Palin’s at the Top of Her Party
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 23rd, 2010 4:32 am by HL
Palin’s at the Top of Her Party
Roger Simon, Politico
More than 13 months ago, I wrote a column that began: “Sarah Palin can be the Republican nominee in 2012. I am not saying she will be, but she can be. Those who underestimate her do so at their own risk.”It was not the most popular column I ever wrote. I remember snickering and mockery from those who could not find actual vegetables to throw.After all, as was widely believed at the time, Sarah Palin was an idiot. Her interview with CBS’s Katie Couric had proved that. And Palin’s approval rating as governor of Alaska, once so high, had plunged to 54…
Obama Faces New Doubts on Afghan War
David Sanger, New York Times
When President Obama announced a new strategy for Afghanistan in December, he argued that by setting a deadline of next summer to begin drawing down troops he would create a sense of urgency for the Afghan government to take the lead in the fight, while acknowledging the limits of America’s patience with the longest war in its history.But over the past two weeks — on Capitol Hill, in Kabul and even in conversations with foreign leaders — Mr. Obama has been reminded how the goal has become what one senior American military commander called a …
More Democrats Call For Keeping Bush Tax Cuts
We’re Headed Toward an Entitlement Society
Marty Robins, AOL News
The most recent debate in Congress and among commentators over the extension of unemployment benefits caused a lot of nasty back-and-forth about the merits of doing so. Would it discourage people from looking for work, extending the jobless problem? Should the extension be paid for with cuts elsewhere? Will it help boost economic growth? Have there been enough extensions already to get us to 99 weeks of benefits?But while one can rationally argue pro or con on these issues, there's a deeper question that we need to try to answer: Are we, by having the government doing so much to…