Posts filed under “Obama Uber Alles”
Does This Mean They Are Admitting a Mistake?
Barack Obama Does Not Got 5 On It – 1115.org (5/16/08): But back to Obama and the liberal 527s. Occam’s razor time: what’s the simplest reason that Obama would want to see donors shun these groups? Probably the simplest would be that he wants all the money to himself. But even the wealthiest Democrats can [...]
Didn’t We Just Have an Election?
“CNN Poll: Obama Trails Mitt And Huck, Leads Gingrich And Palin” (TPMDC): A newly-released CNN poll, conducted a few days before this past midterm election, shows President Obama in for a competitive race in 2012, with him trailing two potential Republican candidates and leading two others among registered voters. The numbers: • Mike Huckabee leads [...]
Sarabeth Has Gone Fishing…
…so you all are stuck with me for the next few weeks. Posts will be intermittent as my schedule these days is not especially conducive to blogging. Expect less Republican-bashing and more douchebag-Democrat-bashing. Yesterday the Douchebag-in-Chief hosted some of the more popular bloggers who are critical of him for a discussion on the many ways [...]
Surrender
Me two-and-a-half years ago: But back to Obama and the liberal 527s. Occam’s razor time: what’s the simplest reason that Obama would want to see donors shun these groups? Probably the simplest would be that he wants all the money to himself. But even the wealthiest Democrats can only give Obama $2,300 more, and if [...]
Heathcare Reform And The Enthusiasm Gap
By now it’s a truism that the state of the economy, coupled with the enthusiasm gap that afflicts Democrats, is likely to allow Republicans to make huge gains in the midterm elections (even though Americans think the Republican Party really, really stinks). Short of divine intervention, the economy isn’t going to get turned around in [...]
When Polls Collide And Minds Explode
A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll on Sunday: A new national poll released Sunday indicates that eight in 10 Americans say that the economy is in poor shape, and the number that says conditions are very poor is on the upswing after steady declines through the spring. And according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, more [...]
On Deficit-Financed Wars
This part of President Obama‘s Oval Office address was clearly aimed at Bush: Unfortunately, over the last decade, we’ve not done what’s necessary to shore up the foundations of our own prosperity. We spent a trillion dollars at war, often financed by borrowing from overseas. This, in turn, has short-changed investments in our own people, [...]
“Trying To Split The Difference Between The Irreconcilable”
How’s this for most succinct summation of last night’s Oval Office address? President Obama‘s Oval Office address was impressive and perplexing. Politically, I liked the clever pivot to the domestic economy, but he left me utterly confused about the mission in Iraq and Afghanistan. Are we to continue to spend trillions supposedly building “democracy” in [...]
The CBO Stimulus Report: The Bad News
The bad news is that, looking forward, the stimulus is going to be more and more of a spent force: The effect of the stimulus, officially known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), will be smaller in coming quarters, as much of the money has already been spent, CBO said. “The effects of [...]
The Bigotry Of Low Expectations?
Here’s a funny little tidbit from the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll: President Obama‘s overall approval rating stands at 47% … overall, seven in 10 believe Obama has met or exceeded their expectations as president. We don’t really think too highly of the job he’s doing, but, boy, he’s doing a lot better than [...]