Can the Obama Administration Afford Any More Missteps?
As problems continue to mount and the president’s approval ratings continue to sink — the latest Rasmussen poll has Obama’s approval rating down to 44 percent, a new low — there are a lot of different,...
View ArticleObama’s Afghan Incoherence
Amid the (much justified) focus on the administration’s mishandling of the underwear-bomber, this Washington Post article, which appeared the day after Christmas, hasn’t gotten the attention it...
View ArticlePelosi’s Other Problem
As if Nancy Pelosi didn’t have enough problems — the polls, the retirements, the ObamaCare implosion, and the prospect of losing her speakership — she now must face a daily bashing by Republicans who...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Christopher Hitchens is out hawking his book with tales of his Oxford escapades. Alas, now “he’s a Dorian-Gray picture of his former self invoking the memory of it all to sell books this time around,...
View ArticleHolder on Meet the Press
Eric Holder appeared on Meet the Press. It seems that all that business about the Times Square bomber being a “one-off” incident was, well, wrong: MR. HOLDER: Well, this is an ongoing investigation,...
View ArticleSestak Under Fire
Rep. Joe Sestak is under fire from all quarters. First, this boffo ad from Keep Israel Safe slams him for his record on Israel and on terrorism: Then the Philly media gets on his case for JobsGate (the...
View ArticleCarly Makes the Case for Throwing Out Rude Liberals
Carly Fiorina appeared on Meet the Press and gave one of her more impressive performances, in contrast with the rudeness and perpetual interruptions of the accompanying Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz....
View ArticleSometimes the Sky Really Is Falling
Once upon a time conservatives who, as far back as last year, analyzed polling data and political trends and argued what was fairly obvious — that Democrats were in a perilous political position and in...
View ArticlePetraeus on Afghanistan
This past weekend, General David Petraeus, the commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, granted interviews to the Washington Post, New York Times, and Meet the Press [here and here]....
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
This is presidential. This is a mensch. Blago is right: “Well, I think the question ought to be to the prosecutor, ‘How much money of taxpayers dollars did you spend on this trial?’ I would guess tens...
View ArticleSestak Struggling
The Pennsylvania media reports that Joe Sestak is floundering: More than midway through the political calendar, Sestak seems endlessly on the defensive. It’s partly of his own doing, but largely...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Other than that, he’s done just fine. Howard Fineman: “Obama misread his mandate. … Obama misread the clock. … Obama misread his surroundings.” And most of all, the mainstream media misread him. Other...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
This is what desperation looks like: “Forget the myth of an Obama recovery. The past week has been disastrous for the White House and America’s increasingly disillusioned Left. No wonder the angry and...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
A nightmare for Mitt Romney. “Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a possible presidential candidate in 2012, called for repeal of healthcare legislation during a television interview Sunday morning. ‘I think...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
“Soul-searching” at the White House? Not so much. “‘There isn’t going to be a reset button. That’s not their style,’ said a Democratic strategist who works with the White House on several issues. ‘They...
View ArticleCut and Run Was No Strategy for Iraq and Isn’t One for Afghanistan
Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, has written in the Wall Street Journal that we should “un-surge” in Afghanistan. While arguing against total withdrawal, he says “the U.S....
View ArticleTaking Responsibility for Inherited Problems, and Other GOP Dilemmas
According to Senator Jim DeMint, even if a balanced-budget amendment were attached to a vote to raise the debt limit, he’d vote against it — and he encourages freshmen Republicans not to vote for...
View ArticleBooker’s Spokeswoman Walks the Plank
Newark Mayor Cory Booker is apparently still paying penance for his blasphemy against the Obama campaign on “Meet the Press” last week. NJ.com reports that Booker’s Communications Director Anne Torres...
View ArticleTed Cruz Takes on DC Gimmickry
In the post-Tim Russert age, Sunday morning political talk shows are rarely revelatory or particularly educational. But that wasn’t the case yesterday for Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican and Senate...
View ArticleReporters Still Badgering Amb. Oren About U.S. Election
Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren had lunch with reporters today in Washington. What was the most newsworthy bit? According to Buzzfeed’s write-up, it’s that Oren made the unambiguously true...
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