Editors’ Blog - 2011
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02.15.11 | 11:33 am
Big Turnout

10,000 or more state workers turnout to protest Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to abolish collective bargaining rights for state workers.

02.15.11 | 12:06 pm
Obama Threatens Veto

President Obama threatens to veto the House GOP spending bill.

02.15.11 | 1:27 pm
To Be a Fly on the Wall

President Obama is scheduled to have a ‘sit-down’ with former VA Gov. and DNC Chair Tim Kaine about reconsidering his decision not to run for Senate next year against George Allen.

Does Obama give the LBJ treatment? We’ll soon see, I think.

02.15.11 | 3:44 pm
Petraeus Not Leaving

The Pentagon is knocking down reports that David Petraeus will soon step down as top commander in Afghanistan. Says he won’t be leaving “anytime soon.”

02.15.11 | 4:20 pm
Horrific Story

For those of you who have not heard, amidst the celebrations in Tahrir Square on the day Hosni Mubarak resigned the presidency in Egypt, CBS News war correspondent Lara Logan was separated from her film crew and security and suffered, in the words of CBS News, “a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating.”

She was eventually saved by a group of women and Egyptian soldiers. She’s now recovering in a hospital in the United States.

02.15.11 | 5:57 pm
Haley Makes his Stand

In what is certain to be a presidential campaign dogged by the politics of race and the legacy of the Civil Rights Era, likely presidential candidate and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) has now draw a line in the sand. Notwithstanding his earlier walk-back of praise of the White Citizens Councils, he says he’s now out of the ‘denouncing’ business altogether.

02.16.11 | 4:39 am
Boehner’s Million

When Speaker John Boehner said “so be it” to job losses caused by his proposed spending cuts, how many was he talking about? It turns out it’s roughly 1 million jobs, enough to send the US economy nose-diving back into recession.

02.16.11 | 5:43 am
Bachmann Lashes Out at Mammary State

Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) is lashing out at First Lady Michelle Obama for supporting policies that support breast-feeding.

02.16.11 | 6:12 am
Protests Escalate In Wisconsin

The schools have been shut down in Madison and protests are escalating in the state capital.

02.16.11 | 7:16 am
Brilliant!

At least two Democratic members of Congress want to strip funding for the Pentagon’s sponsorship of NASCAR — which has the dual advantages of saving relatively little money and being politically nonsensical all at the same time.