TPM Reader LF has a less flattering take on the Governor across the river …
I think that Chris Christie can be related to another Republican politician whose presidential ambitions, once seen as highly realistic, faded because his personality became too apparent–Rudy Giuliani.
Like Christie, Giuliani was a bombastic executive who rose to prominence as a tough-as-nails prosecutor in bare-knuckles US Attorneys’ offices. They both tended to “wear their emotions on their sleeve” as you very generously put it. Or put another way, Christie and Giuliani are both assholes.
This is one photo from the on-going search for fugitive ex-cop Chris Dorner. It was taken in Riverside on February 7th, as the search headed into San Bernardino County and the mountains around Big Bear. But if you look at the police officer in this picture carrying some sort of military grade rifle his car identifies him as from the Upland, California police department, which happens to be the town I grew up in from 6 to 16. No big comment. Just bracing to see.
Nicole Wallace on Marco Rubio: “He’s everything we need and more. He’s modern. He knows who Tupac is. He is on social media.” Read More
Let’s just say it: Marco Rubio is the Wes Clark of 2013. Only with many fewer accomplishments. Read More
In the wake of news that Sen. Lindsey Graham is threatening to block the nominations of Hagel and Brennan, there’s a whole new conspiracy theory bubbling up on the right. From ground zero of Obama era conspiracy theories comes the conspiracy theory to top them all: that CIA nominee John Brennan is himself a Muslim. Read More
NYT: “The last pope to resign was Gregory XII, who left the papacy in 1415 to end what was known as the Western Schism among several competitors for the papacy.”
Amazing eyewitness video of that tornado that touched down Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Watch.
I’m curious to hear from church or medieval historians about this.
Has there really ever been a papal resignation like Benedict XVI’s? News reports note the resignation of Gregory XII in 1415. And this was technically a resignation. But Gregory resigned as part of the broader effort to end the Western Schism (the Avignon Popes and all that). So that’s significantly different from resigning the papacy because of age or coming incapacity. Read More
Why Marco Rubio probably ain’t the savior DC Republicans and Beltway reporters imagine him to be.
I was just reliving the glory of the last GOP rising star to take on the task of the State of the Union response, Gov. Bobby Jindal in 2009. Read More