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July 2011

Posted by Katie Thompson on July 15, 2011 18 Comments

The Hispanic Republican Conference of the Texas House of Representatives endorsed Governor Rick Perry for President of the United States – before most anyone had even considered his running. Didn’t anyone tell them they aren’t even supposed to be Republicans? If Texas is any judge, it looks...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2011 4 Comments

Thanks to frequent commenter DINORightMarie who saw this bumper sticker in Virginia. The grainy texture adds a certain appropriate quality to the message, and the timing is impeccable, as regardless of how the debt negotiations turn out, this is pretty much what we're left with after 2 1/2...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2011 19 Comments

I just saw this advertisement on television and thought it was interesting that the American Postal Workers Union felt the need to take to the airwaves to tell people that it's not like those other public sector unions. I think this says a lot about public...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2011 9 Comments

Another good ad, this time from the RNC, running on cable: More please....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2011 28 Comments

Maybe this is why he picked the arbitrary August 2 deadline to increase the debt ceiling.  He doesn't want to miss his August 3 birthday fundraiser by having to spend time at work dealing with the likes of Eric Cantor.  Hey, there are priorities and then there are...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2011 22 Comments

Eric Cantor has been fighting the good fight for years.  Why not? Here's the audio (h/t Ace sidebar) of his account of the blow up with Obama yesterday: Eric Cantor on White House Debt Ceiling Talks by smalera...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2011 25 Comments

Yesterday Moody's issued a warning of a possible debt downgrade if the debt ceiling dispute created a situation in which the U.S. defaulted, even though Moody's acknowledged that "the risk is low." Obama is using the possible downgrade as a major bargaining chip in negotiations with Republicans, threatening...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2011 24 Comments

March 25, 2010: But Mr Obama was less inclined to be so conciliatory. He immediately presented Mr Netanyahu with a list of 13 demands designed both to the end the feud with his administration and to build Palestinian confidence ahead of the resumption of peace talks....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2011 20 Comments

Per ABC News, Obama stormed out of a meeting with Eric Cantor and others when Republicans suggested a short term solution to the debt ceiling dispute because the negotiations were still far apart: "Don't call my bluff," the president said. "I am not afraid to veto...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2011 31 Comments

As you know, I'm highly skeptical of polls showing Jews turning against Obama in substantial numbers.  So, in what may be a first, I'll have to agree with the Plum Line guys, Greg Sargent and Adam Serwer, about Jews and Obama. Jews are not going to vote against...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2011 10 Comments

The Billion Dollar Candidate is counting his dollars like he always does, while telling you how to spend yours.  I don't know about you, but I want these primaries to be over before they've begun, because I feel like we're watching the down card fights, and we're waiting...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2011 29 Comments

Isn't that what this all is about at this moment in time? We just have to last another 18 months and win the presidential election, and then our long national nightmare will come to an end.  Until then, we're just trying to limit the damage. Until he...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2011 4 Comments

A reminder from Bill Kristol (h/t commenter Mike Hinton) But even if [the McConnell plan] created a bad news day yesterday for Republicans, the good news is that it’s already yesterday’s news. It’s House Republicans—not Senate minority leader McConnell—who will control tomorrow’s news. It is dawn yet?  It was just a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2011 35 Comments

Obama is bluffing.  He so desperately wants to keep spending at high levels and to increase taxes that he is threatening to withhold social security checks from recipients. Republicans should take a reasonsble deal if it is available.  A structure of scaling back spending, even if...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2011 10 Comments

You will not see that headline.  Instead you will see headlines about Obama's blowout fundraising of $86 million combined for his campaign and the Democratic National Committee.  Of that amount, $47 million was for Obama's campaign. But as The NY Times notes deep down in its article...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2011 3 Comments

Sent by reader Karl who snapped the photo in Rochester Hills, MI, and who writes: I'm a long-time reader but I haven't registered for comments or anything; however, I was behind this bumper sticker and didn't recall ever seeing it on your list before. Thought you...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 12, 2011 34 Comments

Because the more I think about Mitch McConnell's proposal, the darker things are looking. I tried in my initial post to be fair and balanced, and not simply reactive.  But it's growing on me, and not in a good way. The good news is that 98% of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 12, 2011 23 Comments

Below is the video in which Mitch McConnell sets forth his proposal, and here is the WaPo analysis: McConnell’s proposal would have the effect of forcing Obama and congressional Democrats to take full responsibility for raising the debt limit, and require Democrats to vote on the...

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