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]
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]
Watch CBS News Videos Online Sarah Palin was on Jay Leno tonight, taking a turn doing a comedy political monologue. The jokes weren’t great, but Palin kept the audience, because she was a good sport about it and seemed to be having fun. Casually dressed in jeans, black pumps and a fitted black jacket with a [...] [...more]
“The gathering storm is the 2010 elections,” one top official said. … The themes for Obama’s campaign are not yet chosen, but a top adviser said not to expect a radical surprise: “He knows who he is.” – Exclusive: White House privately plots 2012 campaign run Mike Allen’s “exclusive” coming after David Plouffe re-joins the White [...] [...more]
updated below Bob McDonnell won the Virginia governorship because he was running against a pitifully weak Democratic candidate, but also because he used economic discontent, something Frank Rich talks about today, which extends to health care, while utilizing Democrats in Washington as the target model, tapping into what independents are feeling right now, while simultaneously capitalizing [...] [...more]
If you want to understand Obama’s problems, the latest polling is representative. So is this: “Labor is looking to make the bill better,” American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said after the meeting. … …Another labor official warned that while labor leaders will very likely grudgingly support the legislation, some may be bitter enough to [...] [...more]
Mike Huckabee creamed Mitt Romney in the “Values Voters” summit over the weekend, getting twice the support and enthusiasm. You’d think with the economy front and center, the bailouts, and health care, Mr. Romney might have fared better. Wonder if he’s worried? But Romney didn’t miss a beat, taking out after Barack Obama over Afghansitan today, [...] [...more]
Conservatives are breathless. Evidently the reality that the “Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff recommended to the President” what Pres. Obama announced today didn’t make a dent. They’re running around with their rhetoric half cocked, with Michael Goldfarb emotionally upset, accusing Obama of “smears” against the right’s beloved missile shield system: The White [...] [...more]
It’s true and it has been for many years. Republicans won’t do anything not sanctioned by Rush Limbaugh. When they offend him they apologize on bended knee. But just look where it’s gotten them. They’ve lost the House. They’ve lost the Senate. President Obama was put into office with historic numbers. Democrats won Virginia, Indiana, the list [...] [...more]
This is what happens when a candidate has no rhetorical compass and will say anything to get elected. Now Slick Mitt is in a panic. So, via Greg Sargent, we get the audio of his unbelievably callous blunder. “One of the ways my sons are showing support for our nation is helping me get [...] [...more]
As I\’ve been saying for quite some time, it\’s not Romney\’s religion that\’s his biggest problem, though it\’s important to learn about a religion that has been kept in the dark for decades. But Mitt Romney\’s convenient conservatism is the real issue that needs the light. Richard Cohen lays him out. [...] [...more]
**Please see very important updates at the bottom of this post.** The Straight Talk Express has moved. Literally. Back up and check the link. Does anyone else find that amusing? Now it’s been replaced by Mr. McCain’s presidential exploratory committee site. But why do I feel that ship has sailed? McCain’s chances of becoming president, that [...] [...more]
