Obama’s Cool Exposed as Obliviousness
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 12th, 2011 4:31 am by HL
Obama’s Cool Exposed as Obliviousness
Emmett Tyrrell, Am. Spectator
Who on August 18, 2010 –almost one year ago — said, “I now think it is clear even to Official Washington that President Obama is the worst president of modern times. President Jimmy Carter is redeemed”? Yes, it was I, and I threw the entire weight of The American Spectator behind that asseveration, putting both Jimmy and Barry on the cover. Now, of course, others are stepping forward and drawing the awkward comparison. On the left there is Maureen Dowd in the New York Times quoting an anonymous Democratic senator, who laments that “we are watching him turn into Jimmy Carter…
Obama’s Path to Reelection Narrows
Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
Newly released state-by-state approval numbers for President Obama suggest that in 2012 he could face fewer options for assembling an Electoral College majority and increased pressure to capture racially diverse states. As a result, Colorado, Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida, among others, appear to be evolving into critical battlegrounds on the campaign map.The polling results, released earlier this week by Gallup, underscore both the stability of each party's Electoral College base and the shifting roster of swing states that could decide the 2012 contest.
Is There Enough Money Left to Save Banks?
Jonathan Weil, Bloomberg
Forget free-market fundamentals. What matters most to the capital markets now is whether the governments of the U.S. and western Europe have the will and the wherewithal to save the global financial system from disaster yet again.A healthy climate for the efficient allocation of capital, this is not.
This Nonsense Must Stop
Mayor Michael Nutter, Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
The Latest Politics, News & Election VideosTweet${title}Speaking at Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter discusses recent teen violence in the city.”This nonsense must stop,” he said, calling on parents to “get your act together” and telling trouble-making young people to “stop acting like idiots and fools.”He closes with a message to African American young people:”If you want all of us — black, white or any other color — if you want us to respect you, if you want us to look at you in a different way, if you want us not to be…
