Watch CBS News Videos Online Marc Ambinder has written a very interesting post today on the devilish prowess of Sarah Palin, someone I’ve continually covered since the 2008 election ended. For good reason. There is no one who fits the mood or the times or fills the current political vacuum better than Sarah Palin. There has [...] [...more]
What do you know. Ezra Klein finally gets it. Better late than never, though as long as it took it’s not very impressive. On Sunday, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell responded to Barack Obama’s summit invitation by demanding Obama scrap the health-care reform bill entirely. This is the context for that demand. What they want isn’t [...] [...more]
–updated– The news came from his office, with more from the Washington Post. Chris Cilizza runs down the coming special election. Congressman John Murtha Passes Away at Age 77 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman John P. Murtha (PA-12) passed away peacefully this afternoon at 1:18 p.m. at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA. At his bedside was his [...] [...more]
The New York Times picks up on Obama’s interview with Katie Couric: Watch CBS News Videos Online “I want to come back and have a large meeting, Republicans and Democrats, to go through systematically all the best ideas that are out there and move it forward,” Mr. Obama said in the interview from the White House Library. Mr. [...] [...more]
Today began “State of the Union” with Candy Crowley, with one of her guests Sect. Hillary Rodham Clinton. I’ll add a big note of praise to the political gods and CNN for Ms. Crowley, the first woman ever to anchor an important Sunday news show. Talk about paying your dues. Christiane Amanpour does foreign policy and [...] [...more]
music compliments of WB MSNBC headline: Palin e-mails reveal a powerful ‘first dude’. With the Tea Party convention in full swing this weekend, and the Beltway snowed in, can there be any doubt Fox News channel will get plenty of eyes Saturday night? However, the laugh out loud of the week is the rambling exhale in the [...] [...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]
–bumped– via TPM Obama makes a joke at his own expense today at the annual prayer breakfast, but as you can see in the video, his laugh isn’t full, but instead an afterthought, because the President knows all too well the dangers underlying the subtext of his material. Republican Rep. Mark Kirk won the Illinois primary in a [...] [...more]
–updated– This photo came via email. As you all know, I have a different opinion on this one, but thought you’d appreciate it. The floor is open tonight. Favorite of mine today comes from Dana Milbank, surprisingly: Mullen deserves medal for Senate testimony backing open military service by gays. I’ll second that. Mike Mullen’s 42 years in the [...] [...more]
So, to crunch the numbers, GOP primary turnout is up 11% over 2004. Democratic turnout has dropped 29%. If the Democrats let health care reform die, they’ll be looking at a turnout cataclysm. – Jonathan Chait I have been writing about Obama’s empathy and connection gap for years. As president, it’s gotten worse, morphing into [...] [...more]
–updated– The video is a demonstration in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem that ended in arrests and detentions, which caused quite a stir back in January. Discontent in some quarters is rising in Israel over freedom of speech and assembly issues, but also the rights of women, including a dispute about bus segregation that’s turned into quite [...] [...more]
Big primary day in the 2010 election season, with all sorts of things happening. Under the radar the 2012 season also begins, as does a battle likely to come in the Senate Democratic leadership fight, with feelings that Sen. Harry Reid may be heading for a loss. Amidst this we get a one-issue marketing magazine [...] [...more]
On Thursday, I heard Eugene Robinson on “Hardball” talk about something he’d heard about DADT from a little rat in the White House. It was clear he was very uncomfortable about reporting it. “What I heard this morning from somebody at the White House was probably not this year. But, maybe we would be [...] [...more]
What did other people think of Pres. Obama’s Q&A with the Republicans? The right has grabbed on one section, which they are calling Obama’s “stunning admission,” and they’re going to town on it. Here are some other comments: secularhumanizinevoluter says (30 January 2010 at 7:27 am): I must be crazy(OK, everybody stop yelling NO DUH!) [...] [...more]
–updated– “… Pain or damage don’t end the world, or despair or f—ing beatings. The world ends when you’re dead, until then you’ve got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man. And give some back.” – Al Swearengen, “Deadwood” Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, [...] [...more]
