I might as well join Michelle Malkin and Glenn Reynolds in linking to this slightly cheeky piece by Don Surber: 52 Days, 52 Mistakes Let me count them up, in no particular order. Some are big. Some are small. We all make mistakes. Here’s his: 1. A do-over on the oath of office. 2. Tim […]
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WSJ: Obama’s Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth
If you haven’t read it go read the Op Ed by Doug Schoen and Scott Rasmussen in today’s Wall Street Journal. Schoen and Rasmussen examine Pres. Barack Obama’s poll numbers and the narrowing gap between the approval/disapproval numbers: It is simply wrong for commentators to continue to focus on President Barack Obama’s high levels of […]
Chris Dodd’s Irish Cottage
I jokingly refer Sen. Chris Dodd as Connecticut’s answer to Ted Kennedy… I’m actually starting to think that’s an insult to Ted Kennedy. From the Wall Street Journal: The Senate Ethics Committee has been looking into possible conflicts of interest in Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd’s 2003 mortgages. Now questions about another Dodd real-estate adventure, this […]
Diana West: Its George W. Bush Not Rush Limbaugh Who is the Real Enemy of Conservatism
When I wrote my election postmortem I listed “Bush fatigue” as one of the reasons why Republicans lost in November. Diana West takes that theory one step further in her column today and says out loud what a lot of us having been thinking: Forced to the ramparts to defend Rush Limbaugh against the spurious, […]
Breaking: Charles Freeman Withdraws Nomination
Via the Washington Independent: Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair announced today that Ambassador Charles W. Freeman Jr. has requested that his selection to be Chairman of the National Intelligence Council not proceed. Director Blair accepted Ambassador Freeman’s decision with regret. I’d say something snarky like another one bites the dust but I don’t […]
Connecticut Backs Off Plans to Regulate Catholic Church
It’s amazing how when you turn on the lights the cockroaches run for cover: Following the biggest political firestorm of the 2009 legislative session, a public hearing scheduled for Wednesday on the financial and administrative management of the Catholic Church has been canceled. The bill is dead for the rest of the legislative session. As […]
Oh Happy Day, Dodd Trails Simmons
From the Politico: Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd (D) looks like he’s in serious trouble for reelection if he faces former GOP congressman Rob Simmons, according to a newly released Quinnipiac poll. Dodd trails Simmons by one point, 43 to 42 percent. In a head-to-head matchup with CNBC host Larry Kudlow, Dodd leads 46 to 34 […]
Palin E-mail Hacker Hit With Additional Charges
David Kernell, the son of a Democratic Tennessee legislator, who was indicted for hacking into Gov. Sarah Palin’s personal e-mail account during the last year’s Presidential campaign has been hit with additional charges. The new charges are fraud, unlawful electronic transmission of material outside Tennessee and attempts to conceal records to impede an FBI investigation. […]
Connecticut Moving to Regulate Catholic Church???
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Some days I feel like I’ve landed in an alternate […]
44 Out Of 800???
Chris Wallace tossed out an interesting factoid on Fox News Sunday this morning… Out of 800 cabinet positions that require Senate confirmation Barack Obama has only nominated 44 and of those only 28 have been confirmed. I’m hoping I heard that wrong it strikes me as being an absurdly low number seven weeks into an […]
Confidence Inspiring: Obama Fumbled Brown Visit Because He’s Overwhelmed
Oh Lord, apparently Barack Obama and his staff didn’t fumble last week’s visit by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown out of malice… They fumbled it out of shear inexperience and/or incompetence. From the Telegraph: Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been “overwhelmed” by the economic meltdown and have […]
Sydney Morning Herald: Geithner’s Incompetent
I wrote earlier that I believe the Obama Administration’s wanton destruction of our economy was the result of simple inexperience or incompetence rather than malice. Tomorrow’s Sydney Morning Herald seems to support that conclusion: When Barack Obama announced his champion to rescue the world from economic ruin, it was the first time most Americans had […]
It’s On: ‘Joe the Plumber’ Sues Over Ohio Records Probe
Judicial Watch has filed a civil rights lawsuit against three fromer Ohio officials on behalf of Samuel J. Wurzelbacher (aka Joe the Plumber). The suit alleges that Helen Jones-Kelley, Fred Williams and Doug Thompson, the three highest ranking employees of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services violated Mr. Wurzelbacher’s constitutional rights by illegally […]
Is Obama Intentionally Destroying Our Economy???
Never assume malice where incompetence will suffice. Over the last few days I’ve been hearing various theories that essentially say… The Obama administration is deliberately damaging the economy and gutting the stock market on the theory that doing so will make it easier for them to argue “the free market has failed” and pave the […]
Jim Cramer Responds to White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs
First it was Rush Limbaugh and then Rick Santelli now it’s Jim Cramer who seems to be at the top the White House’s “enemies list”. While I’m no fan of Jim Cramer and his often over the top rants he’s right on the mark with his criticism of Pres. Obama’s agenda: This is an agenda […]