I notice that Robert Gibbs hasn’t done the full mea culpa for his criticism of the “professional left” the other day. In his latest encounter with the press, he lets us know why: “[Q]What do you say to progressives who, … Continue reading →
In this recent post, I highlighted some WaPo comments from a guy who calls himself “sayoung809132001,” who claims to be a former Democrat union man from Michigan who got laid off and is currently unemployed. The whole experience has led … Continue reading →
…and stop asking for too much change too fast. After all, we’re dancing as fast as we can. Obama spokesman Gibbs criticizes the left for criticizing Obama too much for not doing enough. And not just the left, either: the … Continue reading →
Gee, give Shirley Sherrod enough rope and she proves she’s got a racial chip on her shoulder the size of the rock of Gibraltar, and a finely-honed and relentless ability to play the race card [the relevant part begins around … Continue reading →
A while back, commenter “Steve H.” asked a question. It’s one to which I unfortunately still don’t have a good answer, although I’m highlighting it because it’s a question I’ve been increasingly asking myself for some months now: We all … Continue reading →
Lanny Davis would like the Democrats to retreat from their leftward march and return to the center. It is not completely clear whether he thinks this should happen because it would be good for the country, or whether he believes … Continue reading →
One thing you can say about the Shirley Sherrold flap is that it sure has gotten Andrew Breitbart some attention. Actually, he’s gotten quite a bit of it ever since Obama took office. Breitbart is one of the few on … Continue reading →
The big ruckus in the blogosphere today is that Journolist reporters conspired to downplay the Reverend Wright/Obama story during the campaign, and to attack and impugn anyone who didn’t play the same game. It is shocking, but unsurprising to those … Continue reading →
Lloyd Grove of The Daily Beast reports that some of Obama’s supporters among what is sometimes called the “elites” are losing that loving feeling, as evidenced by the goings-on at the Aspen Ideas [not an oxymoron] Festival. We already knew … Continue reading →
A deeply disappointed Obama supporter, Bob Herbert has been focusing on the jobs problem for quite some time now, and he continues the same message in his latest column. I was especially interested in this comment to his piece [I’ve … Continue reading →
If you take a look at the last paragraph of the piece in which WaPo ombudsman Andy Alexander tackles the Weigel imbroglio, it’s hard to escape the notion seems that he places most of the blame for the entire episode … Continue reading →
I haven’t covered this story so far, but for those who have been following it, the news is that Weigel has resigned from his WaPo post. Ace offers a great deal of background. Here’s more. There’s an awful lot of … Continue reading →