Daily Archives: September 1, 2011

On PUMA blogs, there was much wailing and rending of garments over the act of voting for Republican John McCain for the first time in Democrat-only voting histories. Sadly, it did not change the game in 2008. I suspect peer … Continue reading →

SFgate: Crash witnesses make off with spilled marijuana A pickup truck hauling large bags of marijuana overturned and spilled its load in south San Jose, but passers-by took care of much of the cleanup, police said today. Onlookers rushed to … Continue reading →

(This is not an Onion parody) Tommy Christopher: Speaker John Boehner Should Resign For His Unprecedented Insult To The President The mainstream media, and even some in the liberal opinion media, have completely missed the point of President Obama’s dust-up … Continue reading →

W.H. furious over speech delay It seemed like a trivial matter: On Wednesday, House Republicans forced the president to delay his speech to a joint session of Congress by one day. Who cares? The White House cares. Very much. “It … Continue reading →

Al Sharpton’s seat-warmer: So, this leads to the eternal question of whether Obama is just weak or if he is a brilliant strategist who has been playing rope-a-dope all along. I am so silly that I still had hope. My … Continue reading →

I was wondering who would be the first one to play it. The winner is the ironically named Zandar Versus The Stupid: To recap, until President Obama came along, no President had ever been publicly turned down tor a request … Continue reading →

The Great Speech Kerfuffle Of 2011 Reveals The Weakness Of The Obama Presidency Over at The Washington Post, for example, James Downie argues that the entire incident should cause Democrats grave concern: If this was an attempt to make Republicans … Continue reading →

U.S. News: Obama Labor Boss Buys Canadian-Built Car Says purchase was to show support for American workers To show her support for American workers, President Obama’s labor secretary, Hilda Solis, has junked the standard black limo and purchased a new … Continue reading →

Minutes after his Sept. 8 address to Congress is set, Obama bashes both houses Within minutes of agreeing with congressional leaders Wednesday night on an address to a joint session next week, President Obama flashed out an email to millions … Continue reading →

Ari Berman at Rolling Stone: As the nation gears up for the 2012 presidential election, Republican officials have launched an unprecedented, centrally coordinated campaign to suppress the elements of the Democratic vote that elected Barack Obama in 2008. Just as … Continue reading →

Jonathan Bernstein at The Plum Line: Meanwhile, Palin running creates a fair number of risks for both Perry and Romney. The first is that based on her record, she certainly cannot be trusted to be a loyal party soldier. We … Continue reading →

New CNN Poll: 65% give Obama thumbs down on economy Only a third of all Americans approve of how President Barack Obama is handling the economy, according to a new national survey. And with a CNN/ORC International Poll also indicating … Continue reading →

Yesterday was a microcosm of the Obotian experience: Exultation, followed by outrage and then despair. Morning: “Ha ha! Take that you teabagging racists. Obama is the shiznit! That’s how you play bare-knuckle politics!” Mid-day: “How dare those tea-bagging racists disrespect … Continue reading →