Rove responds to O’Donnell’s attack on him over his attacks on her.
Specifically, after Rove broke Sean Hannity’s heart last night telling Hannity O’Donnell was crazy, O’Donnell responded Rove had his facts wrong and would eat “humble pie.” Now Rove responds: Prove Me Wrong!
O’Donnell takes off the Crazy skates, says, This is War!
Late Update: Now Palin slams Rove. ‘Buck up’, newbie crazypants tells fading winger Yoda. Watch that too.
President expected to weigh in on tax cut debate at 4:30 PM.
Robert Reich remembers the first (and second) GOP government shutdowns in 1995 and how well they worked for the GOP that time.
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New York Republicans new gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino rolls out a new mosque standard. Not just no mosque near Ground Zero. But no mosque anywhere within the area of the original 9/11 dust cloud. Watch It.
US policy needs to empower moderate/peaceful elements within Republican party to isolate the radicals #trueGOPisreligionofpeace
ABC’s Jake Tapper has a curious scoop, reporting that President Obama will name Elizabeth Warren not to run the new consumer financial protection bureau but instead will give her the previously unheralded “special position reporting to both him and to the Treasury Department and tasked with heading the effort to get the new federal agency standing.” Get that?
We’re seeking more clarification now, but it sounds like the White House has decided that instead of nominating Warren to head up the new consumer financial protection bureau, or alternatively avoiding the confirmation process and appointing her as interim director, the President will take a third way and make her a special adviser to help set the bureau up.
I tend to agree with Matt Yglesias on this: “With Warren, Obama showing real innovation in developing odd, satisfying to nobody compromises.”