–South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, taking full advantage of her importance in a key primary state, calling on prospective Republican presidential candidates to acknowledge her dispute with the National Labor Relations Board.
The front-page headlines continue to be about negotiations over long term deficits, Libya, Syria and Guantanamo. But the most consequential news to those gaming out the 2012 presidential race can be seen below. A sustained spike in gas prices through the summer of 2011 could be politically costly for President Obama. Another spike in the [...]
WikiLeaks drops Gitmo files, though revelations are few. The documents tell the story of what alleged plotters were doing on 9/11. The Washington Post reports out the slow death of the effort to close Guantanamo:
If Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke had a tank, I wouldn’t just be in it; I’d probably be the bouncer checking ID’s at the door. I wrote the 2009 Person of the Year profile that credited him with saving the global economy. I made the case for his confirmation for a second term, comparing the left-wing and [...]
Since Joe is lamenting the latest, terrible violence in Syria, I thought I’d update readers on what the White House is saying about any potential American action to support protesters in that corner of the revolting Arab world. Here’s an excerpt from White House press secretary Jay Carney’s gaggle aboard Air Force One today:
When the Obamas moved into the White House, Washington’s African-American religious communities were ecstatic. The White House was swamped with invitations to visit area churches, and every congregation hoped to land the First Family as church members. White House aides reportedly fanned out across the city, attending services and scouting churches that the Obamas might [...]
Andrew Sullivan is my friend. I admire many things about him, but given the superficialities of blog life, I sometimes forget just how fabulously profound he can be. This, on Good Friday, is a reminder.
A few years ago, when I was about to interview Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, I asked a US intelligence expert what he most wanted to know about Syria’s President. “We’d most like to know if he’s Michael or Fredo,” he said, referring to the Alpha and Omega brothers of the Corleone crime family. I came away [...]
