As anyone who reads this blog somewhat regularly knows, I feel there is a big risk of a President Bachmann in 2013. I have given plenty of reasons previously, but the biggest one that scares me is the enthusiasm gap on the left. A new Public Policy Polling poll verifies that fear: There’s been plenty […]
Like many others, I have spent the last few days really contemplating what will happen in the elections this November. As much as I want to be optimistic, I just can’t bring myself to it. Democrats are looking at a very dark mid-term and, as Peter Daou puts it, these are “dark days for the […]
The reconciliation bill will be heading back to the House for another vote: Senate Republicans succeeded early Thursday morning in finding two flaws in the House-passed health care reconciliation package. Neither is of any substance, but the Senate parliamentarian informed Democratic leaders that both are in violation of the Byrd Rule. One is related to […]
Vendettas and ‘gotcha’ is the politics of old. It’s synonymous with the old attack ads, and something the American people have started rejected, rather strongly. Barack Obama campaigned on change. In two weeks since becoming our President elect, Obama has: Embraced his one time rival Hillary Clinton, offering her a top position in his administration […]
This video is from MSNBC this morning when they were talking about the revelations about Sarah Palin. Some new stuff has now been released. One biggie is the fact that she didn’t want to appear on the stage with Republicans John Sununu and Jeb Bradley because they didn’t share her views. Working together – not […]
I was flipping through the channels, when I came across FOX news. They were talking about Chavez’ comments to the U.N. today, but that wasn’t the biggie. The highlight was when they said he was heading to Harlem tomorrow to talk about poverty. The reporters on FOX of course blasted him because “he doesn’t address […]