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Republican Governor: House/Senate GOP “Inconsequential”

By Doug Mataconis | Related entries in Politics, Republicans

Utah Governor John Huntsman doesn’t have many nice things to say about the Republicans in Congress:
The Republican governor of Utah on Monday said his party is blighted by leaders in Congress whose lack of new ideas renders them so “inconsequential” that he doesn’t even bother to talk to them.
“I don’t even know the congressional leadership,” [...]

February 25th, 2009 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Bobby Jindal Strikes Out

By Doug Mataconis | Related entries in Jindal, Politics, Republicans

Last night Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal who, notwithstanding his denials of interest, is still considered a contender for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination was given center stage to deliver the Republican response to the President’s address:
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) continued his sharp criticism of the stimulus signed into law last week, as the man [...]

February 25th, 2009 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

Rick Santelli Leads A Revolt At The CBOT

By Doug Mataconis | Related entries in Barack, Economy, Housing, Politics

If you missed CNBC this morning, here’s Rick Santelli going off about Obama’s mortgage bailout plan and the strongly positive reception it got from the traders on the floor:

Frankly, I think this is a sign that the criticism of Obama’s mortgage “relief” plan — especially the argument that it is rewarding irresponsible practices by lenders [...]

February 19th, 2009 | Permalink| 13 Comments »

Amateur Hour At The Analysis Table

By Doug Mataconis | Related entries in Business, Economy, Politics

Michelle Malkin and several other conservative bloggers are having a lot of fun with this particular statistic:
On Nov. 4, after Barack Obama clinched the White House, the market closed at 9,625.28.
In mid-morning trading today, the day President Obama signs his massive Generational Theft Act into law and a day before he unveils a massive new [...]

February 18th, 2009 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Presidents Day

By donar | Related entries in Barack, Cartoons, Kennedy, Obama, Political Graffiti, Politics, Washington

February 16th, 2009 | Permalink| No Comments »

Sarah Palin vs. The Blogosphere, Round Two

By Doug Mataconis | Related entries in 2008 Election, Palin, Politics

Back in November, Sarah Palin unloaded on the blogosphere in one of her first post-election interviews.
And, she’s back at it again:
(CNN) â€” Sarah Palin fired a new salvo in her war on the media, unloading in a new interview on her home state paper and â€œbored, anonymous, pathetic bloggers who lie.â€
The Alaska governor, who [...]

January 15th, 2009 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

Blue State Cowboys sing “Pay To Play (But Keep Love In Your Heart)”

By John Burke | Related entries in Chicago, Music, Pay to Play, Politics

You gotta love this!Â
The Blue State Cowboys, led by Matt Farmer, sing country-style about “pay to play” in the Windy City.
For those who might want to adopt this in their band’s repertoire, I’ve posted the lyrics on my blog at: http://thepurplecenter.blogspot.com/2009/01/blue-state-cowboys-sing-pay-to-play-but.html

January 8th, 2009 | Permalink| No Comments »

Say What You Will About the Tenets of Neo-Conservatism, At Least It’s An Ethos

By Mark Thompson | Related entries in Civil Liberties, Conservatism, Foreign Policy, General Politics, Partisan Hacks, Politics, Republicans, The War On Terrorism, Torture

I’ve been pretty harsh on philosophical neo-conservatism over the last year or so. In fact, it’s safe to say that of all the various (actual) political philosophies that form a significant portion of our governing political coalitions, I have consistently held neo-conservatism in by far the most contempt.
And without a doubt, the basic tenets of [...]

January 6th, 2009 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Blago on Balgojemess: “Hell no, I won’t go”

By John Burke | Related entries in Blagojevich, Illinois, Obama, Politics, Senate

In case you missed the Blagovernor’s presser today, check it out. Out went the Elvis impersonation and the whole black leather jacket-KGB look. Blago showed up in his most elegant dark suit with spiffy power tie, and quoting Kipling poetry (no less) declared that he’s gonna fight, fight, and then fight some more “to my [...]

December 20th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »