When I first saw this I couldn’t tell if it was cringeworthy or simply awesome. But listening to the whole thing I’m gravitating heavily toward option two.
This is Chris Hadfield, commander of the International Space Station, performing Bowie’s Space Oddity from … well, space. (Helps that Space Oddity remains such an incredible song.) After the jump … Read More
Ron Fournier on the “perfect storm threatening Obama’s credibility” … Read More
Rep. Issa (R-CA) to focus on Hillary Clinton’s role in Benghazi response.
Former Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) passes on Senate run.
Juliet Eilperin has a piece in the Post about the unfolding IRS story. The point that has surprisingly gotten little attention so far is that while high level IRS employees were told about the targeting of phrases like “tea party” and “patriot” in 2011, the person who was told, the head of the division overseeing non-profits, told them to stop. That sounds like a pretty relevant fact in terms of evaluating whether this came from the top or bubbled up from the staff level before getting discontinued by supervisors.
But there’s a passage in Eilperin’s piece which gives some key points about the progression of events … Read More
Ron Fournier: I misunderstood what Plouffe meant, but the impact of my misunderstanding could be huuuuuuuuuuuuuge.
TPM Reader T(heda) S(kocpol) is not buying it and I think she’s got a point …
Hard to believe what I am reading from people like Tomasky and Joe Klein and others on the Benghazi and IRS stuff. Instantly, such commentators are declaring the Obama administration in trouble of being classified along with Nixon or inviting an Impeachment bid.
Five year old boy shot in the head by eight year old friend.