Michael Cohen responds to my thoughts about his take on Karzai’s unhappiness with the U.S. war effort in his country:
A few people have raised the point that this is not the first time Karzai has complained about the US military and the death of Afghan civilians from American arms. And the cynical might argue, as Crowley does, that
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Today, we have further confirmation of the Republican Party’s slide toward policy kookery: Senator John Kyl is “delaying” consideration of the Start treaty that the Obama Administration has negotiated with Russia. This treaty is supported–unanimously–by the U.S. military and widely by prominent Republicans (like former Secretary of …
On November 2, Democrats lost a net of 61+ seats in the House (a handful of races are still too close to call), costing them the majority in that chamber, and Senate Democrats lost six seats. Pundits called it a Category 5 storm, a seismic change. The President labeled it a “shellacking.” Embarrassed, Democrats returned to Washington …
Corrected Nov. 17:
The Catholic bishops’ surprise election yesterday of New York’s Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan as their president is more bad news for Obama in 2012. Dolan is a conservative who [cut: opposes communion for politicians who support abortion rights and] said Notre Dame made a mistake choosing Obama for its graduation …
Last night, I caught the tail end of Glenn Beck’s Fox News show. He was imploring his viewers to divest themselves of the extra things in their lives–have a garage sale, open an eBay account, etc.–and use the proceeds to invest in food storage. The reason, he argued, was the coming inflation that free-spending liberals and the …
(Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
–House Democrats vent on Nancy Pelosi as they nonetheless prepare to elect her minority leader today.
—Minor rescheduling causes hand-wringing over Obama’s ballyhooed bipartisan merlot/slurpee supersummit.
–John Sides thinks the White House need not be too
Remember last summer when Republicans were warning about the scary lame duck? The ruling Democrats, warned GOP candidates and incumbents alike, are going to try and sneak through all manner of controversial bills against the will of the American people. House Republicans even introduced not one but two resolutions calling on Dems to not …
Mitch McConnell didn’t bother to conceal the reason he caved to the anti-earmark faction of the Republican Party: he sensed the political winds were kicking up, so he tacked to safe ground. “Make no mistake,” McConnell, who by himself requested nearly $1 billion dollars in earmarks since 2008, said Monday. “I know the good that has …
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It involves large condoms.
This video just includes so much in such a short amount of time. Is there any cultural artifact from 2010 that more perfectly captures the state of our nation? Put this in the history books, play it on the exploratory satellites, carve it …
On Sunday McClatchy dropped its months-long investigation of U.S. construction projects in Afghanistan. The picture is not pretty and an unsettling metaphor for the nine-year war effort emerges:
A McClatchy investigation has found that since January 2008, nearly $200 million in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construction projects in
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Two stories today that suggest it’s not so far-fetched:
Forbes on the feeding frenzy for GM’s Thursday initial public stock offering:
Demand for GM stock is so heavy that one person briefed on the IPO said orders are seven times the number of common shares that are up for sale.
GM announced Tuesday that it would raise the price
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Tomorrow, Don Berwick, the head of Medicare and Medicaid, will appear before the Senate Finance Committee. Republicans are, to put it mildly, looking forward to this. Berwick was installed via recess appointment, bypassing a Senate confirmation hearing. Expect a peek of what’s to come in 2011, once Republicans control the three …
Following up on Massimo’s story, Senator Kyl’s office sent around this statement today:
“When Majority Leader Harry Reid asked me if I thought the treaty could be considered in the lame duck session, I replied I did not think so given the combination of other work Congress must do and the complex and unresolved issues related to START
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