Taking on the media is always something that endears Republicans to their base, and this from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has just the right mix of unapologetic directness, snark and indignation to make conservatives swoon.
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The folks over at Commentary have become so twisted in their hatred for the Obama Administration–and in their perverse sense of what helps or hurts Israel–that their only possible reaction to the Administration’s announcement that it would help fund an anti-missile system to protect Israeli towns from attacks by Hamas and Hezbollah is …
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Here’s convincing evidence of the problem I mentioned in my column last week: After 30 years of Reaganist disdain for governance–with the 8-year Clinton streamlining effort noted–our regulatory agencies are in lousy shape and need careful attention. Today’s NY Times story about the agency that “manages” offshore oil drilling permits is …
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—NPR reports Deepwater Horizon may be dumping oil into the Gulf at 10 times the originally estimated rate, suggesting the spill has already far outpaced the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster.
–Congress is investigating and federal regulators are coming out the other side looking really bad.
–Obama is
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The Congress has established laws that mostly bars taxpayer money from funding propaganda aimed at the American people. But these laws do not, with good reason, apply to the office of the President. (No one really wants Congress telling the White House what can or cannot be said.) So as technology makes it easier for anyone to distribute …
The first draft of history is always going to be controversial, especially when it’s on something as touchy as health care reform – monstrous legislation the full effects of which we will not know for years to come. So it should probably come as no surprise that Jonathan Alter’s take on Barack Obama’s first year in the White …
“New York is a tough town, but Nancy Pelosi is one tough lady. That’s one tough lady. And she’s so elegant even as she’s ripping your heart out.”
–President Obama, speaking at a DCCC fundraiser Thursday night in Manhattan.
A few weeks ago, as Congress raked various Goldman suits over the coals for peddling financial products they had later bet against, some observers complained lawmakers’ ire was being directed at the wrong culprits. It was the ratings agencies, the critics argued, that had made these doomed-to-fail packages of debt glimmer and shine. (Our …
What do you get when you put a rabbi, a mega-church pastor and two bishops together? Half of the Arizonan religious leaders that showed up on Capitol Hill today asking Senator McCain for some answers on immigration.
Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño, a bright-eyed Methodist leader who looked much more comfortable lobbying than many of her …
On Twitter, @Pourmecoffee headlined this one, “POTUS survives cougar attack.” I will just cut and paste the pool report, from President Obama’s visit Thursday afternoon to Duff’s Famous Wings in Cheektowaga, New York.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You’re a hottie with a smokin’ little body.”
Yes indeed, some people will say just about
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If you’re still mourning the loss of the health care debate’s heated rhetoric, don’t despair. It’s about to get another lease on life thanks to the upcoming confirmation hearing for Donald Berwick, Obama pick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
This is a powerful position within the Department of Health and …
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I’ve laid off John McCain the past few months, as his sad slide to the right in order to secure reelection has continued apace. I mean, what more is there to say? Still, it’s really remarkable to hear this former champion of sane immigration policy saying something as dim and transparent as this, in response to a question from the dim …
Ever want to be a Supreme Court Justice? Aside from getting a President to nominate you, all you have to do is answer this little questionnaire and let a few senators ask you questions about it.
