Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to run on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. All rights reserved. … [Read more...] about Death to Health Care
Some Republicans Now Edging Obama In Polls
A new poll now shows GOPers Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney getting close to Obama in polls. … [Read more...] about Some Republicans Now Edging Obama In Polls
Stop the Insanity!
Here's another example of the insane narrative emerging from Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts on Tuesday -- from a leading German publication, Der Spiegel: US President Barack Obama suffered a painful defeat in Massachusetts on Tuesday. With mid-term elections looming, it means that Obama will have to fundamentally re-think his political course. German commentators say … [Read more...] about Stop the Insanity!
Will Next Week See A Sunday Night Massacre For Obama’s Economic Team?
Ever since the beginning days of his Administration, Obama has had an official economic team led by Treasury Secretary Geithner/Advisor Larry Summers and an unofficial economic advisory team led by Paul Volcker. Geithner/Summers are pro-financial consolidation and believe the government should spend its efforts into keeping asset prices up and liquidity cheap, and the real … [Read more...] about Will Next Week See A Sunday Night Massacre For Obama’s Economic Team?
In a Nation of Incrementalists
Earlier this week, Andrew Sullivan published a round up of reader reactions to what happened in Massachusetts. This excerpt, from a Canadian reader's comment, stuck with me ... I cannot understand how the American public can forget the Republican record so quickly. We all knew that the Democrats would not govern perfectly, but how can a president that won such a landslide … [Read more...] about In a Nation of Incrementalists
Policy-Making and the Court
In writing a post at my blog (PoliBlog) I noted the following in a footnote: “yes, there is a difference between legislative actions and judicial ones, but in the end they sum together to make public policy” and it made me think of the following statement by Sonia Sotomayor when she was on the Court of Appeals (from a video of a conference—see here): “…Court of … [Read more...] about Policy-Making and the Court
Activist Judges are Terrible
Unless they benefit your side and then you say nothing.. … [Read more...] about Activist Judges are Terrible
Quote of the Day: the “Anti-Human Supreme Court”
Our political Quote of the Day comes from journalist/blogger Rick Heller who looks at the recent Supreme Court ruling on campaign spending and corporations in a post on The New Humanism blog that must be read in full. Here are a few key parts of it: So the Court, in fact, decided that to distinguish between human beings and corporations was discriminatory and … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: the “Anti-Human Supreme Court”
When Speech Isn’t and Money Is
The battle lines were immediately drawn following the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down certain restrictions on corporate spending in political campaigns. Many conservatives, particularly Republicans, cheered the decision as a victory for free speech. More liberal observers, as echoed by the President, decried the ruling as a “stampede of special interest money in our … [Read more...] about When Speech Isn’t and Money Is
Platform du Jour
Mike Keefe, The Denver Post This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to appear on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. All rights reserved. … [Read more...] about Platform du Jour
Blue Dogs Have the Power, Don’t Want the Responsibility
Matthew Yglesias is frustrated with conservative Democrats who influence party direction and then blame progressives for the results (emphasis is in original): … [Read more...] about Blue Dogs Have the Power, Don’t Want the Responsibility
Washington DC is out of touch with reality
Americans are angry with both political parties and their President because they see Washington DC operating in an alternate reality completely removed from the rest of the country and world. During all of 2009, unemployment steadily increased to “unprecedented” levels (to use a favorite word of the President). Growing under-employment, despondency by many long-term … [Read more...] about Washington DC is out of touch with reality
Awful Terrible
Full disclosure: This cartoon is a confessional. … [Read more...] about Awful Terrible
So Obama Would Lose To Any Republican Now?
The Teapot Heard Round the World
RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to run on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. All rights reserved. … [Read more...] about The Teapot Heard Round the World
Marc Thiessen Defends Waterboarding on CNN
UPDATED WITH PART 2 OF CNN INTERVIEW. Marc Thiessen was on CNN yesterday to promote his new book, which judging from the title -- Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama Is Inviting the Next Attack -- and the buzz about it on the right, is a 376-page defense of torture. He and Philippe Sands, the British author of Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and … [Read more...] about Marc Thiessen Defends Waterboarding on CNN
Larry Lessig: Break The Link Between Money & Results
"Never in the history of Congress has faith in it or its work been as low. Indeed, more people likely supported the British Crown at the time of the revolution than support this congress today." That from Larry Lessig's 8 minutes on Obama's first year (video above), authored just days before this afternoon's Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. FEC. Full text pdf, … [Read more...] about Larry Lessig: Break The Link Between Money & Results
Some of Rush Limbaugh’s Best Friends are Jews
No doubt. Limbaugh is lowering the bar so low that polar bears are lining up for drinks. … [Read more...] about Some of Rush Limbaugh’s Best Friends are Jews
Progressive Talk Air America Bites the Dust
Air America, the progressive talk radio network that was created to try and provide ideological counter programming to conservative talk, has now officially bitten the dust: Air America, the long-suffering progressive talk radio network, abruptly shut down on Thursday, bowing to what it called a “very difficult economic environment.” The chairman of Air America Media, … [Read more...] about Progressive Talk Air America Bites the Dust
Democrats Caught In Jaws Of Murphy’s Law
Will Rogers, America's beloved humorist of the 1930s, claimed he was not a member of any organized political party. "I'm a Democrat," he quipped to the guffaws of his Great Depression audiences. Today's Democrats find themselves still disorganized but also the victims of Murphy's Law: When things go bad, they're only going to get worse. The pinnacle of what's gone haywire … [Read more...] about Democrats Caught In Jaws Of Murphy’s Law