While House rules prevent Democrats from using the video of Joe Barton yesterday on the campaign trail, they can still hammer away on his apology to BP for the “shakedown” Obama did to them. This statement by Barton is a national treasure for Democrats. They can run simple commercials telling what he said and pointing […]
Harry Reid’s job security just got a little better: Nevada Senate nominee Sharron Angle, a tea party favorite who describes herself as a conservative’s conservative, left the Republican Party at the height of the Reagan revolution and became a Democrat for at least several years, government records show. Documents on file with the Humboldt County, […]
Unbelievable: Congressional Democrats and the White House are toying with different ways to force BP to cover the costs of damages from the Gulf oil spill. But they face stiff opposition from industry…and it seems leading Republicans. In response to a question from TPMDC, House Minority Leader John Boehner said he believes taxpayers should help […]
Rand Paul used to claim he was a Libertarian, but now he is trying to distance himself from that association: Republican Rand Paul said Tuesday he differs with the Libertarian Party by opposing abortion and supporting judicious overseas troop deployment, distancing himself from the party his father once represented in a presidential election. The U.S. […]
First we had some anonymous White House official blasting labor for supporting Bill Halter in the Arkansas Democratic Primary. Now we got some other senior Democrat doing the same. From Sam Stein: Another senior Democrat (who also would not be quoted by name) echoed the point in an exchange with the Huffington Post. “Labor is […]
Now that Blanche Lincoln has been able to hold onto her job, we are to expect little jabs from the right on how “the progressives lost big tonight”. That, despite being untrue, is to be expected, but this is not: A senior White House official just called me with a very pointed message for the […]
This is getting beyond absurd: In response to a flood of Facebook and YouTube videos that depict police abuse, a new trend in law enforcement is gaining popularity. In at least three states, it is now illegal to record any on-duty police officer. Even if the encounter involves you and may be necessary to your […]
Leave it to Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins to figure out ways to let the government extend their reach even more: Lieberman and Collins’ solution is one of the more far-reaching proposals. In the Senators’ draft bill, “the President may issue a declaration of an imminent cyber threat to covered critical infrastructure.” Once such a […]
After 40 years, Al and Tipper Gore are separating. Talk about a total shock and something that will dominate the news cycle the next 24 hours.
I was just watching Bill Maher and they were talking about the Joe Sestak deal. The talk was about how the right wants to impeach President Obama over this, despite nothing illegal being done. Patrick Ruffini, a former Bush adviser, defended this by saying “Obama promised not to do this stuff”, to which Jonathon Alter […]