Yet another sign of the times. From Kathy, taken near Gainesville, FL: ...
Hey, you know who is to blame for Elizabeth Warren's false claim to be Cherokee? Definitely not Elizabeth Warren if you are a defender of Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts. No, this is far deeper and vaster than Elizabeth Warren, it goes well into the world of "right wing extremists" according...
The hot news today was a story at National Journal about how the Romney campaign supposedly was Declaring Cease Fire on Health Care: In the aftermath of the Supreme Court health care ruling, the early conventional wisdom was that an unfavorable health care ruling at the...
It may seem counter-intuitive, but Upstate New York (the NY flyover country) is a key to holding the House, and will form a core of Operation Counterweight. In 2010, Republicans picked up several seats upstate; redistricting has caused the loss of one upstate seat (and...
Mia B. Love appeared on MSNBC today, and it was a pretty fair segment. As noted here before, while Jim Matheson is beatable, it's not going to be easy. Matheson falsely portrays himself as a moderate. That "outside money" rolling in mentioned at the end will not...
I guess that doesn't surprise me. Also, does Christie thread the needle on the tax/penalty issue? Or just muddle things even more? (not his fault, really) Via Mediaite: Sure. Yeah. I mean, listen, I thought all along that it was a tax. And I don’t think it’s exclusively...
It's the biggest case of them all. From reader KGB: Not a bumper sticker, I know, but an interesting campaign sign I came across in East Randolph, NY, while out for a Sunday drive. I don't know if this is a stock phrase being used around the...
A reader writes (emphasis mine): Devoted, and unregistered, reader, first time emailer. It seems the GOP has a "Read my lips" moment here with Obama promising no tax increase. The ad practically writes itself. I guess they'd never throw Bush I under the bus with the juxtaposition,...
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Reader Tom sent me this link to Charlie Cook's assessment of the presidential campaign about a week ago, just before the Obamcare decision (emphasis mine): We are past the point where Obama can win a referendum election, regardless of whether it is on him or the...
Saving Obamacare by calling a penalty a tax has created all sorts of political contortions. What if the Supreme Court had called a dog a cat, would we then be required to call a dog a cat, particularly if it were better for us? That's where we...
In one of the oddest and most uncomfortable moments of Elizabeth Warren's defense of her claim to be Cherokee, Warren invoked her Aunt Bea, who allegedly told the story a thousand times about how Aunt Bea's father (Warren's grandfather, whom Warren referred to as her...
A question which really didn't need to be asked, Why Is Nobody Listening to Jimmy Carter's Searing Critique of America? If you told the average American that there was a very powerful politician who, after leaving office, tried to speak out when his conscience was bothered...
From reader Bronwyn: I saw this car at the Medical Center in Orange County, CA. I know our county leans more right than the rest of California, but with all the depressing news about our state I found this car a slight glimmer of hope. Although,...
Anyone who has seen Elizabeth Warren deal with the Cherokee issue knows the routine -- immediately change the subject, answer the question you wanted asked not the question actually asked, keep talking rapidly, and most of all, act as if you have not just been...
On its face, Chief Justice John Roberts' Obamacare decision was a strange bird. A mandate to purchase a product from a private company under penalty for non-compliance, which did not purport to be a revenue measure and which was enacted politically only because it was not...
