Politico‘s solid piece on Mitt Romney’s 2012 strategy includes this passage: Much will depend on the still-unsettled primary calendar and the eventual field of candidates. But the former Massachusetts governor’s aim, according to multiple aides and advisers, is to exceed expectations his team is working feverishly to lower in Iowa, to come back strong with [...]
–Secretaries Clinton and Gates will brief Congress on Libya next week. Is there a legal reason not to call it war? –Speaker Boehner is reportedly convinced a bipartisan budget deal — that is to say, one without the GOP’s coveted restrictions on various federal agencies that Dems are unlikely to ever accept – would lead [...]
Several have noted Gingrich’s “evolving” position on intervention in Libya over the last few days. In a bit of policy gymnastics labeled “an epic flip-flop” by Taegan Goddard, Gingrich first said on March 7: “Exercise a no-fly zone this evening, communicate to the Libyan military that Gadhafi was gone and that the sooner they switch [...]
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Obama Administration officials will hold a classified briefing for members of Congress on Wednesday, a session scheduled as criticism of the President’s handling of the Libyan conflict builds to a crescendo. As Obama returned from his Latin American swing yesterday afternoon, House Speaker John Boehner released a letter that raises a series of questions about [...]
Massimo has a sharp piece in our new issue about United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice, one of the key Obama administration voices for intervention in Libya. In it, he refers to the remorse Rice has expressed for not doing more, as a Clinton White House staffer, to prevent the Rwandan genocide. As it happens, one [...]
By Mike Murphy Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann is now threatening us with the idea of exploring a Presidential race, it was announced today. Well first, enough with the exploratory committees. They are a tired gimmick in Presidential races. Just admit you are running, or don’t run. As per a Michele Bachmann candidacy, this is good [...]
The Washington Post this morning, citing U.S. Treasury officials, reports that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi holds about $6.5 billion in gold in his country. This made me want to play with a calculator. The current price of gold is about $1,441 an ounce. A gold treasure worth $6.5 billion suggests Gaddafi holds something in the [...]
President Obama argues that the Unites States was compelled to act in Libya because of Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s brutality against civilians in his own country. Speaking in El Salvador on Tuesday, Obama blasted Gaddafi as a brutal dictator who is “threatening his people.” The President said the Unites States acted, in part, to “make sure [...]
