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 […]
From TPM: “As I look back it was a waste of time dealing with [Snowe],” Reid is quoted as saying about the White House in a forthcoming New York Times Magazine piece, “because she had no intention of ever working anything out.” I really wonder if Harry Reid actually knows how politics work. Arlen Specter […]
Last week I posted a list of states slated to gain and lose congressional seats in the upcoming election. While doing that post, my inner geek had me focusing on the numbers and I totally missed this part: Minnesota (-1): Open seat in 2010; state Senate 46 D, 21 R; state House 87 D, 47 […]
Wow the birther queen is crazier than we thought: What is the real intention of this Kenyan, Indonesian communist usurper? Is it to provide security for us or to destroy our security? Judge for yourself. Seeing targeted destruction of our economy, our security, dissipation of American jobs, massive corruption in the Government, Congress Department of […]
That’s how much birther attorney Orly Taitz has been fined by a judge: Reached on her cell phone by TPMmuckraker and informed of the $20,000 fine imposed on her by a federal judge this morning, Birther attorney Orly Taitz responded, first, with laughter. “So he didn’t recuse himself?” Taitz asked, after letting out an extended, […]
We are rapidly losing jobs. The economy is on the brink. This week has been no better, yet Republican leadership continues to play games with the stimulus bill. Here’s how the Democrats need to proceed on it. The stimulus package has strong public support, while the Republican leaders opposing it have some of the lowest […]
Last night President (shiver) Obama ordered the prosecutors at Gitmo to halt all cases for 120 days. Most likely this is so he can figure out what to do with the inmates and finally close down the black eye of the beacon of freedom. One of the big arguments about Obama closing down Gitmo is […]
After watching John McCain try to calm down his crowds yesterday, I ended up having some reservations. I’m not saying McCain isn’t serious about what he is saying, but I am now wondering if he is in control of his campaign. His campaign aides were out just a couple hours before supporting the violent calls […]
Hillary has constantly talked about her Bosnia trip as First Lady and “landing under sniper fire”. She started that months ago and continued it this week: I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down […]
Yesterday the wingnuts were quick to pin the blame of the Times Square bombing on the “anti-war left”. Now news comes out that the “anti-war” letters received by members of Congress yesterday was not connected to the bombing: There’s apparently no link between the bombing of an military recruiting station in New York’s Times Square […]