Throughout 2009 we kept hearing about the need new and more wide-spread financial regulation. That’s when the market was down. Now that it is back up, it looks like new regulations might take a back seat: So what happened to Frank’s initial fervor? The stock market recovery — the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index is […]
According to a report in the Financial Times, Microsoft has approached News Corp. about de-listing their sites from Google, which would be an apparent escalation in the search engine wars. It appears that Microsoft isn’t limiting this to just News Corp either. It’s reported that they are approaching numerous online publishers and offering to pay […]
Today’s contestant is Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama. On Fox News this morning, Shelby reaffirmed his belief that Obama was taking us “down the road of socialism”. The big thing he blamed? WALLACE: Sen. Shelby, you say that the Obama administration is taking us down the road to socialism. Explain. SHELBY: Well, obviously. So, they […]
Rep. Steve King went on FOX yesterday to reiterate his belief that al Qaeda will be “dancing in the streets” if Obama becomes President. John McCain “disavowed” King’s comments yesterday, King “rejects his disavowal”, then goes on against the “Democrat” websites and wants them to point to the quote that offends them. Here’s one of […]
Josh points to Mark Penn: Clinton is ultimately responsible for putting her political fate in this fool’s hands. But this is a guy who has basically one big political win under his belt and whose record in seriously contested races, particularly Democratic primary races is one of almost constant defeats. Much of Clinton’s current predicament […]
David Rhodes claim that the Nevada Democratic Caucus caved to pressure from MoveOn and the netroots is just plain wrong. Harry Reid and Tom Collins have released the letter they sent to FOX regarding the decision. TPMCafe has the full letter, but here is the money quote: To say the least, this was not a […]