Is Perry the one we’re ready for?
The measure of a people. Many comparisons are made between the situation of 2011 and the situation of the late 1970s during the Carter administration, when Americans were figuring out what a mistake...
View ArticleCarville: I’d like to see some panic at the White House right about now
Say, remember when politicizing the DoJ was bad? The man who once famously advised Bill Clinton and the news media that “it’s the economy, stupid” has some advice for the famously cool Barack Obama....
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Listening tours. Do you ever wonder what the conversation must be like in the Oval Office between a President and his advisers? In this administration, Barack Obama must be wondering the same thing....
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Tomorrow. “An amazing admission tonight from Ron Paul. “In an exclusive interview, I asked him: ‘When you lay your head on your pillow at night, do you see yourself in the Oval Office?’ “‘Not really,’...
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Force. “Before the voting began in Iowa, Ron Paul was asked by an ABC correspondent, ‘When you lay your head on your pillow at night, do you see yourself in the Oval Office?’ “‘Not really,’ he said....
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All class. Normally I’d find some sort of clever way to introduce an OOTD, but on this one … I’ve got nothing: Another illustration of presidential hubris involved the Bush family. The White House put...
View ArticleBest Picture Nominees Meet the Foreclosure Crisis at the 84th Annual Academy...
This year at the 84th Annual Academy Awards The nominees for Best Picture are… “The Con-Artist” The Scary Scummers story, filmed in black & white. Growing up with prominent professors of...
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Ambiguity. “In a high-stakes meeting at the White House, Obama stressed that there’s ‘still a window that allows for a diplomatic resolution’ to the Iranian nuclear threat and that the United States,...
View ArticleAxelrod: Romney’s answer on the Limbaugh controversy was “cowardly”
More politicization. In a sign that Barack Obama’s Oval Office phone call to Sandra Fluke — and, indeed, the administration’s entire outrage about Rush Limbaugh’s negative comments toward the...
View ArticleSmart power: Obama using same dumb, patronizing lines with all foreign leaders
Punching above his weight. To cleanse the palate, a short but vivid look at what America’s Pericles cooks up for those special occasions when he’s welcoming world leaders to the Oval Office. He’s...
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Values. A few hours before President Obama offered his historic endorsement of same-sex marriage on Wednesday, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. apologized to the president in the Oval Office for...
View ArticleOBLABLA or MITTENS for President in 2012? Here’s how I’m going to choose…
I’ve been giving a great deal of thought to how I’m going to decide whether to vote for OBLABLA or MITTENS this coming November and I believe I’ve finally come up with a plan that will work for...
View ArticleWaPo: Plouffe took $100,000 from firm doing business in Iran
The “open hand”? What does David Plouffe do when he’s not helping Barack Obama campaign for a second term or providing political advice to the West Wing? Like many other people in politics, he gets...
View ArticleVideo: A tribute to presidents past
Nostalgia. But really. It was only a brief aside from the RNC’s evening proceedings, but I thought it merited a mention: As I’ve argued before, I maintain that history is going to be kind to President...
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