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Sounds like Obama will not call his own bluff

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2011 35 Comments

Obama just held his third press conference in two weeks, and he's still pushing for the big deal which includes increased taxes, and still playing the class warfare card very hard. Given the past two and one-half years, we definitely are in fantasy land where...

House Republican Presser: Next week is “cut, cap and balance”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2011 20 Comments

"The President needs to put a plan on the table." That was the message at the Republican House press conference this morning, as multiple House Reps stepped to the microphone. This really is the heart of the problem. The House Republicans have passed a...

“Call his bluff” is the new “Yes we can”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2011 13 Comments

"It was not the fault of the Captain of the Titanic." Really? I think the survivors might disagree. Which is why Obama will not call his own bluff. Ever since Obama offered that challenge to Eric Cantor, the chorus of people calling for Obama's bluff to be called is...

Can Rick Perry pull off a Hispanic Republican revolution?

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...

Chump change

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...

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Postal Workers Union: We’re not like those other public sector unions

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...

More more please

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

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

Huge Obama birthday fundraiser day after debt ceiling deadline

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...

Is it too early to talk about Eric Cantor for V.P.?

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...

We already were headed for a downgrade because of too much, not too little, debt

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...

Eric Cantor gets the Bibi Netanyahu treatment

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....

“Don’t call my bluff,” the president said.

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...

The Plum Line Guys Are Right About Jews and Obama

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...

Waiting for the Prize Fight

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...

Keeping hope alive

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...

Good News!

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...

Call his bluff

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...