British Petroleum is about to try and plug the leak with a never-tried-at-this-depth procedure called a “top kill” which essentially dumps upwards of 50,000 barrels of drilling mud on top of the leak followed by cement to plug it permanently. You can watch this process live over the next two days here. The risks are [...]
Pete Wehner, the former Bush Assistant Commissar for Pretentious Propaganda, has taken a break from his near-daily attacks on E.J. Dionne to predict once again, the imminent collapse of the Obama Administration: The Obama presidency is struggling badly right now — and things will, I think, get worse rather than better. The cause for this? [...]
Sure, he’s a loooooooong way from, um, winning — or even being in a position to win. But he’s had a good month and his poll numbers are finally going slightly north. On the other hand, they could’ve hardly gotten worse. A webstory today from me.
A small, but fascinating debate over journalistic methods was ignited this week after Sarah Palin’s announcement that a leering snooper has moved in next door to her home in Alaska. On her Facebook page Monday, Palin wrote that this “new neighbor” rented a house next to hers and that he’s “overlooking Piper’s bedroom, my little [...]
The website of a South Carolina blogger who has confessed to an “inappropriate physical relationship” with Republican candidate for governor, Nikki Haley, has now published reams of electronic messages that certainly suggest the Haley campaign, which has denied the allegations, thought something was going on. At one point, according to the messages, the Haley campaign [...]
The repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell hit a speed bump today in the Senate with Lindsey Graham, a senior member on the Armed Services Committee and a Republican the Dems had been hoping Joe Lieberman could lure, coming out against the deal. Dems will need at least one Republican* — and likely a few [...]
–A week after taking a trolley ride across the south lawn of the White House with the Mexican President (see above) Obama announced plans to send 1,200 National Guard troops (and spend $500 million) to the Southern Border. John “Dang Fence” McCain says it’s not enough. He wants at least 6,000 troops, which would cost [...]
