There’s talk today of a poll boomlet for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. And he’s clearly demonstrating that he’s serious about running for President.
It’s probably a given that I’m not a huge fan of Scott Walker’s. And I do not think he’d be a terribly strong general election candidate. But I do think, as I mentioned a few months ago, that he’s much stronger than is generally understood and a more viable candidate than most of the other potential candidates who get vastly more coverage and speculation.
Is Jeb Bush having to play catch up on hating Obamacare? (hint: yes)
Under the bus, John. Israeli official suggests Boehner misled Netanyahu about the speech.
An open letter from US Vets: Dear America, It’s Time To Let Women Serve In All Combat Roles. No Exceptions.
I was excited to see my friend Samhita Mukhopadhyay’s byline on an overnight ed memo. And here’s the piece, her first for TPM: Why Mindy Kaling Refuses to Talk about Race—and Why I Care So Much
A list of all the pols who’ve either fibbed about military service or told phony baloney stories about their close calls in trips to the front line – Reagan, Hillary Clinton, Joe McCarthy, Mark Kirk, Dick Blumenthal. The list is endless and here it is.
When you start a statement saying “Obviously rape is awful …” you probably need to end the statement before you go any further …
"Obviously rape is awful…" says Delegate Brian Kurcaba, R-Monongalia. "What is beautiful is the child is that could come from this."
— David Gutman (@davidlgutman) February 6, 2015
NBC News anchor Brian Williams admits that he was never really aboard a helicopter that took RPG fire in Iraq in 2003 — a story he has apparently repeated numerous times.
And in fact, Williams told a far different story about the experience as recently as 2007.
He apologized for the flub on-air on Wednesday evening.
A simple chart showing the decline in the number of uninsured Americans under Obamacare.
Last night I mentioned this Utah state legislator who says he’s not comfortable making it a crime to have sex with someone who is unconscious – especially if you’ve had sex with the unconscious person a lot before. Now he wants to make sure that legislators swear allegiance to the Utah constitution over and above the federal constitution. I expect this guy, state Rep. Brian Greene, to be in the Senate very soon.