October 4, 2011 – 8:09 pm
Um, wait, what? (The Politico) Ken Vogel and I both have sources telling us that calls were made on behalf of a mystery candidate to various early states to determine presidential filing deadlines. The calls were made by representatives of the law firm Baker Hostetler – a firm that employs lawyer Mark Braden, who represents […]
October 4, 2011 – 1:38 pm
Anyone shocked? From The Politico New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie formally announced that he wasn’t going to join the presidential race on Tuesday, saying he’d come back to his original feeling about staying out despite reconsidering in recent days. “In the end, what I’ve always felt was the right decision remains the right decision today. […]
September 28, 2011 – 12:36 pm
There are many good reasons to support Rick Perry, and many good reasons to not support him. That’s politics (and life). You aren’t going to agree with every stance a politician has. Of course, their political stances can have an effect on your standard of living. But, what really annoyed me about Rick Perry jumping […]
September 26, 2011 – 8:17 am
He’s continuing his Mr. Angry tone. And we all know that insulting and denigrating one’s opposition is the best way to get them to co-operate (Fox News) President Barack Obama charged that the Republican vision of government would “fundamentally cripple America,” as he tried out his newly combative message on the liberal West Coast. Aiming […]
September 25, 2011 – 8:26 am
He tells them they should support his jobs plan, because his previous one, the Stimulus, did wonders for Black unemployment In a fiery summons to an important voting block, President Barack Obama told blacks on Saturday to quit crying and complaining and “put on your marching shoes” to follow him into battle for jobs and […]
September 21, 2011 – 1:14 pm
This is why I’ve mostly given up on Sarah Palin as a viable presidential candidate: she refuses to take the plunge: Sarah Palin seemed to give a November deadline for a decision on a 2012 bid. Speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News Tuesday night, Palin said there is still time but conceded that a […]
September 19, 2011 – 9:08 am
When you have one of the his biggest cheerleaders at The Politico, Carrie Budoff Brown, positioning the plan as such…. President Barack Obama will release a plan Monday to cut the federal deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade, drawing half the savings from new tax revenue and sparing Medicare recipients from having to […]
September 15, 2011 – 7:56 am
That was Wednesday, a tweet from Obama’s official 2012 campaign Twitter account. But, remember, his jobs bill isn’t about him getting re-elected. But, if you love him, you’ll help him pass the bill. Which is kinda weird on its own Not for the first time, Obama called back to an audience member who shouted “I […]
September 14, 2011 – 11:22 am
A doubleshot of Obama bad news from the Politico today, as we find out that *Surprise!* it’s not just Republicans who have problems with Obama’s silly little a bit about jobs and a lot about raising taxes offering: Hill Dems pick apart Obama jobs plan President Barack Obama’s new jobs plan is hitting some unexpected […]
September 14, 2011 – 7:54 am
There is no love today in Liberal Land, starting with The Politico The Democratic Party’s rare loss of a congressional seat in its urban heartland Tuesday, accompanied by a blowout defeat in a Nevada special election, marked the latest in a string of demoralizing setbacks that threatened to deepen the party’s crisis of confidence and […]
