Bobo goes all in against Obama (h/t commenter hilts). On Obama’s immigration policy change:
We passed laws. He said there were laws. And with a stroke of a pen to ignore the laws is just — you can’t — it’s very bad idea to have a good policy imposed by bad means. And that is what he did, and very cynically, too.
On Fast and Furious:
I think it is a winner for the Republicans.
It’s funny. It hasn’t really registered with the country yet, what the government has done. When — if it gets out, wait, they were sending guns to Mexico, I think it’s such a thing that will startle people. I think it’s a clear winner for the Republicans.
Brooks is a slimy bastard, always playing the undecided centrist, especially when he knows the Republican can’t win (e.g. 2008), but always ready to stick in the shiv for his side when he things the chips are down. Atrios is right, he’s worse than Joe Scarborough:
As for the David and Joe issue specifically, I’m not a fan of either, but I think the latter is preferable to the former in the context of this particular game. Brooks is always playing for team conservative, even if he pretends otherwise, while I think Joe can genuinely be nudged by an argument occasionally. Not that I think it’s worth the focus or effort, but…