This Washington Examiner editorial made me laugh out loud. The headline is: Mean streak: Obama is not as nice as he looks. This is news? Evidently the Republicans never heard of Alice Palmer. Taking on the very obvious first, Republicans are whining because Pres. Obama supposedly gave a “mean-spirited partisanship, gross misrepresentations of fact, and [...]
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She’s Back and Sounding Like a Candidate
“When the history of the Tea Party is written, what you accomplished here will not be forgotten. And the 2012 election begins here,” she affirmed. To drive the point home, Palin recalled the Green Bay Packers’ 2011 Super Bowl win, saying, “What better place to call out the liberal left and let them know, Mr. [...]
Progressive Infusion Amidst ‘Disgust’
Because it’s Friday and a little sanity is called for amidst the Democratic Party’s cratering to Republican economic models. It should make people understand why many progressive and Democratic activists and lawmakers have had it with Pres. Obama. Rank and file Democrats still support him, but then they don’t have the job of trying to [...]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Disembowels Jon Kyl
#NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement If you’re confused about the hash tag above, I refer you to Stephen Colbert. Also see Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator from the great state of New York. Compliments of the New York Observer: “For my friends and colleagues, this is a factual statement — current law already prevents federal money from paying for abortions,” [...]
If Only Jawboning Was Currency
Update: I should probably say, I could live with this as an end result. If this becomes the left pole, and the center is halfway between this and Ryan, then no — better to pursue the zero option of just doing nothing and letting the Bush tax cuts as a whole expire. – Paul Krugman [...]
2012: Donald Trump Tied With Huckabee for First
Donald Trump is now tied with Mike Huckabee for first place when Republicans are asked who they support for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012, according to a new national poll. But while a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday indicates that the real estate mogul and reality TV star has nearly doubled his support [...]
Obama Loyalists Make Their Case and It’s Weak
**UPDATED** Obama continues to anger progressives in his party and has created a huge amount of running room to his left: He abandoned a single-payer health care option, he agreed to extend tax cuts to the rich, he has expanded the war in Afghanistan and, instead of keeping his campaign promise to close the detention [...]
Working Class Whites Remain Cold on Obama
Details on the appropriations deal are still hard to come by, but you don’t need the details to know that substantial short-term cuts in domestic discretionary spending will hurt the poor while harming macroeconomic performance. The problem with not agreeing to the deal, of course, is that a government shutdown would also hurt the poor [...]
Dealmakers: Dems Pay $1 Billion for Tea Party House Members to Drop Objection to Pap Smears
Numerous GOP and Democratic sources on and off Capitol Hill tell National Journal that the outline of the deal is as follows: up to $39 billion in cuts from the 2010 budget, $514 billion in spending for the defense budget covering the remainder of this fiscal year, a GOP agreement to abandon controversial policy riders [...]
Jon Stewart’s Farewell to Glenn Beck
Jon Stewart gave Glenn Beck the mother of all send offs last night. It’s bound to put the insanity in our world out of your mind for a little while. But it is Friday, so consider this a free for all, with anything goes on topics. I’m still betting there won’t be a shutdown. Major [...]
Start Your Shutdown Clock. Seriously?
There’s a spending agreement, $38 billion, according to Reid, with the Democratic talking point being it’s all about defunding Planned Parenthood. Huh, $38 billion? That’s new. Anyway, Boehner is still contending the number’s too small and there’s no agreement and it’s not about funding Planned Parenthood. Either way it comes down to an ideological battle [...]
Obama’s ‘Are You In?’ Question
The biggest issue facing Obama’s reelection team is whether Obama’s base will show up and if they do in what numbers and with what level of enthusiasm. This is the story and why Obama embarrassingly asked “Are you in?” when he launched his reelection campaign. Not even the President and his team are quite sure [...]
Gaffes or Not, Unlike Sarah, Bachmann is No Wimp
Sarah Palin, whose powerful platform of 2010 has been reduced to a sideline perch while she contemplates the presidency, is still hiding out at Fox refusing to take any challenging media scrutiny. In contrast, Rep. Michele Bachmann is everywhere, even as she’s still trying to live down her Lexington and Concord gaffe in New Hampshire. [...]
Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Chair DNC
Wasserman Schultz, 44, was chosen for her strength as a fund-raiser and as a television messenger, and for her clout in the crucial swing state of Florida, the sources said. – Mike Allen V.P. Joe Biden said, in part, “In selecting Debbie to lead our party, President Obama noted her tenacity, her strength, her fighting [...]
Is This the Dumbest 2012 Headline Yet?
Looking back to the 2008 election season we were fully geared up and Dems were fighting it out. Huckabee hasn’t declared yet, with Mitt Romney just now gearing up for his big money bomb. But if you’re going to say Obama is on the ropes in Politico’s poll, then characterizing Sarah Palin’s troubles would be [...]
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