Say what?

Via Althouse, here’s a snippet from a letter by Jim Messina, Campaign Manager for Obama for America re Iowa: The extremist Tea Party agenda won a clear victory. No matter who the Republicans nominate, we’ll be running against someone who has embraced that agenda in order to win — vowing to let Wall Street write [...]

So close, yet so far

Jefferson Morley at Salon: In his new book, “Pity the Billionaire,” Tom Frank turns his mordant eye on the unlikeliest political development of the Obama presidency: how the crash of 2008 served to strengthen the political right. The deregulation of Wall Street, championed for 30 years by right-wing leaders, had led to an economic catastrophe [...]

Infidels and heretics

GOP senator says Tea Party challenges ‘killed off’ efforts at Republican majority Sen. Dick Lugar (Ind.) facing a primary contest from the right in his reelection bid said past Tea Party-backed challenges had “killed off” Republican efforts to take the Senate in the past and could undermine a GOP majority again in 2012. “A Republican [...]

We don’t serve tea or Koolaid in here

riverdaughter, on November 19, 2011 at 9:05 pm said: There is a certain segment of the Tea Party who I think will be very susceptible to the OWS movement. They’re the ones the DNC blew off for Obama. Right now, they’re the ones who hang out at places like the Crawdad Hole. And as long [...]

Occupy Rape

Via Verum Serum: Police investigate Occupy Philly sexual assault A man is under arrest, and police are processing him for sexually assaulting a woman at the Occupy Philly camp near City Hall Saturday night. His identity is not being released. The victim was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment. Police cleared Dilworth Plaza [...]

If Not Now, When?

For a quarter century, the Congress has been under rules imposing a balanced budget. They have been changed and rewritten for years. You can still deficit spend, but you have to call the spending an emergency. So, the government considers virtually every budget item an emergency. There’s always a reason to spend more money. There’s [...]

It takes a balloon head to know one

Matthews Yells At Tea Party Leader: Why Is ‘Balloon-Head’ Bachmann Speaking For You Chris Matthews was nearly apoplectic in his questioning of Tea Party Express co-founder Sal Russo on the topic of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and her controversial re-imagining of history where the founding fathers found a way to end slavery in their lifetime. Repeatedly [...]