Frank Luntz says: “I don’t think the NRA is listening” to the America people. Watch.
I don’t even know where to start with this new Post story about the ‘controversy’ and coup at FreedomWorks. When I first saw the claims about an ‘armed coup’ led by Dick Armey, I was thinking ‘okay that’s kind of a weird metaphor’. But it turns out it wasn’t a metaphor. He actually led an armed coup. And he may not even have been the bad guy. Read More
It’s frosty with beautiful blue skies here in New York City. Hope it’s wonderful where you are and that you have a great day.
Two good pieces on what’s at stake in Chuck Hagel’s possible (non?) nomination to run the Pentagon. In short, Hagel would likely lean toward putting some pressure on Israel on the peace-making front (a good thing) and would likely resist a move to war with Iran (also a good thing). Washington neoconservatives don’t want either; ditto for AIPAC and the Israel lobby. And now it seems they’re going to win this one. Which is really unfortunate.
A couple pieces to read on this. One by Peter Beinart, another by Andrew Sullivan. I’ll be posting others.
Karl Rove’s election night freak out on Fox gave Romney enough hope to delay his presidential concession for another hour on election night.
Ted Kennedy, Jr., son of the late senator, says he will not run for John Kerry’s seat in the Senate.
I must say that I still have a bad feeling about how this is going to work out.
Sen. Michael Crapo (R-ID) was arrested last night just after midnight in Alexandria, Virginia for driving under the influence. According to police statements to CBS news, Patch and WTOP, Crapo failed multiple field sobriety tests and was arrested without incident.
Alexandria police stopped Crapo after he ran a red light.
Apology statement after the jump. Read More