Two U.S. Presidents, the State Department and the Justice Department, an assortment of diplomats, military brass, and former judges all want the State of Texas to delay the scheduled July 7 execution of Humberto Leal Garcia Jr. But that may not be enough.
President Obama’s top economic adviser, Austan Goolsbee, is leaving the administration to return to the University of Chicago, the White House announced Monday night. It’s odd timing (or maybe not) given that nearly every bit of economic data that has come out in the last two weeks has been negative. There is now a very [...]
Disapproval of Obama’s handling of the economy reaches new highs in a Washington Post/ABC News poll. Twice as many American now say the country is on the wrong track than on the right one. (However, support for the effort in Afghanistan ticks up.) Austan Goolsbee, one of President Obama’s more effective communicators on the economy, [...]
The first crush of the crowd was toward the accuser, not the accused. Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart was swarmed by reporters as he entered the royal blue third-floor ballroom of the Sheraton hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Monday afternoon, just minutes before Rep. Anthony Weiner was scheduled to speak about the lewd photos he was [...]
Politico has launched a clever new feature called “This Week Last Year,” which recaps events of 52 weeks ago. It promises to be a useful reminder of how many frivolous sideshows pass through political media with little or no lasting effect. The first episode, featuring President Obama vowing to kick ass over the Gulf oil [...]
Obama met Monday morning in the Situation Room with his national security team for his monthly assessment of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This month’s meeting serves to kick off several weeks of debate over the pace of the draw down of U.S. combat troops in Afghanistan, which Obama has said will start in [...]
Longtime corn ethanol supporter Tim Pawlenty has gotten a lot of good press for his allegedly courageous proposal to phase out ethanol subsidies, because they’re popular in Iowa. I suppose on this issue he’s more courageous than Mitt Romney, which is sort of like being more eloquent than The Situation. But in my official role [...]
Everywhere he goes, whether it’s the Racine County Fair or Fox News, Paul Ryan inevitably gets asked the question: will he run for President?
Unlike Tim Pawlenty, who is the midst of a Truth and Authenticity tour to signal that he doesn’t suffer from Romney’s perceived flipfloppishness, Ron Paul isn’t being so subtle:
My esteemed colleague Mark Thompson and the New York Times are both reporting this morning on the ongoing debate about how fast to leave Afghanistan–although I don’t think anyone is talking about actually…leaving, at least not totally and completely. As I wrote in January, the debate within the Obama Administration is about fighting seasons.
