I finally get a morning to sit here, drink some coffee and watch a little early news. I turn on Morning Joe and have heard one theme all morning – the White House fell for an edited video posted on the web by Andrew Breitbart. Joe Scarborough has been on fire blasting the White House […]
I meant to hit this story yesterday. It also exemplifies the problems I’ve posted about in the past when it comes to MSNBC. Markos and Joe Scarborough got into a little Twitter back and forth a couple of months ago: JoeNBC: The Sestak story is as unbelievable a cover story as Nixon throwing little Checkers […]
From an AP breaking news alert: NEW ORLEANS (AP) Judge blocks offshore drilling moratorium imposed by Obama administration after Gulf spill. It’s interesting how the administration is supposed to be so in charge of offshore drilling, yet they can’t stop it. UPDATE Here’s another breaking alert: WASHINGTON (AP) White House: Administration will appeal ruling against […]
Unbelievable: Congressional Democrats and the White House are toying with different ways to force BP to cover the costs of damages from the Gulf oil spill. But they face stiff opposition from industry…and it seems leading Republicans. In response to a question from TPMDC, House Minority Leader John Boehner said he believes taxpayers should help […]
First we had some anonymous White House official blasting labor for supporting Bill Halter in the Arkansas Democratic Primary. Now we got some other senior Democrat doing the same. From Sam Stein: Another senior Democrat (who also would not be quoted by name) echoed the point in an exchange with the Huffington Post. “Labor is […]
Now that Blanche Lincoln has been able to hold onto her job, we are to expect little jabs from the right on how “the progressives lost big tonight”. That, despite being untrue, is to be expected, but this is not: A senior White House official just called me with a very pointed message for the […]
In about 10 minutes the White House will hold a joint press briefing with Robert Gibbs and Thad Allen, in what is probably the start of a much more out front White House when it comes to the spill: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs’s briefing, which normally comes in the afternoon, takes place at […]
There has been non-stop talk this week about Joe Sestak’s job offer by the Obama administration if he wouldn’t run against Arlen Specter. Now we have some answers: Senior White House advisers asked former President Bill Clinton to talk to Joe Sestak about whether he was serious about running for Senate, and to feel out […]
From the article I posted early about oil entering the marshes comes this very troublesome tidbit: When CBS News tried to reach the beach, covered in oil, a boat of BP contractors with two Coast Guard officers on board told us to turn around under threat of arrest. Coast Guard officials said they are looking […]
The son of the vice-President has suffered a mild stroke according to the White House. Doctor’s are expecting Biden’s oldest son to fully recover. Please keep them in your thoughts.