Talk about the duh moment to top all duh moments: In a closed-door meeting of his caucus, the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, told Democrats that Republicans were not interested in passing a bill. In effect, he prepared them for trench warfare, saying the Democrats must stick together and should be ready to […]
Image via Wikipedia Anderson Cooper is seeing his ratings plummet: The respected CNN anchor has seen his numbers slip significantly through the past year. His 10 p.m. show, “Anderson Cooper 360,” has declined 62% in total viewers and 70% in adults 25-54 from November 2008, according to Nielsen figures. Last month, in Cooper’s time slot, […]
Bernie Sanders does what others should have done: Sen. Bernie Sanders Wednesday placed a hold on the nomination of Ben Bernanke for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. “The American people overwhelmingly voted last year for a change in our national priorities to put the interests of ordinary people ahead of the […]
I got a feeling tweety felt an awful lot of heat today. Transcript via Think Progress: MATTHEWS: Now I’ve heard too many politicians say things like, “oh that was taken out context” to explain something they wish they hadn’t said let me just say to the cadets, their parents, former cadets and everyone who cares […]
We thought he was lost, but at last he was found: “In his speech to the nation last night, President Obama claimed that ‘Commanders in Afghanistan repeatedly asked for support to deal with the reemergence of the Taliban, but these reinforcements did not arrive.’ Such a bald misstatement, at least as it pertains to the […]
Steve Benen explains: I especially loved the “Exclusive!” with the exclamation point, as if this were a rare, special occurrence. For those keeping score at home, as of this weekend, there will have been 47 Sundays since President Obama’s inauguration in January. With this 16th appearance on a Sunday morning talk show this week, John […]
Mike Huckabee is having a very bad week. First we find out that he granted clemency to a violent prisoner who went on to slay 4 Washington police officers. Now the fallout continues as his own flock start to leave: As I mentioned this morning, I resigned my position as Arkansas coordinator for HuckPAC today […]
Once President Obama announced a timeline to start drawing down troops in Afghanistan we knew that the right would start attacking it. Right on cue we have John McCain telling Good Morning America that the timeline will “embolden” the enemy: “I trust his [McChrystal’s] judgment enormously but I also understand that both our enemies and […]
An ally of RNC chairman Michael Steele is claiming the new RNC purity test is an attempt to “stick it” to Steele: An ally of Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele claimed Tuesday that the so-called “purity test” being circulated by some RNC members is a publicity stunt designed to “stick it” to Steele after […]
Last night Chris Matthews referred to the former veep as a “troll”. I will give tweety credit on this line, as it was funny, as compared to his comparison of West Point as the “enemy camp” And so I present us with the official Dick Cheney troll doll: