TNR’s Jonathan Cohn has this to say about Obama’s SOTU speech this evening: Today Obama faces a dire threat to his presidency: A political backlash threatening to destroy his signature domestic policy initiative and, more broadly, his entire governing agenda. … Continue reading →
Paul Krugman is very angry at President Obama for his spending freeze proposal. And when I say “very,” I mean very. Krugman’s most recent piece is short, only 214 words. But it contains a surprising amount of death imagery—mostly in … Continue reading →
Obama has nobly declared that he’d “rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president.” But wouldn’t a “really good” president ordinarily be re-elected? And if not, why not? Assuming that Obama is not obliquely referring to … Continue reading →
The other day I was watching an in-depth personal profile of Scott Brown by Fox’s Greta Van Susteren. It featured interviews with the newly-elected senator’s friends, neighbors, former colleagues in the state senate, ex-coaches, and even the guy who fixes … Continue reading →
At first glance I thought that this confession by Jill Dorson, a self-described independent who voted for Obama and now regrets it, would represent an example of political change. Alas, no. Dorson—who is so excoriated by the commenters there that … Continue reading →
…there was no way comedians could make fun of Obama? Well, I think we can safely say that’s been remedied: [Hat tip: American Digest: “Has this just been the bestest week in ever or what?”]
Continue reading →Obama acknowledges the frustration Americans are feeling. —But he thinks it is free-floating anger at government in general, and that his administration just happens to be the target of the moment. He understands that people feel “remote and detached” from … Continue reading →
Quoth Obama: “Here’s my assessment of not just the vote in Massachusetts, but the mood around the country: the same thing that swept Scott Brown into office swept me into office,” the president said in an exclusive interview with ABC … Continue reading →
Mort Zuckerman, head of US News and World Report and the New York Daily News, endorsed, supported, and voted for President Obama. That was then. This is now. I’ve read a number of pieces by former Obama supporters, but I’ve … Continue reading →
Here’s what the unions stand to get—their money’s worth, if seems—if Obama and the Congressional Democrats have their way with the health care “reform” bill. Never was a piece of legislation given such an Orwellian descriptor. Obama promised to change … Continue reading →
Charles Krauthammer reflects on Obama’s first year. A few highlights of the article [emphasis mine]: The health care drive is the most important reason Obama has sunk to 46 percent. But this reflects something larger. In the end, what matters … Continue reading →
…about Obama’s foreign policy in the midst of such pressing domestic issues. But John Bolton is here to remind us, and it’s not a pretty picture. [ADDENDUM: This should also be a big, big story, although health care reform seems … Continue reading →