They urged him to run, why not urge him to quit?

Hot Air: John Fund: What if a committee of prominent Dems approached Obama and asked him not to run? The good part starts at 3:05 Allahpundit has the same question I had: Exit question: Would this “voluntary” refusal to run again really prevent a Democratic schism? Some black Democrats would surely conclude that it wasn’t [...]

Life sucks, have a beer

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Nutpicking buffoons

From the comments at (where else?) Buffoon Juice: I am white, and I am overwhelmed by the amount of subtle and not-so-subtle racism displayed by people on the left about Obama (I pretty much expected it from the right). The condescension, the disrespect, the sneering—it’s all so disheartening. Someone on a previous thread referred to [...]

Connections

The best ads connect with the target audience emotionally. The worst ads don’t connect at all.

Pardon me, your bullshit is showing

Politico: Nancy Pelosi: Dems can still win back House Despite two Democratic special-election losses this week, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is still upbeat about the chances of taking back the House. The California congresswoman on Thursday acknowledged the loss of New York’s 9th Congressional District seat, long held by a Democrat, was a “disappointment,” [...]

Get out of the pool

VastLeft: … if you want to see the truth in Ian Welsh’s statement that: The left must be seen to repudiate Obama, and they must be seen to take him down. If the left does not do this, left wing politics and policies will be discredited with Obama. The mythology that Obama and his disastrous [...]

Post-Racial Racism

Ta-Nehisi Coates: But Black People Govern Like This … Via Angry Black Lady, I know Michael Moore and Bill Maher think this is a great line: I went into the polls voting for the black guy, and what I got was the white guy… But it really isn’t. In fact, it’s racist, and Michael Moore [...]

Fire One!

What should the White House do? Panic! People often ask me what advice I would give the White House about various things. Today I was mulling over election results from New York and Nevada while thinking about that very question. What should the White House do now? One word came to mind: Panic. We are [...]

Barack Hubris Obama

Peter Wehner: Every person who runs for president, it’s fair to say, has a healthy ego. But Obama was different; the self-assurance, the arrogance, the sense that he viewed himself as a world-historical figure was almost palpable. “I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions,” Obama told congressional [...]

Palin slaps Immelt and Biden and George Kaiser

No, not literally. Geeze, people. Sarah Palin’s latest facebook post calls GE CEO Jeff Immelt “someone who exemplifies a major crony capitalism problem” and points out that he was Obama’s honored guest at his speech to Congress. Then she talks about Solyndra: The President hailed this “green energy” company in a speech last May as [...]

Where has he been?

Via Hot Air: Obama Surprised To Learn Schools Use “Trailers” While addressing college students in Richmond, VA, President Obama was surprised to learn that schools use trailers, also called ‘modular buildings’ or ‘modular classrooms.’ During his visit Obama said he was approached by an educator who mentioned she teaches in a trailer. Obama did not [...]

Overrated Obama

John W. Smart says Obama isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer: Obama is not politically brilliant at all. We were told – often and with smug glee – that he would be a President with an unrivaled intellectual power. I’ve always found this particular froth laughable. Intellectual giants become giants because of what they [...]