The Other McCain

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

John Cornyn Endorses Obama on Taxes

No sooner had I urged Republicans to call out President Obama for his “tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires” rhetoric than Texas Sen. John Cornyn goes squish: Texas Sen. John Cornyn this morning laid out a political blueprint for comprehensive tax reform, declaring that he favors raising taxes on some American businesses by closing corporate […]

Why Doesn’t Obama Come Right Out and Say, ‘Democrats Want to Raise Taxes’?

There is a cynical saying among political strategists on Capitol Hill: “Do we want the bill or do we want the issue”? That is to say, is it to our advantage to pass legislation to address a specific issue, or is it to our advantage to keep the issue alive as a controversy going into […]

Daily Beast Writer Claims Obama Is a Victim of Washington’s ‘Pundit Class’

Whenever someone I never heard of before makes a preposterous claim, my first question is, “Who is this person?” Michelle Goldberg is a senior contributing writer for The Daily Beast/Newsweek. She is the author of The New York Times bestseller Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism and The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and […]

Mika Brzezinski: ‘Hey, You Know What MSNBC Needs? More Obama Fans!’

OK, she didn’t exactly say that: “We’re getting hit a lot lately for not bringing on people who speak on behalf of the White House and really stick up for the President.” Joe Scarborough points out that they checked and — “Oh, my God” — their guests on Morning Joe are 10-to-1 Democrats, but they just […]

Old and Busted: Sippin’ Slurpees
New and Hot: Corporate Jets

When President Obama accused Republicans of wanting to “compromise your kids’ safety so some corporate-jet owner can get a tax break,” Lachlan Markay of the Heritage Foundation pointed out that Obama’s massive 2009 stimulus included tax breaks for — wait for it — corporate jet owners. So the president was condemning Republicans for supporting his […]

Mark Halperin Apologizes for Being Right

President Obama’s press conference performance Wednesday caused me to declare that there was no prospect for bipartisan cooperation. This morning on MSNBC, it caused Time magazine’s Mark Halperin to be even more blunt: “Do we have a seven-second delay? I want to characterize how I thought the president behaved. . . . I thought he was […]

Obama Must Be Defeated

Republicans in Congress cannot negotiate with or compromise with a president who talks like this: “I’ve said to Republican leaders, ‘You go talk to your constituents and ask them, “Are you willing to compromise your kids’ safety so some corporate-jet owner can get a tax break?” ‘ “ This kind of hateful divisive rhetoric renders […]

Did Obama’s Campaign Manager Help Spin Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’?

A friend tipped me to a news story by Fresno’s KMJ-AM: Survey Skewed To Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Based on a 30-page report prepared by the Pentagon inspector general, the story points out that President Obama’s 2012 campaign director (and former White House deputy chief of staff) Jim Messina was identified as one of five administration officials at […]

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