On national security, the poll found that 50 percent of likely voters prefer Republicans, while only 33 percent prefer Democrats. It’s the return of a “security gap” that all but vanished in 2008 because of Obama’s popularity and Bush’s mishandling of Iraq, Bennett said. – Politico Here we go again. Democrats are once again losing the [...] [...more]
“We are evaluating based on New York logistical and security concerns on trial in federal courts.” – Robert Gibbs to CNN (see video) Damage done, no matter what’s decided. You simply don’t hang a question mark out there on something this emotional, especially when it’s contrary to declarations already made. The video from CNN [...] [...more]
“I think all the perspective candidates out there have a lot of work to do if they’re going to persuade the majority of Americans that they’re ready to take on the world’s toughest job.” – Dick Cheney, former vice president on “This Week” (see video below) That’s the Republicans’ biggest challenge, but especially for Sarah Palin, [...] [...more]
Fox News has been making a serious charge about mainstream political reporters: They hate Sarah Palin. This is not just wrong, it’s absurd. The reality is exactly the opposite: We love Palin. And if Palin does not exactly love us, she’s smart enough to recognize how quickly reporters devour every provocative remark she utters. She [...] [...more]
It was Sarah Palin’s night. After a day when the “birthers” took a lot of heat from the Tea Partiers. Breitbart sounding beyond himself. “I was talking to her,” said Breitbart. “She was asking me if I thought it was was to bring it up, and I said, no. We have a lot of strong arguments [...] [...more]
Here’s the beginning of Shelby’s statement, with the rest at TPM: Sen. Shelby has placed holds on several pending nominees due to unaddressed national security concerns. … Everything else is just defensive posturing to back up the unprecedented Republican stall by Shelby’s blanket hold, pretty much a Senate first. The move freezes everything in place on Obama’s [...] [...more]
“It would be an inconvenience at the least, and probably that’s too mild a word for people that live in the neighborhood and businesses in the neighborhood,” Bloomberg told reporters. “There are places that would be less expensive for the taxpayers and less disruptive for New York City.” – White House asks Justice Department to [...] [...more]
Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse in Massachusetts. Via Ben Smith, Democrats cut an ad attacking Scott Brown for saying he’s against attacking Wall Street. The trouble is that pictured in the ad, which comes from the DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee), are the World Trade Center and the Marriott that was destroyed on [...] [...more]
It comes from the Republican gaffe machine, Rep. Peter King, proving yet again that my plea to disband and defund the Homeland Security apparatus is a good one. Via Ben Smith: “I think one main thing would be to — just himself to use the word terrorism more often,” said King, the ranking Republican on the [...] [...more]
The bomber appears to have been invited to an operational planning meeting on al Qaeda, a former senior U.S. intelligence official said. “It looks like an al Qaeda double agent,” the former official said. “It’s very sophisticated for a terrorist group that’s supposedly on the run.” – CIA Blast Blamed On Double Agent It certainly was. [...] [...more]
“[W]e are at war and when President Obama pretends we aren’t, it makes us less safe,” Cheney said in a statement to POLITICO. “Why doesn’t he want to admit we’re at war? It doesn’t fit with the view of the world he brought with him to the Oval Office. It doesn’t fit with what seems [...] [...more]
late update below Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Like this wasn’t predictable. As predictable as this opening paragraph in the Wall Street Journal. A U.S. government that has barred the phrase “war on terror” has nonetheless acknowledged that a failed Christmas day bomb attack on an airliner was a terrorist attempt. Can [...] [...more]
bumped What happened between the reports to the U.S. embassy in Nigeria from Abdulmatallab’s own father, Umaru Mutallab, a Nigerian banker, and the decision to put the young Nigerian on a watch list, but not on the no-fly list? The WSJ is reporting that State shared the information with U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism bureaus. Where [...] [...more]
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “Actively countering a clear and present danger,” says Rice, that’s what we’re doing in Afghanistan, regardless of the reality that there are less than 100 al Qaeda in that country, with the Taliban embedded in the consciousness of that country. With Rice claiming there [...] [...more]
Sometimes Google search results from the Internet can include disturbing content, even from innocuous queries. We assure you that the views expressed by such sites are not in any way endorsed by Google. – Google If you want to know what powerful women are up against, this photo gives you an example. I’m thankful that [...] [...more]
