In the Arena

Why Drudge is a Disgrace

I know this is old news, but this guy is shameless. The headline, with a photo of a three-quarters crazed Hillary, is HEALTH INSURANCE PROOF REQUIRED FOR WORK but the linked story says this: At this point, we don’t have anything punitive that we have proposed,” the presidential candidate said in an interview with The [...]

Well, so much for THAT endorsement…

This comes to us by way of Marc Ambinder: “Thank you AFSCME!” That was how New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson closed his speech to the SEIU membership in Washington today. SEIU is many things, but it is not AFSCME — the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. AFSCME is, in many states, an [...]

Daily Jumble: Heidi-and-Spencer Free Edition

Also just kind of news-free… Getting ready to head to NYC, and laundry hasn’t been done since, oh, Memorial Day. Please feel even more free than usual to use the comment section to suggest what we should be paying attention to. • “We find it unfortunate that Mr. Romney misappropriated the image and good will [...]

More on Health Care: The Obama Reply

The Barack Obama campaign takes issue with a couple of points I made in yesterday’s story. By e-mail comes this from ever-vigilant Obama spokesman Bill Burton: I note that in your story that you write our plan isn’t universal because it doesn’t include a mandate – a suggestion we fundamentally reject. Our plan will cover [...]

Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue

Ladies and gentlemen, Michael “the level of casualties is secondary” Ledeen went to a Toby Keith concert over the weekend, and it proved to him that, damnit, don’t listen to those phony troop-hating, America-surrendering leftists, TOBY KEITH FANS — that is, REAL AMERICANS — LOVE WAR. GRRRRR! It’s great to get out of the Washington [...]