Maybe a Raffle?
The Democrats are having problems filling Byron Dorgan’s seat in North Dakota. The most viable candidate, Earl Pomeroy, who is the at-large congressional representative, isn’t going to run — according...
View ArticleReform or Revolution?
Ross Douthat makes the case that ObamaCare was doomed from the start: You can make big changes to small programs, and small changes to big ones. But comprehensive solutions tend to produce...
View ArticleNot the Voters!
Greg Sargent observes: One possible scenario that reform proponents dread is that Congress fails to pass reform before the Easter break — leaving Congressional Dems in the position of returning to...
View ArticleDemocrats Freak Over GOP Women — Again
Politico reports: Two of the conservative movement’s biggest stars, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), lavished praise on each other Wednesday at a boisterous rally...
View ArticleSpecter Loss Anticipated by White House
Via Taegan Goddard we get these snippets predicting doom for Arlen Specter: We noted earlier that President Obama declined over the weekend to make a last minute campaign appearance for Sen. Arlen...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Here’s one Jewish organization that’s not mute about Obama’s double standard for the Middle East: “The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has urged President Barack Obama to hold Palestinian...
View ArticleWhy Is the Left Silent on Helen Thomas?
It’s a troubling reflection of the times when Helen Thomas can tell Israeli Jews to go back to the countries ravaged by the Holocaust (Germany and Poland), and only conservative media outlets seem to...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Indiana tilts Red: “Indiana still has the look of a likely Republican Senate pickup, with former Senator Dan Coats remaining comfortably ahead of his Democratic opponent Brad Ellsworth. The latest...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
If you give the liberal newspapers 11 months, they will eventually catch up with conservative media. If you give Jonathan Chait a lifetime, he never will. Refusal to pursue voter-intimidation cases...
View ArticleSestak Doubles Down as ECI Doubles the Ad Buy
The ad by the Emergency Committee for Israel (ECI) and the barrage of negative coverage of Joe Sestak’s record on Israel and his frothy praise for CAIR seem to have struck a nerve. In a hastily...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Obama’s baddest critic warns him about flip-floppery on the Ground Zero mosque: “Mr. Obama, you are not the mayor of Podunk arguing with the City Council over sewer versus septic; you are the president...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Not working. Greg Sargent warns: “What if voters are simply not buying the central Dem message that a vote for the GOP is a vote to return to the Bush policies that ran the economy into the ground?...
View ArticleObama Is Borrrring!
Obama’s public persona is so predictable and his image so overexposed that even the left is over him. He’s gone from fascinating and cool to a crashing bore in less than two years. Greg Sargent: “Seems...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Good advice to conservative pundits from Michael Gerson (in defending Karl Rove): “[A commentator] owes his readers or viewers his best judgment — which means he cannot simply be a tool of someone...
View ArticleAnother False Defense of Obama on Terrorism
Washington Post blogger Greg Sargent has now published the full passage from Bob Woodward’s book in which the president discusses his views on terrorism, and claims it reveals the criticism of him from...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
So much for the idea that the Democrats’ political fortunes are improving. New polls show Republicans ahead in Senate races in Nevada, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Colorado. Carly Fiorina has again...
View ArticleAnother Attempt to Distract, Another Losing Issue
Obama’s attack on the Chamber of Commerce for its imaginary foreign donors hasn’t succeeded in distracting voters. Gallup reports: Creating jobs and securing the country’s borders are most top-of-mind...
View ArticleNot Even Scare Tactics Work
Greg Sargent is down in the dumps. Turns out that the enthusiasm gap is as huge as ever. In fact, according to the recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, the chasm is now 20 points. Sargent — with...
View ArticleRight and Left Agree: Obama Stands Pat
The right and the left have something in common: neither is impressed with the White House’s initial reaction to the GOP blowout. George Will writes: It is amazing the ingenuity Democrats invest in...
View ArticleFilibuster Reform Vote May Last Weeks
Senate Democrats are expected to propose a change to the filibuster rules tomorrow, but thanks to a loophole in the congressional rules, there’s a chance that it could actually take two weeks until the...
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