Contrary to the wet dreams many have on the subject of Obama’s re-election in 2012, not only is it not assured, but there are several major obstacles to that re-election. In this post, I’m going and try to detail these, and do so with the minimum of partisan basis. Before I begin I wish to be clear: I am not predicting Obama’s defeat here. Obama, | Read More »
Democrats are truly in a no win situation. It looks like it’s game on for the Nuclear Option or reconciliation process to pass Obamacare. Obama is going to lay down his smack, Bring it on, I say. Should we decry this action… this breach of both etiquette and of the rules of the Senate? Of course… Should we fear this… this vile act or the | Read More »
So, I’m minding my own business on a cool Wednesday evening, the kids now on their way back the the ex-house, and I come upon this: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/us/politics/04scotus.html?hp In expansive remarks at a law school in Florida, Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday vigorously defended the Supreme Court ’s recent campaign finance decision. Now that would seem to be at odds with the President… Both these men | Read More »
(All due apologies to the AFI) Please join with me now in “celebration” of Barrack Obama’s 100 days in office. Take a moment from your busy day, paying for other peoples mortgages or health care and list below (in the comments) one of your favorite Obama mistakes. Let’s see if we can’t list (one per comment please) at least 100… one per day. I’m sure | Read More »
And the real reason it should be of interest to Republicans. There is an old adage in US politics: ‘don’t get into an argument with a guy that buys ink by the barrel.’ Yet that is exactly what Obama did. Why? Just what did Obama do here? He did several things: He put the Republicans there… and indeed everywhere, on notice that Limbaugh won’t be | Read More »
As reported here: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17862.html President Obama listened to Republican gripes about his stimulus package during a meeting with congressional leaders Friday morning – but he also left no doubt about who’s in charge of these negotiations. “I won,” Obama noted matter-of-factly, according to sources familiar with the conversation. The exchange arose as top House and Senate Republicans expressed concern to the president about the amount of | Read More »
(posted a bit early… hey he’s got his schedule, I’ve got mine) President Obama: Just typing those words… they don’t send a tingle up my leg but a shiver down my spine. You sir are the embodiment of two great American adages. The first being that anyone can grow up in America and become President. You are now the personification of that phrase. Not through | Read More »
In which I take on a role I know very well… that of a Father. From here: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17532.html We get the news that The One is coming ‘courting’ It’s no secret Barack Obama is trying to seduce Republicans these days. But his conservative courting runs much deeper and wider than is publicly known. Obama has had meetings with his former opponent John McCain, GOP congressional | Read More »
Someone I talked to today said: “I’ll also say that a “tie” in this debate, a foreign policy debate which is supposedly McCain’s specialty, means that Obama won.” Yes you would. And you did. And everyone you know has said the same thing. This morning in many columns, in many newspapers, reporters said the same thing I’ve been thinking about the debate, as I’ve gone | Read More »
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