Krissah Thompson via The Washington Post on a new grass roots movement to promote progressivism and combat the tea party (as if the Obama administration needs help with signing in to law progressive bills): In an effort to replicate the tea party’s success, 170 liberal and civil rights groups are forming a coalition that they […]

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First we have a massively unpopular redistributionist bill shoved through Congress against the will of the American people, and now we have more El Supremo BS with completely bypassing congress appointing the guy who will administer Obamacare. Robert Pear of The New York Times: President Obama will bypass Congress and appoint Dr. Donald M. Berwick, […]

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Neil King Jr. And Keith Johnson of The Wall Street Journal: Obama Decried, Then Used, Some Bush Drilling Policies Criticizing Bush during his presidential campaign, then co-opting his shitty policies and making them all his own, then blaming Bush when shit goes wrong is par for the course with Obama. What is the deal this […]

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President Obama in a speech given in Racine, WI as he once again blames Republicans because his own progressive government spending measures don’t work: They still believe that even after the Wall Street crash, even after the BP oil well blew, that we should keep a hands-off attitude. Now I’m not exactly sure what “they” […]

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In an ongoing conversation about General McChrystal’s comments concerning the competency of many top officials in the Obama administration, The New York Times asks Should General McChrystal be dismissed for insubordination? Or do his remarks simply reflect a level of dissent that is not unhealthy and might be expected in a changing military culture? I […]

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Some will call it a warning shot across the bow of those eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil health insurance companies; those with a brain will call it Señor Hopey McChangey playing a pre-emptive game of CYA for what many know is an inevitable “side effect” of Obamacare.

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I would imagne that the very same people who are bitching and complaining about Tony Hayward going on his yacht yesterday have absolutely nothing to say about Obama’s various golf outings since the oil spill (regardless of the fact that neither of them can personally do anything about the spill).  I won’t begrudge any man […]

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I guess it hasn’t yet sunk in that Obama can’t don his super hero suit, swim the nearly one mile down to the leaking oil well and stop the leak by sheer will power.  I’m not sure why this administration is trying to put forth the notion that plugging the oil well in the gulf […]

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Let’s hope that Team Mostly-Red can win this battle.  Janet Adamy and Evan Perez via The Wall Street Journal: The federal government formally responded to the most serious legal challenge to the health-care overhaul, invoking its powers under the Constitution to regulate interstate commerce and impose taxes. At least 20 state attorneys general, most of […]

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Jon Stewart of The Daily Show on Obama’s hypocrisy of taking up of Bush era policies after decrying them in the run up to his election: Oh, I see.  You used to have a little.  Now you have a lot.

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