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 […]
A new ABC poll has rated the government response to the oil spill worse than the response to Katrina: A month and a half after the spill began, 69 percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll rate the federal response negatively. That compares with a 62 negative rating for the response to Katrina two […]
‘Drill Baby Drill’ may no longer be a good rallying cry for the GOP, as Americans are now turning on offshore drilling according to a new CBS poll: Isn’t it ironic that the warnings all of us “tree-hugging liberals” have been yelling for years about offshore drilling are coming to fruition? And now that Americans […]
In about 10 minutes the White House will hold a joint press briefing with Robert Gibbs and Thad Allen, in what is probably the start of a much more out front White House when it comes to the spill: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs’s briefing, which normally comes in the afternoon, takes place at […]
BP’s latest attempt is falling short of all expectations: A cap placed over the gusher was collecting only a fraction of the oil, which had stained beaches with a waxy mess of tar balls and created an unusual orange foam in the surf. Given the continous failures, it has become obvious that plans were never […]
That’s the view of the lone Republican Commissioner in Hamilton County, Ohio: Hamilton County taxpayers will see an increase in property taxes, but pay less for indigent health care at the county’s largest trauma hospital under a plan by Commissioner Greg Hartmann to help pay for the county’s sports stadiums. In the plan, Hartmann calls […]
There has been a lot of talk about President Obama needing to get angry over the oil spill. Finally, when reading this post by Greg Sargent, I got really thinking about it. Here’s what Greg said: Sorry Mr. President, your latest display of anger about the Gulf spill, in a new interview with Larry King, […]
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 […]
Since Arizona passed their immigration law, we have heard constant sound bites about how dangerous the U.S./Mexico border is. Well it turns out that the border isn’t as dangerous as the proponents of the new law are making it out to be: It’s one of the safest parts of America, and it’s getting safer. It’s […]