Conservatives are–of course–mad at Barack Obama, but they are also outraged at a country that isn’t outraged enough at him.
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Morning Must Reads: May 16
In the news: IRS chief’s resignation, Holder’s hearing, Benghazi emails, immigration reform slowdown, American isolationism, breaking up big banks, and Mitch McConnell’s legacy
In the ArenaMagazine
Sorting Out the Scandals
Putting Benghazi, the IRS’s Tea Party targeting and the Justice Department’s leak-hunting seizure of Associated Press phone records in the same basket is like comparing a mirage to a dishwasher to a diamond. There is no common thread.
Three Lessons from the Benghazi Emails
No one doubted a demonstration, the CIA made the big changes, and Susan Rice got hosed
Obama Pushes Out IRS Commissioner
IRS commissioner Steven Miller resigns amid reports that IRS employees targeted conservative groups for additional scrutiny (Transcript Included)
Read: Newly Released Benghazi Emails
The White House released 100 pages of e-mails Wednesday in a bid to quell critics who say President Barack Obama and his aides played politics following the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya
What’s Biden Buying?
It’s expensive to be the father of the bride
Holder On The Hot Seat
Lawmakers take their best shots at the embattled Attorney General in today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing.
Yet Another Sexual-Assault Investigation Likely to Spur Congressional Action
There is growing concern inside the Pentagon that the military cannot be counted on to defend those in its ranks against sexual predators
In the ArenaDick Cheney
Cheney Confesses
He really should go away
36
— The number of times the House of Representatives has voted to repeal Obamacare since 2011, according to the National Journal. That number will rise to 37 on Thursday, when the House votes on Rep. Michele Bachmann's latest bill.
“Everybody wants to see more spending. That's what this place is, it's a big spending machine.”
— California Governor Jerry Brown putting lawmakers on notice yesterday that he had no desire to ratchet up spending in his new budget, despite a multibillion-dollar windfall of tax receipts in recent months, according to the Los Angeles Times.
