Robert Gibbs has issued a statement trying to walk back his critique of the “professional left” in an interview with The Hill. Here’s Gibbs statement (via The Plum Line) I watch too much cable, I admit. Day after day it gets frustrating. Yesterday I watched as someone called legislation to prevent teacher layoffs a bailout […]
Jane Hamsher blogging today asks: Will Salazar Let BP Wait 20 Years To Compensate Gulf Fishermen? What she is referring to is the 20 years it took for compensation to come out from the Exxon-Valdez spill. The problem is this wasn’t because of the executive branch or any administration. Jane even states the reason for […]
So I start my morning peruse of the blogosphere and see this at Glenn Reynolds’ site: BRITISH: “Special Relationship” with U.S. Is Dead. UPDATE: Reader Paul Jackson writes: Who could have foreseen that the president who follows Obama will have to hit the reset button…..with Great Britain and Israel!!! And the list may grow longer, […]
This morning on MSNBC Erin Burnett was talking about the FCC releasing their plan this week to increase the nation’s broadband speeds and penetration. During the segment she pointed to a new report stating that we are #18 when it comes to internet speed. Romania even beats us out. Is it any wonder that we […]
So much contention over the past several days has occurred within the progressive blogosphere. It’s time to do another post calling it out. First on the agenda is the issue of President Obama saying that he never campaigned on the public option. This was a false claim, no matter how some want to spin it. […]
As I mentioned earlier, a major contributing factor to the huge loss Creigh Deeds suffered last night was from the fact that he ended up running against the Democratic agenda. Markos gives some needed warning to the Democrats on what happened last night: Giving Republicans cover by stymying the reform agenda that won Democrats the […]
It seems like the general consensus amongst the pundits regarding John’s big moment is the same feeling I had watching it – yawn. He didn’t lay out a single policy, and instead stayed on his “change” platform. Funny – it seems like every Republican has said that since I can remember. As matter of fact […]
There is a big discussion going on here in Ohio right now. At the center of the discussion is pending legislation called Kristin’s Law. This new law will require sexual predators to have green license plates on their vehicles. Last night Anderson Cooper had Kevin Coulghlin, the state senator who wrote this legislation, to discuss […]