Here’s an article that attempts to give the inside scoop on yesterday’s meeting between Obama and leaders of Congress. It as not a happy time: The Republicans’ approach, three days after they resoundingly won control of the Senate in midterm … Continue reading →
Here’s Peggy Noonan, being eminently reasonable, as is her wont: Common sense says a chastened president would acknowledge the obvious””some things aren’t working, he has made some mistakes””and, in Mr. Obama’s case, hit the reset button with Congress. Reach out, … Continue reading →
Annotated by yours truly, that is. Here’s Axelrod’s statement (my translations of Axelrod’s words and speculative interpretations of his more candid thoughts are in brackets): DAVID AXELROD: Well, some of us were concerned about this election [we were all sweating … Continue reading →
President Obama has a penpal: President Obama reportedly penned a secret letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last month discussing their shared interest in fighting the Islamic State — a development one congressional source told Fox News “f***s … Continue reading →
Krauthammar gets it. Don’t forget that he’s a psychiatrist, too. Here he was last night, speaking on Obama: Not sure I agree with him about impeachment, but he makes some good points on that, too. And I agree with just … Continue reading →
Four years ago it occurred to me that an Obama second term would be a fearsome thing: Four more years! Four years in which [Obama] won’t have to answer to the electorate at all. He will be unleashed to do … Continue reading →
It has come to the Times’ august and rarefied attention that: At a time when the Obama administration is lurching from crisis to crisis ”” a looming Cold War in Europe, a brutal Islamic caliphate in the Middle East and … Continue reading →
Ten days ago I wrote a post about one of the most salient characteristics of the Obama administration: the failure to protect. It’s happened time and again: the lack of security in Benghazi. The complete pullout from Iraq. The porous … Continue reading →
…who needs an enemy? Ouch, this must hurt: President Obama delivered a blow to Democratic Senate candidates looking to distance themselves from his flagging approval ratings Monday… “The bottom line is though, these are all folks who vote with me; … Continue reading →
Ace has a post about people who’ve soured on Obama that contains some extraordinary quotes from the past. It’s easy to forget exactly how fulsome the praise was back then in its cultlike extremity. Here’s a passage Tina Brown wrote … Continue reading →
Democrats need black voter participation to have any chance of holding the line in the 2014 elections. It’s no secret that black people vote heavily Democratic. And it’s no secret that they were extremely helpful in Obama’s 2008 and 2012 … Continue reading →
The Times reports he’s just “seething” with anger: Beneath the calming reassurance that President Obama has repeatedly offered during the Ebola crisis, there is a deepening frustration, even anger, with how the government has handled key elements of the response. … Continue reading →