I’m sure the wingnuts will be claiming that after hearing the big news of the day: President Barack Obama is allowing Americans to make unlimited transfers of money and visits to relatives in Cuba and easing other restrictions Monday, ushering in a new era of openness toward the island nation ruled by communists for 50 […]
President Obama has decided to take up immigration, so we all need to keep an eye on Lou: While acknowledging that the recession makes the political battle more difficult, President Barack Obama plans to begin addressing America’s immigration system this year, including looking for a path for illegal immigrants to become legal, a senior administration […]
The AP has taken a closer look at the recent rampage of gun violence in this country: They had more in common than unleashing carnage _ nearly every gunman in this monthlong series of mass killings was legally entitled to fire his weapons. So what does that say about the state of gun control laws […]
So many of us on the left have said that we will see the crazies come back out now that we got a Democratic President. I’m talking the real whack jobs, the ones that make you think of Timothy McVeigh, or Richard Poplawski: A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and “lying in wait” opened fire […]
Check out the latest story Drudge is pushing: OH NOES – Obama has failed!!!! You even realize that when you start reading the article: Barack Obama made an impassioned plea to America’s allies to send more troops to Afghanistan, warning that failure to do so would leave Europe vulnerable to more terrorist atrocities. But though […]
I guess its time to just start a conspiracy watch to help strip the tinfoil hats off the wingnuts out there when talking about Obama. Yesterday’s big conspiracy was Obama’s gift to Queen Elizabeth, an IPod. Starting with a cue from Drudge, who had this as his main headline all day, the wingnuts quickly jumped […]
The AP’s Ron Fournier is at it again, and with the help of the main headline on Drudge. In a piece entitled “Analysis: Teleprompter telegraphs Obama caution”, Fournier makes it sound like Obama relied totally on a teleprompter during last night’s presser: What kind of politician brings a teleprompter to a news conference? A careful […]
It looks like all the talk Obama did about AIG yesterday was nothing but a smoke-screen: President Barack Obama said Monday that he would “pursue every single legal avenue to block” $165 million in bonuses to American International Group Inc. employees who were in part responsible for the insurance giant’s near collapse. But hours later, […]
It looks like action is starting to happen in regards to AIG. Of course Cuomo is leading the way: New York state’s attorney general joined the growing list of those angered by news of American International Group’s bonuses, and wants to have details on his desk this afternoon about who is getting it rewarded. Attorney […]
That’s what the WSJ is trying to push: It is simply wrong for commentators to continue to focus on President Barack Obama’s high levels of popularity, and to conclude that these are indicative of high levels of public confidence in the work of his administration. Indeed, a detailed look at recent survey data shows that […]