This made me laugh out loud: His Republican colleagues regard him warily. The White House barely speaks to him. He is reviled by his party’s conservative base. Looks as though Sen. Chuck Hagel is on a roll. Both parties have their Iraq war contrarians. For the Democrats, it is Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, …
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The Credibility Gap
Via Protein Wisdom, this NY Sun piece titled “Turnaround in Baghdad”: What needs to be understood is the central role that Al Qaeda — or more accurately its successor organization, a group called the Islamic State of Iraq — is playing on these fronts and the diminishing role of all the other insurgent groups. The …
Welcome to the Stillers
With everything going on, I forgot to post about this: Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin accepted the Pittsburgh Steelers’ coaching job Sunday night and was working out a four-year contract he hoped to complete Monday, people close to the search told The Associated Press. They requested anonymity because the Steelers have asked all parties …
Obama For Universal Healthcare
This is seriously good news. Obviously having another influential Dem politician behind the idea brings it that much closer to happening, and it would be nice to see the Obama campaign settle on a signature issue or two. But to me this is interesting because Obama may have the right combination of qualities to exploit …
This Is Interesting
Bob Novak points out something I missed: Webb’s astringent comments contrasted sharply with Bush’s tone, which indicated he still has not shed illusions that he carried from Austin to Washington in 2001. Congressional Democrats are nothing like the tame Democrats in the Texas Legislature whom Bush dealt with as governor. On Tuesday night, Bush ignored …
Post SOTU Thoughts and the Idiotic and Bizarre Pledge
The Belgravia Dispatch pretty much sums up my opinion about the SOTU address (and I sorry for the delay posting this, but I have been busy): This SOTU felt like something of a requiem. It was almost painful to watch. Like, say, Jacques Chirac, the President seemed a dead man walking. The domestic policy part, …
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Egregiously Simple Questions Answered Simply
In a post about marriage trends, Ezra asks: This may seem naive, and I’m sure there’s an obvious statistical explanation for it, but how are fewer women than men married? Presumably, they’re mostly married to each other, no? There are more women than men in America. This kind of surprises me since Ezra knows more …
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