Bruce Crumley writes about one of the most truly remarkable performances I have ever seen by a politician.
On behalf of a plane-stuck Karen Tumulty Network guy on plane (third hour on tarmac) has gone from playing Edith Piaf to Don’t Worry Be Happy. Need way more wine. Which, by the way, isn’t French.
On behalf of a plane-stuck Karen Tumulty A few hours in Paris, all spent on tarmacs and filing rooms. We are now stuck in the plane and one of the network guys is trying to make us feel better by playing Edith Piaf on the loudspeaker of his iPod. I’m living the dream. Meanwhile, Sarkozy [...]
Following up on Joe’s comments from the other day — and on the hubbub McCain’s comments have caused in the blogosphere — allow me to present two widely divergent responses to the idea that the “so-called ‘surge’” inculcated/encouraged/allowed the “Anbar Awakening.” First, McCain says when he said “surge” he didn’t mean “surge,” he meant “a [...]
1. Jay Leno does the Veep thing: ““Well, it was leaked … John McCain could be leaning towards [Minnesota governor] Tim Pawlenty. I know what you’re thinking – THE Tim Pawlenty? [Laughter] Apparently, McCain wants to lower his profile even more. [Laughter] I’m not even sure who Pawlenty was. And so I Googled him and [...]
Krauthammer has a column today that is absolutely correct about Nouri al-Maliki’s reasons for giving Barack Obama a boost this week…and also revealing about the central absurdity of the McCain-neocon line on Iraq. Maliki, you see, wants Obama to become President because he’d been an easier mark in the negotiations about the long-term relationship between [...]
