Way to go Mr. President: Faced with an unprecedented level of obstruction in the Senate, the President announced his intention to recess appoint fifteen nominees to fill critical administration posts. While the President respects the critical role the Senate plays in the appointment process, he was no longer willing to let another month go by […]
This morning on CNN Tom Kean, former member of the 9/11 commission, was talking about how Obama is “taking on to much”, echoing the same right-wing talking point we have heard all year. Let’s think about that. To a Republican like Kean, Obama shouldn’t be focusing on other things besides terrorism. We just had 8 […]
Slate has a very cool interactive map showing where the job losses are occurring. I wonder if the Republicans still think the entire economic crisis is overblown? (h/t Sullivan)
That’s the only way to describe Eric Cantor, who is on tape saying that Democrats are “overreacting” to the economic crisis, while praising Rush Limbaugh. Here’s a transcript and Gregg has the audio: “As far as Rush, Rush has got ideas. He’s got following. He believes in the conservative principles that many of us believe […]
I get so tired of hearing right wingers say that people in foreclosure should loose their homes because they “got in over their heads”. It’s a typical right wing ploy of “blaming the victim”. A couple week ago I posted about our soldiers facing foreclosure, simply because they had the audacity to go and fight […]
Ed Rollins, former political director for Reagan and strategist for Huckabee, cuts through the BS and delivers some strong words for his party: The battle to be the “de facto leader” of this party is akin to the question of who wants to steer the Titanic after it hit the iceberg. Who represents the party […]
This is something we really need. It seems like, for all too long, we have had leaders worrying about their own ambitions instead of bettering the nation. Now we have a leader who thinks outside of the box. Obama has built an enormous wealth of information from the information he collected during his historic campaign. […]
I would love to see Obama approach Paul Krugman, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient in economy, and offer him an advisory position to the administration. Here’s part of Krugman’s latest: Right now, many commentators are urging Mr. Obama to think small. Some make the case on political grounds: America, they say, is still a conservative […]
Just now breaking – John McCain is “suspending his campaign” and wants the debate postponed due to the economic crisis. It should be interesting to see how this plays out. McCain says he wants both campaigns suspended until this “crisis is resolved”. Of course we don’t know when that will be. Could this be a […]