I wonder if this has legs: I like to keep track of fables and narratives within the tea party movement, and we learned of a new one this week — the story of the “SWAT team” called out to threaten tea partyers in Quincy, Ill. In the words of Jim Hoft, the Gateway Pundit: The …
Archives for April 2010
Midnight cowboy
Rick Perry is damn lucky the Republican primary for governor ended before the law in Arizona passed. He’s trying to keep the immigration issue on the DL since he knows that rounding up Latinos won’t be popular in a general election but that’s it’s also what his based wants him to do. Because the base …
Holy Loads of Tone Deaf
Talk about misreading the public mood. The Democratic immigration reform bill
More of this please…
On the heels of the news that the Feds are looking into a criminal probe of Goldman comes this news that the FBI and the DOJ are serious about finding the cause of the recent mining disaster in West Virginia: NPR News has learned that the Mine Safety and Health Administration is the target of …
Economic Growth
Some mixed news this morning: National output grew at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.2 percent last quarter, the Commerce Department reported Friday, after growth of 5.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 and 2.2 percent in the third quarter. The steady growth has quelled fears that the downturn is not quite over. …
Judas Crist
The conservative reaction to Charlie Crist’s decision to go indy has been pretty harsh. Here’s a sample: Larison: No one has to agree with or even like Marco Rubio to appreciate the one service he has done for Florida, which is to expose how Crist’s desire for personal advancement trumps any and all other considerations. …
Good News for California
From the AP, via the Washington Post, “Anthem Blue Cross withdraws big CA rate hike”: Insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross, the company criticized by President Barack Obama when it proposed raising rates for Californians by as much as 39 percent, withdrew plans for the proposed hike Thursday. __ Los Angeles-based Anthem made the decision after …