January 25, 2012 – 3:57 pm
About the only thing of consequence he said during the SOTU that wasn’t part of a campaign speech (The Politico) Conservatives in the blogosphere found one small aspect of the president’s State of the Union address that they could praise: a bill banning insider trading by members of Congress. “Send me a bill that bans […]
January 25, 2012 – 8:29 am
OK, I’ll admit, I only watched about 5 minutes of Obama’s SOTU speech. I’d been watching the NJ Devils lose in OT, and inadvertently hit the recall button on the remote, which took me to Fox News. A few minutes in, I decided that I really didn’t want to attend an Obama campaign speech, so, […]
January 24, 2012 – 8:46 am
And you will never guess whose playbook he will use (Fox News) As President Obama prepares to rev up his re-election drive with his third State of the Union address Tuesday night, he and his aides have already begun framing the fall contest as a “choice†election, not a simple up-or-down referendum on his own […]
January 24, 2012 – 8:18 am
The New Yorker has a lengthy piece on Barack Obama and his rise to power (which never seems to mention starting his political career in the living room of unrepentant domestic terrorist William Ayers), making Obama out to be some sort of anointed one who always spoke about Americans coming together, but, gosh darnit, too […]
January 23, 2012 – 8:27 am
So says The Politico The surging Newt Gingrich has mastered debates — and disguise. The debate part is clear: The former Speaker of the House comes to play and owns the stage with an uncanny capacity to connect with the grievances of conservative voters. The disguise part is clear, too. Gingrich has used his debate […]
January 21, 2012 – 4:46 pm
Shockingly, DelmarvaNow! fails to mention Donna is a Democrat. I guess they don’t want people to think Democrats are complete idiots Maryland congresswoman Donna Edwards plans to plunge into the chilly waters of the Potomac River to urge the U.S. Congress to take action to deal with climate change. Edwards spokesman Dan Weber says Edwards […]
January 21, 2012 – 10:01 am
That is, if you a tourist coming from another country. If you want to create jobs through something like, say, the Keystone XL pipeline, well, sucks to be you. If you are part of the oil industry, Obama’s EPA will try and stop you. If you are a small business, Obama’s extreme regulations will cause […]
January 20, 2012 – 7:38 am
Which is rather strange, because the media created an image that Barack H. Obama was the Messiah (via Ace) (Politico) President Obama blames the press for creating the image that he’s aloof and disconnected from the rest of Washington, insisting in a new interview that he’s just more interested in spending time with his family […]
January 19, 2012 – 8:27 am
Rather a surprising editorial from the Washington Post. After discussing the background of Keystone XL and Obama’s decision, we get We almost hope this was a political call because, on the substance, there should be no question. Without the pipeline, Canada would still export its bitumen — with long-term trends in the global market, it’s […]
January 18, 2012 – 4:17 pm
Didn’t I just get done noting this morning that Obama’s own Jobs Council favors more oil programs? (Politico) The State Department on Wednesday will reject the Keystone XL pipeline, multiple sources following the project told POLITICO. The Obama administration’s formal announcement is expected at 3 p.m. from Deputy Secretary of State William Burns. Although the […]
