Progressives and liberals are despondent lately. They’re having trouble mustering up the energy to vote in 2010, or even to defend Barack Obama, once their shining star: Why, asks a Democrat leading a training session for fellow activists, doesn’t “Yes … Continue reading →
The following is quite a comment, gleaned from a thread at the New Republic, and written by “12alainu.” I highlight it here because it is a good example of the persistence on the left of the reductionist racialist explanation for … Continue reading →
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 →
…may have just called President Obama “boy”. Take a look at the last sentence of Milbank’s column to see what I’m talking about. [Hat tip: Ace.]
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 →
…at taxpayer expense. [ADDENDUM: Even Obama apologist extraordinaire Ruth Marcus can’t seem to muster up much enthusiasm for the defense of this one, although she tries.]
Continue reading →The latest Gallup poll on Obama’s job approval rating among whites, blacks, and Hispanics highlights the continuing huge differential in opinion between whites and blacks: 38% of whites presently approve of the job Obama is doing while 88% of blacks … Continue reading →
…not. Asked what it means that voters in Missouri would vote against the federal mandate, Gibbs said: “Nothing.” As I wrote last Saturday: …[Obama] ignores the wishes of the American people, something neither FDR nor Clinton would ever do…Obama sees … Continue reading →
One of the most perverse things about Obama is that, when he’s trying to get tough with the opposition, what he says about them is often the best clue to what he’s actually doing, or planning to do. Case in … Continue reading →
…some time during his first term is virtually nil, IMHO, although it’s been discussed at times in the comments section of this blog and others. I don’t think there’s even a small chance of his resigning from office before the … Continue reading →
…for Obama to turn into George W. Bush, ballot box poison.
Continue reading →On reading two recent pieces about Obama—this one by Jeff Shesol for The Daily Beast, and this by Jay Cost of HorseRaceBlog—I get the idea that both authors are still struggling to understand the guy and still not quite getting … Continue reading →