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At least a writer at New York Magazine thinks it was. The incident, in which Mitt Romney and his wife were confronted (and had a punch thrown at them) on an airplane, took place after Romney asked a passenger in front of him to...
Hotline OnCall has retracted its prior report that d'Ippolito has the signatures needed: IN Dem Misses The Deadline---------------------------------------------It looks like the left-wing of the Democratic Party will get the candidate it wants as party nominee to replace Evan Bayh. According to Hotline OnCall, Tamyra d'Ippolito...
A top Hamas official linked to the arms trade with Iran was assassinated in Dubai. Everyone assumes it was the Israelis.Dubai officials announced that they had identified the group of assailants, and even published photos, names, and nationalities, based on the passports.Uh, not so fast....
The Democratic base has convinced itself that the problem is that Obama has not succeeded in passing health care legislation and other items on his agenda. The possibility that their agenda is being rejected by voters never enters their minds.Here's a pretty good analysis of...
Good news. The NY Times is reporting that the second in command of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Baradar, has been captured in Pakistan.The capture was undertaken by the Pakistanis with help from the CIA:Details of the raid remain murky, but officials said that it had...
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The latest in the "how do they think this stuff up" series, Matthew Yglesias on the new definition of immorality, namely, doing something which hurts the Democratic Party (emphasis mine):Obviously, Evan Bayh’s never been my favorite Senator. And the more one learns about both the manner...
The Internet hasn't had this much fun since Arlen Specter jumped off the Republican ship onto the sinking Democratic ship last April.Now we get to watch the leading lights of the Democratic base attack Evan Bayh on his way out. I guess they just weren't that...
Via Hotline OnCall:Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) will not seek a 3rd term in the Senate next year, according to a Dem source, handing Dems yet another setback as they struggle to salvage their damaged ship.Bayh, elected statewide 5 times, will become the 5th Senate Dem...
I was reading, and rather enjoying, Bob Cesca's rant (Time for the Democrats to Get Loud and Fearless) at HuffPo. The post was about -- get ready for this because you've probably never heard this before -- how stupid Sarah Palin is and how mean...
On November 29, 2008, in the wake of the Mumbai massacre and the election of Barack Obama (no connection drawn, just historically close in time), I wrote of the dilemma faced on whether to kill or capture terrorists: Giving Terrorists "Rights" May Lead To More...
William Lynch, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Rhode Island for the past decade, has thrown his hat into the ring to run to replace Patrick Kennedy.Please, please let Lynch get the Democratic nomination. Lynch is so deeply part of the problem, has opposed almost...
The death of Obamacare has been predicted many times. But such reports were premature, at least if Obama has his way.The upcoming "bipartisan" summit on health care demonstrates that Obamacare is attempting to rise from the Congressional grave.So committed is Obama to his vision of...
This is the latest in the Saturday Night Card Game series on the use of the race card for political gain:Charles Ogletree is a Professor at Harvard Law School. Ogletree who is black, has decided that to call Barack Obama "professor" has racist connotations: Speaking...
When Sarah Palin wrote a few words on her hand during a speech, the left-wing blogs went wild with the sexually suggestive "hand job" analogy, as I documented in my post Palin Exposes Misogyny In The Democratic Base, Again.Now California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein (B.A. in...
Amy Bishop, who killed three fellow professors at the University of Alabama - Huntsville because she was denied tenure, obviously was a disturbed person. Her politics, whatever they may have been, are irrelevant. She did the crime, and now she needs to do the time...
