The “National Tea Party Convention” has been unraveling, with sponsors pulling out and speakers canceling their appearances. But will Sarah Palin still show up to address the Nashville event and collect her reportedly lucrative speaking fee? “You betcha.”
Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN) is retiring. Last year Buyer was perhaps not quite engulfed but seriously singed by a scandal involving his dodgy foundation. The foundation was nominally intended to provide scholarships to deserving youth but in fact seemed primarily geared to supporting Buyer’s golfing lifestyle. See our complete reporting on the scandal at TPMMuckraker.com.
A new poll shows voters are evenly divided on whether or not they like Sarah Palin … in Alaska.
Job growth significantly lags GDP growth. But the news today that the economy grew at a 5.7 percent pace in the fourth quarter shows the dangers for congressional Republicans in banking on bad economic news as their main 2010 campaign strategy.
James O’Keefe has posted a statement on Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government site conceding that his Landrieu office caper might not have been the best idea: “On reflection, I could have used a different approach to this investigation, particularly given the sensitivities that people understandably have about security in a federal building.”
But he spends most of the post on what now appears to be part of his defense strategy: blasting the media for its coverage of the story. “The public will judge whether reporters who can’t get their facts straight have the credibility to question my integrity as a journalist.”
Scott Roeder is convicted on all counts for the murder of Dr. George Tiller.
Today’s a bittersweet day here at TPM. It’s the last day here for Ben Craw, our longtime video editor. To celebrate Ben’s departure, somewhat at my expense, here’s one of Ben’s most popular creations, a blooper reel of outtakes from the old TPMtv daily show. Read More
What, you say the cable nets’ coverage of the SOTU was completely predictable? Hard to believe, I know. But Jon Stewart says so. Watch.
Is Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) moving into opposition to President Obama.