The gist of the Politico article that asks that question seems to be that Perry’s certainly not dumb about politics and about campaigning. That may end up mattering. Funny thing, that’s exactly what Obama wasn’t dumb about. Otherwise, Perry’s positioned … Continue reading →
Those of us old enough to remember when JFK was running for office (I was just a wee slip of a girl, myself) can recall the furor about his Catholicism. Kennedy’s allegiance was to the Vatican! was the cry. He … Continue reading →
…just too mean, too ornery, and too Texan to be elected? Boy, do the chattering classes ever hate this guy! If he is elected, the furor against him will make BDS look like a love affair. Perry is everything the … Continue reading →
The left must be very, very afraid of Rick Perry, because the attacks on him have come with almost unprecedented speed. There’s something about Perry that seems to make people think he may be the only really credible threat Obama … Continue reading →
…at the edge of the cliff, ready to dive in? I respect Ryan, and I happen to think he’d make a good president. But I’m not at all sure he’s really going to take the leap. And is he too … Continue reading →
Romney is getting a lot of flack for saying that corporations are people, but even liberal Greg Sargent is defending Romney—sort of, anyway A transcript of Romney’s remarks appears at Sargent’s WaPo blog. And well, aren’t corporations people? The whole … Continue reading →
…but fail. For now. It was a squeaker, but this time the Republicans held on. And the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel comes out with an editorial admitting that Governor Walker’s policies seem to have helped local Wisconsin governments financially, rather than … Continue reading →
…nobody knows. Right now, in a move that should surprise absolutely no one, the market is down significantly (as of this writing, 325). A great deal of the slide is almost certainly a reaction to late Friday’s S&P downgrade of … Continue reading →
…explains to Obama why speeches are not that important: Democrats were sure Reagan was wrong, so they explained his success to themselves by believing that it all came down to some kind of magical formula involving his inexplicably powerful speeches. … Continue reading →
Rick Perry has not yet formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in 2012, although most people are pretty sure he will run. But early though it may be, we already have his college transcripts, which were published at … Continue reading →
If you look at today’s Memeorandum page, you’ll see that the debt ceiling compromise story totally dominates the news. Most of the articles are of the “who won?” variety (even though the vote hasn’t occurred yet, everyone’s assuming it will … Continue reading →
…although it’s not all that entertaining, and the seats are “obstructed view.” The Boehner plan was never about something that would be implemented, anyway. Everyone knew it would be rejected by the Senate. It was in the nature of a … Continue reading →