The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

President Obama Had Better Do Well In The Other 56 States

by Smitty New Hampsire is Darcy Richardson territory. And strange territory it is: Throughout his presidency, President Obama has allowed the GOP to frame the debate on almost every issue, none of which was more painfully devastating to his progressive base than his failure to include a public option in health care. Simply put, the […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 01.06.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama Unveils Strategy For Leaner Military Army and Marines facing cuts as emphasis shifts to Asia, air and naval forces Doomed Russian Mars Probe May Crash Back To Earth January 15 Phobos-Grunt failed to leave Earth orbit, in death spiral since then GM Says Fix In Works For Flaming […]

Crowder’s 11 Scandals In 2011

by Smitty Crowder is quite good here. I appreciate his capacity to be funny when he wants to, and then shift gears to thoughtful punditry.

Couldn’t Agree Less With Podhoretz

by Smitty (via Insty) A point has been completely missed here: Debate Hell provided terrific copy for pundits, led to record ratings for cable-news channels, and helped enshrine Twitter as the news flavor of the moment. But it made the Republican Party look foolish and silly, not serious and sober in facing the problems of […]

Rick Santorum in Windham, N.H.

WINDHAM, N.H. The Southern New Hampshire 9-12 Project is hosting “An Evening With Rick Santorum.” I just interviewed State Sen. James Luther, who endorsed Santorum today. Luther said Santorum first asked for his endorsement six months ago — and kept asking and asking until he finally got it. Among the press here for the event […]

Rick Santorum in Concord, N.H.

CONCORD, N.H. When we walked into the Grappone Conference Center here where Rick Santorum is speaking at the College Convention 2012, I bumped into Phil Klein of the Washington Examniner who was talking to Jake Tapper of ABC News. Shortly thereafter, Joe Klein of Time magazine walked up and joined the conversation. Just now, Dave […]

Greetings From the Granite State!

MANCHESTER, N.H. My flight arrived late at Boston’s Logan Airport, and I ought to demand a refund from AirTran because their advertised in-flight WiFi service was out of order, which no one seemed to notice until the passenger in Seat 30D — that would be me — asked the flight attendant about it. Of course, […]

Open Letter To Senators Warner & Webb

by Smitty Gentlemen, The news of the President appointing Richard Cordray and three NLRB names without hearings should dismay anyone who has sworn an oath to defend the U.S. Constitution. The Cordray appointment opens the door to large scale mortgage re-financing. This sounds far-fetched, but we are in an election year, and look at the disinterest in legality, […]

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