Yesterday Bill Clinton gave some advice to President Obama on his next pick for the Supreme Court: S”But it’s not predictable. I’d like to see him put someone in there, late 40s, early 50s, on the court and someone with a lot of energy for the job.” Clinton said his wife would be “great” at […]
That’s the cost of the House health care bill. The full CBO report isn’t out yet, but it should be rather soon now. The Hill has some other early numbers: The nonpartisan budget office told lawmakers that the health bill set for a vote this weekend would cut the deficit by $130 billion over the […]
We hear the phrase “24 hour news cycle” an awful lot, but in reality we don’t have a 24 hour news cycle. Instead this decade has seen a 24 hour news cycle evolve into a 24 hour opinion cycle. Take the case of my previous post of Mary Matalin claiming that Bush inherited 9/11 and […]
I was just reading the following blog post: The days of building your precious DVD collection may be coming to an end sooner than you think. If Netflix CEO Reed Hastings’ comments are any guide, the DVD era may be set to come to a rather abrupt halt. Specifically, Hastings said in an interview with […]
Again some more loving from Bush for our vets: A top White House official weighed in Thursday with renewed veto threats against rival House and Senate Iraq funding bills, saying add-ons for veterans and the unemployed were unacceptable. Most significantly, Jim Nussle, director of the White House budget office, said that a plan by House […]
OK I think we have now seen enough of Bush to last the next decade. From his televised radio address on Saturday to his prime time speech last night I was already tired of him. Today though, I got an extra dose. Bush decided to surprise people with a press conference. He actually used this […]