I think it’s fair to say that the White House has had a hard time previewing President Obama’s forthcoming economic speech, and Republicans are gleefully trolling the whole event as a result. Ok, they’d probably be trolling it anyhow. But because the remarks aren’t tied to a big event, or new administration initiative — won’t be a to-do list for Congress, but will supposedly have some policy heft to it — they’re not easily distilled in briefings with reporters, who understandably want to break some news.
It lacks an obvious hook. But the hook is there — it’s just one the president can’t dwell on too transparently. Read More
Yesterday, Brian Beutler explained how the House GOP is on a runaway train toward a world of hurt, as a new working majority in the Senate has simply tired of the nonsense and hirewire acts from the House. Now key conservatives are preparing for a sort of ‘Sons of Saddam’ last stand over Obamacare, threatening a government shutdown if the law isn’t repealed. I guess you could say Alamo-esque, depending on your preferred cultural reference. But Sen. Roy Blunt just said he doesn’t support this latest round of hostage taking.
After a rebuke from Speaker John Boehner, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is standing behind his claim that 99% of DREAMers (undocumented young people who were brought to the US by their parents at a young age) are drug couriers or ‘mules’. “And that comes from being down on the border, spending days and nights down there in multiple trips and time with the Border Patro. It’s not something that I’m making up. This is real.”
Last week I noted that while he was Governor of Indiana, now Purdue University President Mitch Daniels went on a mini-crusade trying to remove radical historian Howard Zinn’s work from Indiana schools. Now it turns out he may have plagiarized his criticisms of Zinn.
If the NYT really cared about keeping the newspaper business profitable they wouldn’t be calling for Anthony Weiner to get out of the Mayor’s race.
Speaker Boehner repudiates comments of House Republican who said most DREAMers are drug mules hauling weed over the border.
Anthony Weiner has clearly learned the first lesson of surviving a scandal: don’t resign. Or as the case may be, leave the race. It seems obvious. But you’d be surprised at just much more politics happens with people not quite realizing this fact. It’s a lesson Bill Clinton taught me. Read More
In case you missed it or need to relive it: Weiner’s apology. And Huma’s pledge of love, loyalty, forgiveness.