One question I have about Gov. Jerry Brown’s push to fund high speed rail in California: Have proponents stripped the project down so far to make it politically palatable that they’ve doomed it with unworkable practical, technical, or economic constraints?
Honest question. I don’t know the answer. But it seems like the ingredients — or more specifically, the pressures — are there to create that kind of result. Curious what our California readers have to say on this point.
You’ve probably heard that today is the 100th birthday of Fenway Park, but you probably haven’t seen this old photo of the park or the first ball pitched at the park’s 1912 grand opening or this photo from the 1912 World Series in Boston.
Fox News host adds a few additional words to President Obama’s “I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth” comment and the new “quote” gets picked up by WaPo (since corrected) and others.
Today the New York Times Public Editor Arthur Brisbane threw in his lot with those who say President Obama was never truly ‘vetted’ during the 2008 campaign and that Times itself was a major part of that failure. Read More
Win Arizona? After watching this video, I started to wonder if Obama can win New Mexico.
George Zimmerman made bail and was released from jail around midnight last night.
The big theme of the week for the Obama campaign is winning younger voters. It’s an open question whether Obama can replicate his overwhelming success in 2008 with this segment of the electorate. Benjy Sarlin has our report.
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and primary sponsor of CISPA talks to TPM about the prospects for the controversial cybersecurity bill.
Fresh off Health Care Reform, the Supreme Court is now ready to hear arguments on Arizona’s draconian anti-immigration bill.