National Politics
Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes to reporters on Air Force One. “I think what we are doing is enforcing a resolution that has a very clear set of goals, which is protecting the Libyan people, averting a humanitarian crisis, and setting up a no-fly zone,” Rhodes said. “Obviously that involves kinetic military action, particularly…
It is now being reported that, in exchange for leaving inviolate collective bargaining rights, Wisconsin’s public labor unions are purportedly ready to discuss monetary concessions. Some newspapers have reported this development as full capituation by the unions on all matters of monetary compensation in the bill. (Let’s keep in mind that this would still place…
One hears frequently about the Tea Party extremists who are binding the hands of Republican moderates (I know, I know), but a pull away from center is hardly a GOP phenomenon: Bell’s defection is one of dozens by state and local Democratic officials in the Deep South in recent months that underscore Republicans’ continued consolidation…
What state has the most Democrat dominated legislative body? The Hawaii state senate. Byron York explains: In Hawaii, there are 25 members of the state Senate. Twenty-four are Democrats. And then there is Sam Slom. Slom, the lone Senate Republican in the state of President Obama’s birth, has represented East Honolulu since 1996. He hasn’t…
CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, is held every year and serves as a sort of bellwether for the conservative movement. According to Roger L. Simon, there was a different twist this year: The party staged by Andrew Breitbart for GOProud — the gay Republican and conservative group — was as close to a game…
It shouldn’t go unremarked upon that the Tea Party Republicans in the US House of Representatives took a stand and prevailed earlier this week. The revolt of freshman and conservative Republicans over spending cuts for this fiscal year ended almost before it began, because it prevailed so rapidly. The rebellion started in rumblings back in…
On Sunday, ProJo columnist Froma Harrop (I know, I know….) cried crocodile tears over the loss of the Moderate Republican. I used to vote for select Republicans running for national office. That’s become next to impossible because Tea Party groups have pushed GOP leaders to treat any cooperation with the Democratic foe as abject surrender.…
I suspect that those of you who watched the state of the union speech heard it recited similarly to this: (via the Corner)
So what were my impressions of President Obama’s State of the Union speech? Don’t have any. Didn’t watch it and had a pleasant night. These things have way jumped the shark and long-ago devolved into an inside-the-beltway circle jerk dominated by the post-game spinmeisters trying to tell you what it all “really” means. It took…
The first state of the union speech that I’m aware of having watched was one given by President Bill Clinton, and I remember being astonished at his series of promises to everybody. All hands out would be filled. Such speeches are little more than political drama, pumped by media organizations looking for some easy, pre-generated…