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"States' rights don't mean jack sh*t to the Obama administration on anything except gay marriage."
Via HuffPo, something here for everyone. For the pro-legalization crowd, a righteous five-minute rant on how the war on weed is capable of squelching career possibilities for even the most promising young citizens. For the anti-legalization crowd, a five-minute rant on how Obama’s an unbelievable hypocrite. And for the anti-legalization yet pro-Obama crowd, … actually, [...]
Springtime.
Needless to say, as Brookings notes, this is emphatically an anti-Obama vote rather than a pro-Romney one. If even one percent of Egyptian voters are capable of picking Romney out of a line-up, I’d be surprised. Still, an amusing result. Because I’ll bet you that a huge chunk of those who “prefer” Mitt here do [...]
Subtle.
The best part of this story is their pretext for running it, the supposedly real possibility that something that happened between Mormons and Christians 150 years ago might cause Romney to lose … Arkansas. The same state where Obama’s struggling to win the Democratic primary. I’ve seen some impressive concern-trolling in my day, but concern-trolling [...]
“Do you realize that people were arrested for saying things bad about Bush?”
We missed this yesterday as it went viral, but maybe that’s for the best since now I can bring you the exciting conclusion: She’s been suspended (with pay). An employee at the Rowan-Salisbury School System said they have been flooded with calls from around the country on Monday… The district released a statement on Monday. [...]
Light footprint.
Emphasis on “as we understand it.” Afghan forces will start to take the lead on security next summer, confirming the rumors back in February that some sort of accelerated shift in responsibility was in the offing, but the target date for substantial withdrawal remains the end of 2014 — and beyond that, diplomatically and financially, [...]
Light footprint.
Emphasis on “as we understand it.” Afghan forces will start to take the lead on security next summer, confirming the rumors back in February that some sort of accelerated shift in responsibility was in the offing, but the target date for substantial withdrawal remains the end of 2014 — and beyond that, diplomatically and financially, [...]
"Shut up," they explained.
Imagine, the Wall Street Journal implores, what the federal government would do if a whistleblower had tipped off JP Morgan chief Jamie Dimon about the risky maneuvers that ended up as a $2 billion loss earlier this month — and had gotten fired or discredited in an attempt to shut him up. The Obama administration [...]
“I would not have backed off the comments if I were Mayor Booker."
Cory Booker giveth, Cory Booker taketh away … and Harold Ford giveth back again. Telling the Morning Joe crew that Booker’s “clarification” of the Newark mayor’s criticism of the Obama campaign’s attacks on private equity was understandable and perhaps inevitable, the former Congressman said that he would not have retreated one step from the criticism: [...]
K Street bonanza.
Remember when Barack Obama pledged to keep lobbyists from dictating outcomes in his administration? Good times, good times. It only took a fortnight for Obama’s promise to become a joke when Jake Tapper asked Robert Gibbs to produce the “waivers” for lobbyist appointees to Obama’s administration, which numbered in the dozens by early March. The [...]
A come-to-Jesus moment?
Today’s Roman Catholic calendar lists May 21st as the feast day of St. Christopher Magallanes, a martyr killed for celebrating Mass during the Cristero War in Mexico. Perhaps Catholics today may want to recall St. Thomas More — the patron saint of lawyers, who was executed for refusing to agree to a mandate that gave [...]
Billion-dollar bust.
Cue the sharp, staccato violin music, the wail of ghostly sopranos, and M. Night Shyamalan. Is it possible that the vaunted billion-dollar campaign of Barack Obama might stumble into second place to Mitt Romney on fundraising? Chris Cillizza writes at the Washington Post that the scenario of an incumbent falling short in official fundraising to [...]
Fair game.
The early border skirmishes of Campaign 2012 are reviving questions about one candidate’s former pastor and shining a spotlight on the other’s high school hijinks. Can a fresh round of questions about President Barack Obama’s birth certificate be far behind? In a campaign year when voters have declared the economy their top concern, Obama and [...]
This might be bad
Voters this year will be treated to a pair of mutually exclusive pictures when it comes to the economy. What’s going to happen in the short term? What is coming our way further down the road? Obama will tell you that Bush wrecked the economy, but we are slowly but surely climbing back out of [...]
"... the misguided view that placating them with an open hand would yield progress."
Sometimes a candidate can plan on certain calendar events to help them make their case, but often fortune and their opponents can lend a hand as well. That’s the case today, which happens to be Cuban Independence Day, which gives politicians at all levels a chance to connect to the Cuban-American community, especially in Florida. [...]
Disappointment.
In Europe, where more than 200,000 people thronged a Berlin rally in 2008 to hear Barack Obama speak, there’s disappointment that he hasn’t kept his promise to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, and perceptions that he’s shunting blame for the financial crisis across the Atlantic. In Mogadishu, a former teacher wishes he had [...]
Third way... right into the ditch
Earlier this week, Ed penned a short and perhaps a bit unkind obituary for Americans Elect, the failed attempt to draft a third party ticket to run against Obama and Romney. Pundits across the spectrum were lining up to toss either roses or dirt on the grave before the body had even reached room temperature. [...]
Distractions.
Like I said yesterday, given his liabilities on the economy, I think The One’s reasonably comfortable with nearly any change of subject. Even this subject: Campaign manager Jim Messina sent out a fundraising appeal Thursday night saying that the proposal, submitted to (and rejected by) a Republican super PAC, “shows in vivid and gruesome detail [...]
A pretty good day.
Campaigns are not won on attack ads alone. A candidate for any office has to roll out a positive vision of their agenda, even when running against a failing incumbent. Alternately, a campaign can do a little of both in the same spot, and that’s what Team Romney tries to do in the new ad [...]
Dude?
Via Jorge Bonilla in the Greenroom, who sounds the call for “Operation Razorback Chaos.” Two words, my friends: Open primary. It’s magic time. In West Virginia, federal inmate Keith Judd recently swiped 42 percent of Democratic votes from the president, indicating the level of dissatisfaction among the rank and file. And according to a Talk [...]
Opening offer.
A companion piece to the audio files posted at The Blaze of Wright’s interview with author Edward Klein. As Beck says and as Ed noted a few days ago, the money line from O to Wright, allegedly, is “You know what your problem is? You have to tell the truth.” If that came from someone [...]
Opening offer.
A companion piece to the audio files posted at The Blaze of Wright’s interview with author Edward Klein. As Beck says and as Ed noted a few days ago, the money line from O to Wright, allegedly, is “You know what your problem is? You have to tell the truth.” If that came from someone [...]
Biography.
We got a bunch of excited e-mails when this story broke an hour or so ago, my favorite of which was this (in its entirety): why are you blacking out BRIETBART SCOOP of OBAMA KENYA PAMPHLET ??????? The terrible truth: Ed already had a few posts queued up and my shift hadn’t started yet so [...]
Florida folly.
Most political experts figure that Florida will be a close-run state in the presidential election this year, and with 29 electoral votes, it could make or break a candidacy. Both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama will spend a lot of time in the state, attempting to gain the edge on a state that Obama won [...]
The next shiny-object distraction?
Here’s a fun exercise for Hot Air readers. Go to the New York Times website and do a 12-month search for “Romney Mormon,” and see how many hits come back. I’ll end the suspense — “about 12,000 results,” according to the search I conducted earlier today. Now, do a search on “Obama Jeremiah” in the [...]
New RNC offensive on energy.
Occasionally, Hot Air will feature guest columns from high-ranking public figures to allow them to speak directly to our readers. Today, we welcome Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus, who responds to Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign appearances in Ohio and the Obama administration’s policies on coal and energy. Vice President Biden is in Ohio [...]
Plus, the disconnect between Obama and his allies with mainstream America.
While Barack Obama’s fundraising dropped 20% from March to April, Mitt Romney’s tripled — and then some, according to his campaign disclosure for April’s fundraising. Team Romney, partnered with the RNC, hauled in more than $40 million, just $3 million less than Obama: Mitt Romney almost matched President Obama in fund-raising during April after securing his party’s presidential [...]
Garage band.
The only thing missing here was TOTUS: Well, at least it makes Obama’s half-full gig at The Ohio State University look like his Inauguration Day crowd. The worst part about this campaign appearance? One of the two homeowners standing behind Obama may not even vote for him: As leader of the free world President Obama [...]
"They don't get us!"
“This election is going to create a stark and fundamental choice between two different economic philosophies,” Biden will say at an address in Youngstown, Ohio, according to prepared remarks released by the campaign. “There’s Obama Economics, which values the role of workers in the success of a business, and values the middle class in the [...]
Oof.
Monday’s NYT poll: Romney by two among women. Today’s Fox News poll: Obama by 22 among women. Second look at ignoring polls until September? Among independents, 34 percent back Romney, 29 percent support Obama and more than a third are undecided or say they won’t vote (36 percent). Last month, independents broke for Romney by [...]
Why isn't Obama getting crushed?
William Galston of Brookings recently published “Six Months to Go: Where the Presidential Contest Stands as the General Election Begins,” which compiles a wealth of polling to paint a fairly gloomy portrait of Pres. Obama’s reelection prospects: Today, while Obama enjoys about a three-point edge over Romney, his electoral support remains well short of 50 [...]
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