Marc Ambinder has written an amazing piece about the operations of the U.S. Secret Service. You should take the time to read it all, and not just because he highlights two under-documented moments from recent presidential history: Apparent attempted assassinations of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush on foreign soil.
During a speech Bush
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Ezra Klein of the Washington Post has said a version of this already today, but it’s worth repeating. There is only a very, very slim chance that the individual mandate will be repealed by Congress, despite Politico’s contention that the policy might be on the ropes thanks to four Democratic senators.
As Ezra points out – and …
…According to the CGI masters at Taiwan’s NMA News. Their version of events depicts Arianna Huffington as the Wicked Witch of the West, admonishing the blogosphere to ignore the site’s financials; Tim Armstrong fleeing a sinking ship on a rickety lifeboat and convincing credulous board members he can wind back the clock to 1997; and a …
Keep with this until the end. The final shot is pretty special.
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President Obama’s upcoming budget proposal for fiscal year 2012 is expected to have some nips and tucks — a federal pay freeze, non-defense discretionary spending freeze, an earmark ban — but it’s not going to be unadulterated austerity. One area where the White House continues to show willingness to spend is aid to states struggling …
The Senate today adjourned after voting on an amendment to the Federal Aviation Reauthorization bill. Senate Democrats are heading south to Charlottesville, Virginia for their annual retreat. We had expected that they would be back late Wednesday or Thursday for more votes — particularly on a resolution on Egypt. But, the galleries tell …
Back in September, I tipped my hat to the Kaiser Family Foundation for its rather outstanding way of explaining the Affordable Care Act via a nine-minute cartoon video. Now Jonathan Gruber, the economist most associated with health reform, wants to top that. According to the Boston Herald, he has a contract to write a graphic novel …
I must beg to differ with my esteemed colleague, Michael Scherer. Michael this morning posted a CNN poll as proof that Republican voters are pragmatists who will bear an open mind to moderate candidates such as former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman in the 2012 presidential primaries. Michael cited John McCain’s selection in 2008 as proof …
Nate Silver draws up the above graphic on the potential Republican presidential field and writes the following of former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, who lands just about smack dab in the hazy middle:
I have been skeptical about Mr. Pawlenty’s candidacy, in large part because his personality is not terribly dynamic and he has
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The most common feature of autocracy, from Egypt to North Korea, is an overweening myopia and self-regard on the part of the autocrat. The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatullah Khamenei, has demonstrated yet again how brutally silly such people can be in his remarks during Friday prayers at Tehran University:
The 71-year-old, who condemned
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Well, as of next Monday he won’t be. Politico mashes up a host of other things Robert Gibbs isn’t:
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President Obama walks to the White House after a speech at the US Chamber of Commerce on Feburary 7 in Washington. (AFP/Getty/Tim Sloan)
–Our colleague Tony Karon writes Egypt’s democracy movement is in a holding pattern as the regime digs in and the Obama administration lines up behind Omar Suleiman.
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