The Albany Times-Union tells us: This just in from Columbia County: when Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s absentee ballot came up in the queue, the poll watchers for Jim Tedisco objected to it, saying the senator was in the county on election day and should have voted in person. I just checked the New York Board of [...]
From our White House Photo Blog. Because, really, who couldn’t use a little puppy in their day?
Was quite good, I thought. Ezra Klein nails it here. In the welter of standard media events and promotions–the White House release of an elaborate pirate tick-tock, for example–there is also a steady effort by the President to speak to us as if we were adults. I’m not sure how much of an impact it’s [...]
Jay Newton-Small (who is on a plane at the moment, and unable to post this herself) explores that question in this story, just posted on TIME.com: Bottom, of course, is a subjective term. But most Republican strategists claim to see at least a few signs of new life, even if a spring awakening is still [...]
Can’t wait to see all the over-the-top reactions from the right about this decision of the Obama Administration to lift the Bush Administration’s precondition that the Iranians stop processing nuclear fuel before we engage them in negotiations over their nuclear program. Three points: 1. There should be no surprise here: this is precisely what Obama promised [...]
There is something to be said for telling the whole story all at once. So Obama went to Georgetown today to sum up the entire sweep of his domestic agenda, and to rebut his various critics, all in one great volume of words. The thematic kicker: For too long, too many in Washington put off [...]
Yes, as Joe notes below, it appears that the conclusion of that never-ending Minnesota recount may finally be in sight. But, hey, we’ve always got the special election in NY-20, right? The Hill reports a late surge of absentee ballots from Columbia and Warren counties has upped the lead of Democrat Scott Murphy to a [...]
I am pretty sure national cable has never before had so much sexual innuendo squeezed into one 8-minute segment as Rachel Maddow squeezed into this recent segment, with the help of Swampland founder Ana Marie Cox, of course. The following clip displays all the juicy niblets, including the moment when Ana asks “Who wouldn’t want [...]
Enough already. Even Joe Scarborough thinks so. It is time the people of Minnesota had their full compliment of U.S. Senators.
Time to reverse the shorthand, I think. Pakistan is seeming more and more a mess. Two reports today. This one, in the New York Times, is particularly scary: the Taliban and assorted Punjabi militants are making common cause, which presents a real threat to the Pakistani heartland. Also, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that [...]
