Archive for August, 2009

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Budget Deficit Projections Raised To $9 Trillion Over Next Decade

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

Per Politico, the White House claims that “more than half of the projected deficits over the next 10 years are directly attributable to the previous Administration’s failure to follow the pay-as-you-go principle.” But even if that’s true, which is likely given the Medicare drug benefit, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the expansion of the [...]

August 25th, 2009 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

Divided Government rises from the grave.

By mw | Related entries in 2010 Election, 2012 Election, Democrats, Dodd, Elections, Reid, Republicans

After having an electoral stake pounded through its heart last November, after being exposed to the searing media morning light of a “permanent realignment” in the “center-left” American electorate, with a silver bullet in the brain of a “broken GOP brand”, and with a garlic necklace strangling it’s “sixty’s culture war” neck, the corpse of “Divided Government” seemed dead and buried in the media for the foreseeable future. But last week the undead meme was walking again

August 25th, 2009 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Yes, Extraordinary Rendition To Continue Under Obama

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Military, Obama, The War On Terrorism, Torture, Transparency

But they promise that detainees won’t be abused. More on why I think that’s nonsense later on in the post. But first, more from NY Times: The announcement, by President Obama’s Interrogation and Transfer Policy Task Force, seemed intended in part to offset the impact of the release on Monday of a long-withheld report by [...]

August 25th, 2009 | Permalink| 9 Comments »

Joe Biden Quotes of the Week

By Jennn Fusion | Related entries in Biden, Veep

“It’s not just a congresswoman. This is bigger than Debbie. This is bigger than me. I promise you: If the Republicans succeed in knocking off these new bright stars … What do you think the chances [are] for the kind of reform we need for that little 3-year-old beauty in the next four to six [...]

August 24th, 2009 | Permalink| 7 Comments »

Olympia Snowe Discusses Bi-Partisan Reform

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

The Finance Committee keeps plugging away and the Maine senator talks to Andrea Mitchell about it… Yes folks, it’s all about co-ops. That will allow the moderate Republicans and the Blue Dog Democrats enough cover to vote for this thing. The only question now is will the left wing of the Democratic party accept this [...]

August 23rd, 2009 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

Friday nightcap with Charlie Cook

By mw | Related entries in 2010 Election, Congress, Polls

If I was a betting man, I’d put the over/under at a net 12 seat gain for the GOP in the House of Representatives.

August 21st, 2009 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

Mexico Decriminalizes Some Recreational Drug Possession

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Drugs, Law, Legislation, Mexico

So Canada has basically decriminalized marijuana possession and Mexico has added cocaine, meth, heroin and LSD to the mix. Wonder what’s going to happen in the US in the next decade…especially given the current reality in California where shops are selling pot out in the open? The Daily Beast has more… In an effort to [...]

August 21st, 2009 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

2012: Barack Obama Versus… Mike Huckabee?

By The Pajama Pundit | Related entries in 2012 Election, Huckabee, News

Some interesting polling numbers from PPP via Pollster.com: Favorable / Unfavorable Newt Gingrich: 33 / 42 Mike Huckabee: 45 / 28 Sarah Palin: 40 / 49 Mitt Romney: 37 / 34 2012 President Obama 49%, Gingrich 41% Obama 47%, Huckabee 44% Obama 52%, Palin 38% Obama 47%, Romney 40% What is most notable to me [...]

August 21st, 2009 | Permalink| 17 Comments »

Tom Ridge Admits Bush Administration Politicized Terror Alert

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 9/11, Bush, Ethics, History, Homeland Security, Republicans

Our first head of the Department of Homeland Security has written a tell all and it’s more of the same we’ve heard from insiders about the former administration. They politicized nearly everything and made the wrong decision and nearly every turn. From US News: Among the headlines promoted by publisher Thomas Dunne Books: Ridge was [...]

August 20th, 2009 | Permalink| 19 Comments »

The Audacity of Axelrod

By mw | Related entries in Barack, Chicago, Ethics, Health Care

f there is one lesson that any close political adviser to a sitting president should have learned by now, it is this: It is not necessarily actual conflict of interest or impropriety that bites you in the ass. It is the appearance of conflict of interest and impropriety that is political poison. Axelrod is a very smart guy. He knows how to cover his tracks. He knows how to walk the line. That is why it is so surprising that he still chooses to walk so very very close to the ethical edge.

August 20th, 2009 | Permalink| 7 Comments »
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