…is a bitch. In general, rather than resolve cognitive dissonance by changing one of the dissonant ideas (“Obama is a genius” plus “Obama looked like a stammering fool” means “Maybe Obama’s not such a genius after all”—or even worse, “Maybe … Continue reading →
Shorter Barack Obama: Governor, I served with Mitt Romney, I knew Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney was a friend of mine. Governor, you’re no Mitt Romney.
Continue reading →…at the The New Yorker deliberations where they discussed whether to run this cover or not:
Continue reading →…they’ve arrived. Here’s one: I keep thinking this woman’s speech should be excerpted, too, in an ad of some sort. Relatively few people saw it, and it was impressive:
Continue reading →Elizabeth Scalia (The Anchoress) gets it almost right, IMHO: I think the Obama administration ”” the whole boiling of them, and Mrs. Pelosi, Mr. Reid and their posses and pals ”” have become so confident that a victory in this … Continue reading →
This month’s figure is 7.8%. James Pethokoukis offers his usual analysis, and summarizes thusly: “Only in an era of depressingly diminished expectations could the September jobs report be called a good one. It really isn’t. Not at all.” Obama says … Continue reading →
The spin from the Obama camp as reported by Politico is that Obama’s just too nice a guy for politics, too focused on the truth and too interested in getting it out to the American people. Some excerpts, some of … Continue reading →
It occurs to me that last night’s debate was a shock to both left and right. The left was shocked because they had really believed Obama’s hype, and he fell so far below their expectations—although perhaps it would be more … Continue reading →
I’ve been watching those Luntz focus groups of independents and undecideds for years, and they tend to drive me nuts. They seem to “focus” on things I find trivial or irrelevant. Their perceptions usually differ tremendously from mine. I don’t … Continue reading →
Joe Klein—yes, that Joe Klein—had this to say in Time’s Swampland about last night’s debate: Well, I’m with all the other talking heads: Mitt Romney won this debate. Barack Obama lost it. I mean, he got his butt kicked. It … Continue reading →
Here we go.
Continue reading →Commenter “Ken” points out something I hadn’t been aware of before: Obama was one of a small minority in the Senate who voted against the bill that waived the Stafford Act in order to make assistance funds available to the … Continue reading →