–updated– Having been removed in favor of Israeli nationalist Jews, members of the Palestinian Ghawi family have been sheltering this winter in a tent on the sidewalk opposite their home of more than five decades in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Other people, including many Israelis, have been taking part in a weekly protest [...] [...more]
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]
BREAKING update..: “I condemn the decision by the government of Israel to advance planning for new housing units in East Jerusalem. The substance and timing of the announcement, particularly with the launching of proximity talks, is precisely the kind of step that undermines the trust we need right now and runs counter to the constructive discussions [...] [...more]
“Now we need to elect a wom(a)n to the US presidency!” – Margot Grimmer (via Facebook) Well, it’s not the presidency, but it’s history none the less. The Academy tired of giving it to the guy with all the muscle, choosing a female who built her machine one brick at a time against all odds over him. Seeing [...] [...more]
Poor Frank Rich. After all this time he still doesn’t get it. WEDNESDAY’S health care rally was one of President Obama’s finest hours. It was so fine it couldn’t be blighted even by his preposterous backdrop, a cohort of white-jacketed medical workers large enough to staff a hospital in one of the daytime soaps that [...] [...more]
–originally posted on Huffington Post– The Roman Catholic bishops signaled Thursday that if agreement is reached with House leaders on anti-abortion language, the church would work to get the votes needed to protect the provisions in the Senate — and thereby advance the shared goal with Democrats of health care reform. “We would strongly urge everyone, [...] [...more]
It’s Oscar weekend and everyone could use some relaxation. TCM has been doing great programming as this weekend approaches, with Robert Osborne doing a spectacular interview with Lauren Bacall last night. Seriously, what would we do without the movies? …especially with Obama and the Democrats flailing around like they lost the 2008 election and are in 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]
–updated– Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Poor Speaker Pelosi. Karma’s come back to bite her. Or actually it’s not Karma, it’s Bart. But she shouldn’t feel bad, Pres. Obama’s got his own problems. He started solving them late yesterday by patting progressives on the head, while asking them to [...] [...more]
I was wondering when someone was going to say it. Republican Senator Judd Gregg finally did. Via The Hill: “They’re using reconciliation to pass the great big bill,” Gregg said during an appearance on CNBC. “Once they pass the great big bill, I wouldn’t be surprised if the White House didn’t care if reconciliation passed. I [...] [...more]
Consider this a free for all. You pick the topic. One bit of news from Salon’s Mike Madden is that Rep. Raúl Grijalva may vote “no” on health care. It’s just not a given that Obama can get this through at this point. Again, it’s a bad bill. Is it better than nothing? [...] [...more]
“These Democrats are a bunch of wusses. They don’t have the courage of their convictions. They won’t stand and fight.” – Michael Moore, via Raw Story From Michael Moore to Kathleen Parker, Democrats are getting the same review. The performance of the Democratic majority something that no partisan could defend. Led by Barack Obama, his party [...] [...more]
The conventional wisdom that current “stenographic” efforts of the Washington Post are directed by Rahm Emanuel inspires my inner contrarian automatically, even as I remain a Rahm agnostic. So in yet another week we get another Rahm tale in the Washington Post. But getting beyond the knee jerk hatred of everything Rahm, there is no [...] [...more]
“He’s going to be a one term president,” the Costco book browser said to his friend. That’s what I overheard yesterday, as two thirtysomething guys perused the political books. There’s no evidence it’s that dire right now. Obama’s got a lot of time to turn it around. But polling continues to head negative for [...] [...more]
First Rahm, now Rangel. Who’ll be the next scapegoat for Obama, Pelosi and Reid’s ineptitude? As political pictures go, this one is bad, really bad. It could make matter worse for Rep. Charlie Rangel, who has been caught doing some really dumb things. However, for Peter Beinert, it’s the picture that will sack the Democratic [...] [...more]
