Florida’s Red-Meat Primary
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 24th, 2009 4:30 am by HL
Florida’s Red-Meat Primary
Joe Klein, Time
On a recent Saturday night in Daytona Beach — with a thousand or so bikers exercising their unalienable right to be extremely noisy in the streets — Marco Rubio, the new ultraconservative poster boy running for the U.S. Senate in Florida, offered the Volusia County Republican Party a carefully calibrated, and rather compelling, celebration of freedom. He spoke about his Cuban heritage. His parents had escaped Castro. “It is possible to lose your freedom. You can have your family business taken over by 'the people.' You can lose your country. My parents…
Behind the White House’s Press Fight
Jim Rutenberg, New York Times
Late last month, the senior White House adviser David Axelrod and Roger Ailes, chairman and chief executive of Fox News, met in an empty Palm steakhouse before it opened for the day, neutral ground secured for a secret tête-à-tête.Roger Ailes reached out to David Axelrod to address rising tensions between Fox News and the White House.The latest on President Obama, the new administration and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion.Mr. Axelrod, senior adviser to President Obama.Mr. Ailes, who had reached out to Mr. Axelrod to address…
Afghanistan Tests Democrats, Too
Will Marshall and Jim Arkedis, RCP
President Obama faces tough decisions on Afghanistan, but his party is on the hot seat too. Afghanistan is the first test since Vietnam of Democrats' collective ability to manage a major armed conflict. Just how to do that is the subject of an intense internal debate. However it is resolved, the party must avoid a convulsive split that would cast doubt on its ability to defend the country.Having declared Afghanistan a “war of necessity,” Obama last March said his policy is to prevent al Qaeda from attacking the United States and to keep the Taliban from returning to power….
The Chinese Disconnect
Paul Krugman, New York Times
Senior monetary officials usually talk in code. So when Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, spoke recently about Asia, international imbalances and the financial crisis, he didn’t specifically criticize China’s outrageous currency policy. Paul Krugman But he didn’t have to: everyone got the subtext. China’s bad behavior is posing a growing threat to the rest of the world economy. The only question now is what the world — and, in particular, the United States — will do about it.Some background: The value of…
U.S. Maxes Out on Credit
Sen. Judd Gregg, Washington Times
NationalVERSACE: Recovery may be W-shapedNationalPRUDEN: Obama's Third World press rantSportsAngels beat Yankees, stave off eliminationNationalU.S. arrests 303 in Mexican drug bustBusinessUproar compels firm to restore pricey insurancePoliticsLow black-voter turnout threatens Dems in Va., N.J. racesWorldGeorgian wine sells widely after Russian snubFriday, October 23, 2009Rate this storyAverage 0.00after 0 votes Login or register to rate this storyBy Sen. Judd Gregg Are we there yet? Yes (sigh), we're there. The U.S. government has borrowed itself into an abyss of debt totaling…
