need [...]
Jeb Bush Carts Out Reagan to Club Republicans
TODAY’S REPUBLICANS have as much trouble with their identity as Democrats, with the wacky Tea Party wing giving them a semblance of spine. That’s a problem nationally, however, with Jeb Bush laying it out in a Bloomberg news article today. One of his biggest issues with Mitt Romney is on immigration and Hispanics, but it’s [...]
Erick Erickson Gets the ‘Joe Scarborough Award’
As an added bonus, it was more than a bit ironic to hear Barack Obama call Paul Ryan a social darwinist considering Barack Obama remains the only member of the Illinois State Senate to speak in favor of infanticide from the floor of the State Senate. – Erick Erickson That’s the closing paragraph of Erick [...]
Fehrnstrom ‘Etch A Sketch’ Gaffe is Sack Worthy
If I was Mitt Romney I wouldn’t let Eric Fehrnstrom near a camera again. If Fehrnstrom was a woman he’d be drummed out of politics for being an incompetent, ditsy broad. The CNN host, John Fugelsang, was even identified as a “political comedian,” no less. It compounds Fehrnstrom’s political malpractice. From Think Progress: CNN HOST: [...]
Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law, Trayvon Martin, and Concealed Carry
From an op-ed in the Orlando-Sentinel: Prodded by their NRA masters, lawmakers waved off those predictions as exaggerations. Then they overwhelmingly passed a bill that took the “castle doctrine” to infinity and beyond. The “castle doctrine” used to mean you could use deadly force if someone attacked you in your home. “Stand your ground” not [...]
Jeb Bush Agrees with Rick Perry on Immigration
It’s not getting any traction, but it’s a moment that reveals the gulf between GOP primary voters and the Republican establishment. It’s also a battle of extremism vs. solutions. GOP immigration debate shows rift between party establishment and conservative grassroots. With Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry under attack for supporting tuition breaks for children of [...]
Obama for 2012 Launches
And so it begins with a video on Obama for America. The question at the top left corner asks Are you In? One thing is certain is that 2012 won’t be like 2008 on the Democratic side. People simply don’t feel the same about the candidate, which sets the Republicans up if they can catch [...]
Sarah Palin Still Popular with GOP Primary Voters
The headlines out of the WashingtonPost/ABC poll are misleading at best. For the first time in Post-ABC News polling, fewer than six in 10 Republicans and GOP-leaning independents see Palin in a favorable light, down from a stratospheric 88 percent in the days after the 2008 Republican National Convention and 70 percent as recently as [...]
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