**Postscript added** President Obama is now neck and neck with a generic Republican challenger in the latest Real Clear Politics 2012 General Election Average (43.8%-43.%). Meanwhile, voters disapprove of the president’s performance 49%-41% in the most recent Gallup survey, and 63% of voters disapprove of his handling of the economy, according to the most recent [...]
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Herman Cain Ducks New Hampshire Interview
“We need a leader, not a reader,” Cain told hundreds of cheering supporters inside a Nashua hotel ballroom. Some had traveled from nearby states to see him. – AP What a colossal embarrassment Herman Cain has become. After serial allegations of sexual harassment, he also proved that thinking and answering questions about foreign policy, even [...]
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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Hillary’s Close-Up
“We came. We saw. He died.” – Secy. Hillary Clinton, TIME magazine The issue above is slated to hit newsstands on November 7, the day before my book, The Hillary Effect – Politics, Sexism and the Destiny of Loss comes out. I urge you to read this article, which is behind a subscriber wall. It [...]
The Meaning of Success
Amid glee across the sphere on Libya, while remaining against Pres. Obama’s decision to bomb Libya in the first place. What unfolded upon Gaddafi’s capture and subsequent assault, according to CBS, opens out on another one of those moments that begs for our humility. Segue to Jonathan Turley: The United States appears to have been [...]
Obama Wins the Week
Republicans made Pres. Obama look very good this week. They just cannot get their act together and the one they’ve taken on the road for tryouts has been a flop. As weak as Pres. Obama is today, with large majorities believing he doesn’t know what he’s doing on the economy. The Republicans are absolutely inept [...]
Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 Goes Down
It was a brawl. After Herman Cain was pilloried on his 9-9-9 plan, he wilted. You could almost see the energy drain from him. Really rough night for Cain. Rick Perry came alive finally, taking out after Mitt Romney, but there is something just a little tired about Perry at this point. He’ll have to [...]
Obama Deploys 100 Troops to Uganda
**bumped** By end of 2011, SOCOM [United States Special Operations Command] estimates its forces will be in 120 countries, up from 60 under President Bush. #NotBreakingNews – Jeremy Scahill (via Twitter) We’ve been engaged in Uganda for years, but one hundred troops? Seriously? In an update to his report, Jake Tapper adds: A Defense Department [...]
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. [...]
10 Years After 9/11, Afghanistan Is No Longer Our Fight
Kudos to Joe Scarborough for taking the risk, stepping out and releasing this song (video below), “Reason to Believe.” When I look at Democratic actions to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, I see Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand asking for a quicker timeline, but that’s hardly enough. As a new generation leader and a woman, why isn’t she [...]
Thanks the Gods John McCain Never Got Near 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
“The end of the Qadaffi regime in Libya is a victory for the Libyan people and for the broader cause of freedom in the Middle East and throughout the world. This achievement was made possible first and foremost by the struggle and sacrifice of countless Libyans, whose courage and perseverance we applaud. We also commend [...]
Libya, the Unraveling
**UPDATED** Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s grip on power dissolved with astonishing speed on Monday as rebels marched into the capital and arrested two of his sons, while residents raucously celebrated the prospective end of his four-decade-old rule. – Jubilant Rebels Control Much of Tripoli Pres. Obama said when he first decided to engage in Libya militarily [...]
Obama Administration to Assad: Time for You to Go
The Obama administration has been reluctant to call on Assad to step down because the next question would be what it plans to do about it. The recent experience in Libya, where similar calls from the United States and others have been ignored, has also led some to urge caution. As violence has increased in [...]
Buying Time for the White House, Reid Postpones Vote Until Sunday 1 pm
“Tell your henchman to stop saying nice things about me,” McConnell, the Senate minority leader, told Reid earlier this week, according to people familiar with the conversation. “It hurts me.” Even as he’s sought to project immovable unity with House Speaker John Boehner, the prospects for an eleventh-hour deal rest largely on McConnell’s shoulders. For [...]
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