The Other McCain

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

He Made It to the Third Sentence

David Brooks wrote two sentences before he lost me: Over the past months, Republicans enjoyed enormous advantages. Opinion polls showed that voters are eager to reduce the federal debt, and they want to do it mostly but not entirely through spending cuts. There was a Democratic president eager to move to the center. Right. Obama […]

It Depends on How You Define ‘Success’

“According to Jim Messina, his campaign manager, through the second quarter of 2011, President Obama now has 552,000 contributors to his 2012 re-election campaign. And the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that during the same two quarters, the U.S. economy generated 260,000 jobs. In other words, Obama attracted twice as many campaign donors as his […]

Obama Wants ‘Largest Deal Possible’

The president is obviously trying to turn the debt-ceiling negotiations into an opportunity to claim victory: “I think there’s still time to get something big done,” [White House budget director Jack] Lew said. . . . Lew said on NBC’s “Meet The Press” that the president “made clear he wants the largest deal possible.”“He wants […]

A Democrat, Re-Assessed

One of my pet peeves during the Bush years were those conservative spokesmen — among them, Sean Hannity — who loved nothing better than to contrast today’s treacherous and unpatriotic Democrats with the allegedly good Democrats of The Good Old Days. “FDR, Harry Truman and JFK!” goes this roll call of revered Democrats of yore, […]

The Next Time You Hear a Liberal Lecturing About the Need for ‘Civility’ …

. . . your answer is three simple words — Sheila Jackson-Lee: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, suggested during a House floor speech Friday that raising the debt ceiling was being held up by members of Congress because President Obama is black. “Only this president — only this one — only this one has received […]

Panic at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Steve Bartin at Newsalert tipped me to this Reuters story by economic analyst James Pethokoukis: Last night in a new report, Democrat-friendly Goldman Sachs dropped an economic bomb on President Obama’s chances for reelection . . . “Unexpectedly,” I’m sure. Read the whole thing. And it is time once more to remind you that all this was […]

Gingrich Advises GOP on ‘Bully’ Obama: Stop Negotiating and Start Legislating

Say what you will about Newt, he’s a brilliant legislative tactician: President Obama is a “bully” who is “clearly failing” on economic policy, according to Newt Gingrich , and House Republicans should stop negotiating with the White House and move forward with passing their own solutions to the debt-ceiling and budget deficit. “Obama has put […]

Can’t Resist

by Smitty Update: Thanks, Instapundit! Update II: Paco-lanche, and a late shout to The Camp of the Saints!

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