Archive for June, 2009

Gallup: Obama’s Support Among Independents At 53%

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Economy, Obama, Polls

Cause for alarm? If you track polls it might be because it has dipped to its lowest mark since he took office. And that means his overall rating has dipped to 58%. Here are the breakouts… My guess as to why this is happening? People are nervous about the economy and the deficits. And that [...]

June 19th, 2009 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

Navy Destroyer To Intercept North Korean Ship?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in North Korea, Nuclear

Alan wrote yesterday about things heating up with North Korea, and nownuclear tensions are growing on the high seas… The U.S. military is preparing for a possible intercept of a North Korean flagged ship suspected of proliferating weapons material in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution passed last Friday, FOX News has learned. The [...]

June 19th, 2009 | Permalink| No Comments »

Quote Of The Day

By The Pajama Pundit | Related entries in News

“The mother lode of all data information will be from the Census. … Unfortunately, the Census data has become very intricate, very personal, a lot of the questions that are asked. I know for my family, the only question we will be answering is how many people are in our home. We won’t be answering [...]

June 19th, 2009 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

The Mouse That Roared

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Cartoons, Iran

Love it! (h/t: PBH)

June 19th, 2009 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

‘Avenging Amanda Terkel’?

By The Pajama Pundit | Related entries in Media, Partisan Hacks

…or lowering yourself to Fox News’ level (which is saying something). While I understand just what the folks at OpenLeft.com are doing, I think it’s downright lame. When Bill O’Reilly sends out his goon squad to harass people with whom he disagrees, it ain’t right. [I've railed against it before] It’s also ain’t right when [...]

June 19th, 2009 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

Will Bi-Partisan Team Save Healthcare Reform?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Democrats, Health Care, Republicans

The whispers around Washington is that healthcare reform is in trouble. Even liberal blogger Ezra Klein is now scaling back his expectations and characterizing any progress as a good step forward… It is one of the paradoxes of the legislative process that something that is substantively quite timid can also be quite bold. This version [...]

June 19th, 2009 | Permalink| 11 Comments »

Husband Of John Ensign’s Mistress Speaks Out

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bad Decisions, Nevada, Republicans, Senate

You probably noticed that I didn’t write anything about John Ensign’s affair because it seemed like just another hypocrite doing what hypocrites do. But when I read the following letter penned by one of Ensign’s former employees (as well as the husband of the woman Ensign pursued), I was moved enough to share it. You’ll [...]

June 19th, 2009 | Permalink| 13 Comments »

Tensions With North Korea Increase

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in North Korea, United Nations, United States

North Korea seems very insistent on testing President Obama. Apparently, the U.S. government is tracking a North Korean freighter suspected of carrying illicit arms. Government officials say they will act within the bounds of a recent UN Security Council resolution which permits international navies to request the inspection of North Korean cargo vessels but does [...]

June 18th, 2009 | Permalink| 8 Comments »

New, Less Costly Healthcare Plan Floated Today

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Democrats, Health Care, Legislation

After the CBO projected major deficits, the plan was revised and recirculated. And this comes just in the nick of time, as Daschle & Dole’s “state run healthcare” plan has made a major splash today. Ezra Klein got his hands on the latest and describes it as such… Sources say that it’s a major scale-back [...]

June 18th, 2009 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Joe Biden and the Great Job Search

By Jennn Fusion | Related entries in Biden, Jobs, Veep

As you may recall, on the campaign trail, Joe Biden was heralded as “head of the Middle Class taskforce” – whose activities can be viewed here. Yet the question remains: What has Joe Biden done for the Middle Class? Several months ago, I checked the Middle Class Task Force site only to find a discussion [...]

June 18th, 2009 | Permalink| 2 Comments »