The administration’s public feud with Fox News has the interest of some other news organizations. Jake Tapper, the ABC News Senior White House correspondent, ends an exchange with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs with a pointed question: I’m not talking about their opinion programming or issues you have with certain reports. I’m talking about [...]

Hey all, just a quick site note… The last time we wrote a post that didn’t have at least one comment on it was in late September. So I just wanted to thank you for reading, writing and helping me continue this grand experiment in creating a place where we can agree to disagree without [...]

I suppose it’s possible, but more and more evidence is pointing to the contrary. Here’s some telling info from a Washington Post/ABC News poll out yesterday… Poll respondents are evenly divided when asked whether they have confidence in Obama to make the right decisions for the country’s future, but just 19 percent express confidence in [...]

The jokes will be legion, but the policy is sound. And this is a move that Libertarians, Republicans and Democrats can all applaud. From The AP:The jokes will be legion, but the policy is sound. And this is a move that libertarians, republicans and democrats can all applaud. From The AP: WASHINGTON (AP) — The [...]

Jake Tapper, the ABC News Senior White House Correspondent, reports that Secretary Clinton will announce the administration’s new policy toward the government of Sudan. And that policy is controversial: U.S. officials acknowledge the reaction from human rights groups has been mixed. Officials from the groups largely agree with the Obama administration’s goals to implement the [...]

So, it looks like the artist behind the iconic poster of Barack Obama actually did use an A.P. image as a template to create it. Still, there’s a lot to discuss about copyright infringement, Fair Use, etc. However, first the details from the NY Times: The A.P. claimed in January that Mr. Fairey owed them [...]

Kind of: U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, trying to knock off a veteran Democratic incumbent senator in the primary, will get an endorsement Monday from somebody who succeeded in doing just that: Connecticut’s Ned Lamont. Lamont defeated Sen. Joseph Lieberman in the 2006 Democratic primary, largely by running against the Iraq war and Lieberman’s support of [...]

Jon Henke points to Steven Hayward’s op-ed “Is Conservatism Brain-Dead?” which makes some very salient points. Chiefly: The best-selling conservative books these days tend to be red-meat titles such as Michelle Malkin’s “Culture of Corruption,” Glenn Beck’s new “Arguing with Idiots” and all of Ann Coulter’s well-calculated provocations that the left falls for like Pavlov’s [...]

True, it might go right back down tomorrow, but I have to say that this is a nice little psychological boost. But it’s not just psychological. Look at the 52 week spread in that picture…at this time last year we were down to 6,469. That’s a pretty significant jump in just one year’s time. Not [...]

Yep. That’s right. A group of economic forecasters are projecting that we’ll see growth in the next quarter, so the recession is technically over. And hey, we can all be thankful for that. However, the pain will linger for years to come. The problem is that all of the lagging indicators of true economic health [...]

A brief introduction:  I’m a libertarian Republican, fiscal conservative and born-again Christian with moderate social views.  That means I’m sure to irritate everyone at some point, but never mind; I’m pleased to be invited to be part of the Donklephant team. Now, on to the first post … Along with the head scratching regarding President [...]

They helped conduct it, but the backlash at the incoherence of the findings has forced them to place the blame back on the folks who commissioned it, AHIP. From Politico: PricewaterhouseCoopers, the authors of AHIP’s report, put out a statement last night that basically said, “Hey, we weren’t paid to evaluate the effects of the [...]

This isn’t a pro or anti bush statement on my part, but simply a statement on the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s intention of awarding President Obama a medal because he is NOT Bush.  The political category has always been a contested one and with this award, Obama has had to do a lot of side [...]

I’ve been following the stories today about that “study” (pdf) by the insurance industry and while I understand why it’s getting so much play, I have a hard time believing why anybody would believe what they have to say about their own products becoming more expensive. Let’s run down some reasons… First, if the insurance [...]

SERIOUS AS A HEART ATTACK: THE INDEPENDENTS’ STORY By: Jackie Salit When we finally get far enough down the road on health care reform, it will become clear that a driving force in the intensity of the fight was a heart attack. Not the medical kind. The political kind. Independents swung decisively to Barack Obama [...]

It’s a little known fact that one of the big reasons Iraq turned around is we simply offered a better price than al Qaeda. Within a month the word got out that we were paying top dollar and the insurgents were turning against the terrorists and the US body count started to drop. Will the [...]

Not only that it’s fully paid for. That’s the latest report from the CBO and it’s encouraging to say the very least. Here’s more from The Hill: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a cost estimate of the healthcare reform bill under consideration by the Senate Finance Committee, concluding it would increase federal spending by [...]

I hadn’t, but when I did…wow. First, right there on the front page you have a map that details the total dollars announced, available and spent on the both the national and state levels (when you mouse over each graph or state). But the most impressive feature by far is when you enter in your [...]

Regardless of what you think about the current health care legislation being debated on Capitol Hill, being able to read it before it goes to the floor for a vote is the right thing to do and I’m glad to see a Senator from Missouri calling for it. But will the Dems listen? From Politico: [...]