Via the Washington Monthly, this WaPo piece on former McCain advisor Doug Holtz-Eakin, who is about to lose his health care, which contained this gem: Despite his personal trials, however, Holtz-Eakin said his conviction on the hot-button issue of health care is unchanged. He believes that reform is needed, but that President Obama and congressional …
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Murdoch’s minions
It looks like Comcast will buy NBC now, but this caught my eye: Other potential bidders have surfaced, including the News Corporation. But talks between G.E. and Comcast have advanced far enough that a deal with another company was unlikely, people briefed on the matter said. It really is no wonder all the network “journalists” …
This is how realignment happens
Be prepared for a lot of good news for conservatives tomorrow, in Virginia, in New Jersey, in NY-23. I think there may be so much good news that we start hearing a catch phrase like “anti-Obama backlash”, “conservative realignment/resurgence/rebirth”. Has anyone heard anything catchy along these lines yet?
Posted!
This is interesting: Multiple Post sources independently confirmed to POLITICO that Roig-Franzia got hit while defending colleague Monica Hesse from harsh criticism leveled by her editor, Allen. Allen, according to the Washingtonian, had told Hesse that a piece she had written was “the second worst story I have seen in Style in 43 years.” Roig-Franzia, …
Deep Thought
I wonder what it would look like if liberal groups ever advertised online.
Well, What If There Is No Tomorrow? There Wasn’t One Today.
Every day is the same on the wingnut blogs: A new video of Jeremiah Wright has surfaced, showing Barack Obama’s pastor of 20 years praising Marxism and discussing his ties to communists in El Salvador and Nicaragua and the Libyan government. Equally important, Wright is being introduced in the video by Robert W. McChesney, co-founder …
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Open Thread
General Winfield Stuck, Ok, Draw! jeffreyw, Buddy. Email me a link to your one or two favorite pics on a photo site like Flickr (do not send the image itself please) and I will put up favorites in open threads. Send a short caption if you want one.