[Editor's Note: I've just finished reading Samuel L. Popkin's must-read new book The Candidate: What It Takes to Win – and Hold – the White House -- which will reviewed on TMV at a later date. If you read what Popkin has said about what it takes incumbents to hold on to the White House, Obama is not on track, which he also noted recently to The Daily Beast's Eleanor Clift. … [Read more...] about Five Pivotal Moments from Incumbent Campaigns (Guest Voice)
Better Place
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Trying to Tune Out on 2012
Unawareness would be a gift in times like these--a blessing to rinse the mind of Mitt Romney, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell and their content-free daily kneejerks as well as pathetic it-could-be-worse defenses of Barack Obama and Joe Biden. If old age is a shipwreck, an inner voice wheedles, just sit on the sand and stop sending messages in a bottle. On a Netflix life raft, … [Read more...] about Trying to Tune Out on 2012
Syria – There Are No Good Guys
John Rosenthal of NRO reports that the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung is reporting that anti-Assad Sunni rebels are responsible for the Houla massacre. According to the article’s sources, the massacre occurred after rebel forces attacked three army-controlled roadblocks outside of Houla. The roadblocks had been set up to protect nearby Alawi majority villages from … [Read more...] about Syria – There Are No Good Guys
American Cyberwar on Iran
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The Civil War Border States and the Purple States of 2012
Nowhere was the Civil War more hotly contested - militarily, culturally and politically - than the northernmost tier of slave states that remained loyal to the Union, especially Kentucky and Missouri. President Lincoln famously remarked "I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game. Kentucky gone, we can not hold Missouri, nor, as I think, Maryland. … [Read more...] about The Civil War Border States and the Purple States of 2012
Pirates, Puritans and U.S. Immigration (La Jornada, Mexico)
Is there something so unjust about the way the U.S. benefits from undocumented immigrants, and at the same time demonizes them mercilessly, that the average American should be red-faced embarrassed? Writing for Mexico's La Jornada, Dr. Jorge Durand of the University of Guadalajara'S Department for the Study of Social Movements, lays out the hypocrisy and inherent inhumanity of … [Read more...] about Pirates, Puritans and U.S. Immigration (La Jornada, Mexico)
Some Great Music to Start Off Your Weekend
Here's some great music to start off your weekend. A Lover's Concerto as performed by the immortal Mrs. Miller: … [Read more...] about Some Great Music to Start Off Your Weekend
Fat City
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GOP Has Latino Options (Guest Voice)
GOP Has Latino Options by Michael Reagan No wonder Republicans can't even get 40 percent of Latino votes in a presidential election. When Mitt Romney made his first big push to appeal to Latinos earlier this week in Texas, he hammered the "Obama economy" for being "particularly hard on Hispanic businesses and Hispanic Americans." He pointed out the grim statistics -- … [Read more...] about GOP Has Latino Options (Guest Voice)
The Age of Miracles (Guest Voice)
The Age of Miracles by David Goodloe My father had a heart attack on Sunday. There was a time in my life when a heart attack or a diagnosis of cancer was the same as a death sentence. But, in my lifetime, I have seen so many conditions that conventional wisdom once regarded as terminal reduced to survivable by the march of medical science. My father is a prime … [Read more...] about The Age of Miracles (Guest Voice)
Greek Debt
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The Silliness of P.C.: Some Audience Members Shocked at Don Rickles Un-P.C. Obama Joke
I truly never thought I'd see this day. Really. Honestly. Apparently it is now shocking that veteran comedian Don Rickles made a ...now get ready...don't go into shock....don't be stunned...if you have a pacemaker make sure it's charged up.... a POLITICALLY INCORRECT JOKE, this time about Barack Obama. It people in the audience were in any way shocked or put off then: -- … [Read more...] about The Silliness of P.C.: Some Audience Members Shocked at Don Rickles Un-P.C. Obama Joke
Quote of the Day: Andrew Sullivan on Barack Obama’s Truly Terrible Week
Our political Quote of the Day comes from Andrew Sullivan, on President Barack Obama's truly terrible week -- a week when the narrative has now definitively shifted to Obama and the Democrats being in disarray and not even on the defensive: just, plain scrambling to stop the political bleeding (some of it self-inflicted). As the GOP seems more unified and more politically … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: Andrew Sullivan on Barack Obama’s Truly Terrible Week
President Komorowski Thanks Obama for Helping Dispel ‘Vicious, Unjustified Language’ (Dziennik, Poland)
Can the issue of President Obama's gaffe over 'Polish Death Camps' now be declared closed? According to this news item from Poland's Dziennik, after receiving a letter from President Obama expressing 'regret' for the error, President Bronislaw Komorowski, while advising critics in Poland's National Assembly to write to their U.S. counterparts if they wish, said that for his … [Read more...] about President Komorowski Thanks Obama for Helping Dispel ‘Vicious, Unjustified Language’ (Dziennik, Poland)
Panetta Spills Beans on Obvious: U.S. Handing Afghanistan to India (The Frontier Post, Pakistan)
With the departure of America and NATO from Afghanistan, will Afghanistan's neighbors pull together in the interests of the entire region and work toward a brighter future for that war-blighted nation? Under the contary. Rather than promising greater India-Pakistan cooperation, this editorial from Pakistan's Frontier Post suggests that Afghanistan is set to worsen as a flash … [Read more...] about Panetta Spills Beans on Obvious: U.S. Handing Afghanistan to India (The Frontier Post, Pakistan)
Defense Update — Chairman of JCS Critical of Administration’s Lack of Military Direction on Syria (Updated/‘Corrected’ by ‘The Hill’)
U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signs a guest book at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, during his recent visit there. DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen UPDATE: The Hill has now “corrected” the story. Followed by a “Story was corrected at 2:22pm to accurately reflect comments made by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff … [Read more...] about Defense Update — Chairman of JCS Critical of Administration’s Lack of Military Direction on Syria (Updated/‘Corrected’ by ‘The Hill’)
Spain’s Economic Recovery’s Biggest Hurdle: Public Trust?
Is one of the biggest hurdles to Spain's economic recovery recovering public trust? The Christian Science Monitor: As Spain keeps the world economy on edge while it scrambles to recapitalize its once-mighty financial sector, it’s losing hold of perhaps its most important asset: citizens’ trust. "Too-big-to-fail” Spain appears to have averted a complete economic meltdown … [Read more...] about Spain’s Economic Recovery’s Biggest Hurdle: Public Trust?
UEFA euro 2012
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Brett Kimberlin Should Still Be in Prison
I lived in Indiana from 1976-2000. I thought that Brett Kimberlin was still in prison and was disappointed to read that he is not. I suspect that most Indiana residents agree with me. I am a liberal, center-left Democrat and want folks to know that Brett Kimberlin does not represent me in any way, shape, or form. … [Read more...] about Brett Kimberlin Should Still Be in Prison