Summary of this month’s job report: the news is not good. Summary of Obama administration reaction: hey, it could be worse! Well gee, isn’t that always the case? And isn’t it largely irrelevant? Just about everybody knows the truth. Even … Continue reading →
…and I wonder whether many people will watch it. I don’t know if I will. I’ve had a long and exhausting day already (over an hour of which I spent cooling my heels in the Motor Vehicle Bureau). Watching Obama … Continue reading →
Yes, here we go again. Dionne writes: But Obama and his party are also in a hole because the president has chosen not to engage the nation in an extended dialogue about what holds all his achievements together, or why … Continue reading →
Pretty darn low. But not low enough, IMHO. Not near low enough. Then again, there’s this report from The Anchoress: One of my husband’s friends–”“hated Bush, loved Obama and defended him vociferously for the first year, less passionately the second”“–told … Continue reading →
A Pew Research poll finds that a growing number of Americans think Obama is a closet Muslim. The figure is now 18%, up from 11% in March of 2009, while the number who believe he’s a Christian has dropped from … Continue reading →
Roger Simon (not the one at Pajamas; the political reporter one) says it’s very possible that Obama will be a one-termer, because he doesn’t “get” that to be re-elected he’s got to play to the polls. But there’s a lot … Continue reading →
Here’s the current state of the president’s position on the 9/11 mosque: “Just to be clear, the president is not backing off in any way from the comments he made last night,” [presidential spokesman] Burton said. “It is not his … Continue reading →
No one should be surprised at President Obama’s defense of the planned mosque at Ground Zero. It’s another in a long series of stands Obama has taken that runs counter not only to the opinions of the majority of Americans, … Continue reading →
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.]
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