McCarthy strongly criticizes Obama and Holder here. It’s worth reading the whole thing; too bad most Americans won’t read even a single sentence of it. Here’s an excerpt: …[I]n making a mockery of his core constitutional duty to execute the … Continue reading →
Bob Shrum is going for his ninth presidential campaign loss. The first eight were in his capacity as Democratic political consultant. The ninth will be as unofficial advisor to the GOP in 2016. This long-term partisan and dedicated Democrat is … Continue reading →
What a guy: President Barack Obama used his Thursday press conference to diagnose Republicans as fear-mongering, spiteful, obstinate, petulant and obstructive… Obama coupled his passive-voice diatribe with his more-in-sorrow-than-anger promise that he “would much prefer a constructive conversation with the … Continue reading →
Will Hillary Clinton’s impending grandmotherhood become a campaign issue, as in “softening” her, and adding “a compassion thing”? I must admit that the mere notion puzzles me. I assume that Andrew Ross Sorkin, the NY Times financial columnist who suggested … Continue reading →
As a still-rather-newish ex-Democrat (I’m not a Republican, but I vote that way), I remain surprised at the persistence of opinions such as this one on the conservative side. Yes, I understand the frustration with the Republicans and share it … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This post is an expanded version of a comment of mine on a thread yesterday about voter ID and fraud.] The left likes to argue that there’s no significant amount of voter fraud, so there’s no need for voter … Continue reading →
Our demagogue of a race-baiting community-organizer president has this to say about Republican efforts at promoting voter ID [emphasis mine]: President Barack Obama struck hard at restrictive voting rights laws Friday, calling them a Republican political tactic conceived to address … Continue reading →
This. Used to be, long ago, Americans would have rejected this sort of whining. But in the Obama administration it’s become standard. Blame, blame, blame others, and always declare or at least imply that the criticism one receives is due … Continue reading →
Predictably, the articles about Kathleen Sebelius’ resignation vary depending on the politics of the author. Either she stepped down in shame or in triumph, the right saying the former and the left the latter for the most part (except, surprisingly, … Continue reading →
Ed Rogers points out that for the most part the American public couldn’t care less about the Kochs. And yet the activist liberals and left keep hammering away at them. Why?: …Democratic campaign managers are not crazy; there is no … Continue reading →
I’ve heard for years, perhaps even decades, that the oft-quoted statistic about women’s wages being so much lower than men’s as a result of wage discrimination is a myth, an artifact of other factors than discrimination. So this sort of … Continue reading →
I’ve heard for years about the Republican “establishment” pushing this candidate or that candidate on the rank and file. Most of the time it’s seemed untrue to me. But it seems absolutely on target with the current talk of Jeb … Continue reading →