Obama and the Mockery of Honor
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 9th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Obama and the Mockery of Honor
Ralph Peters, National Review
If a soldier who volunteered to serve in the military rapes or murders someone while in uniform, has he served honorably? Has Bradley Manning, who voluntarily joined the military and then betrayed his country by turning over hundreds of thousands of documents to WikiLeaks, served honorably? Did Benedict Arnold, another volunteer, serve with “honor and distinction”?
“I’ve Had Enough:” When Dems Quit on Obama
Ron Fournier, Natl Jrnl
The email hit my in-box at 9:41 p.m. last Wednesday. From one of the most powerful Democrats in Washington, a close adviser to the White House, the missive amounted to an electronic eye roll. “Even I have had enough.”Another Democrat had quit on President Obama.
Senate Forecast: Toss-Up or Tilt GOP?
Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight
We last issued a U.S. Senate forecast in mid-March. Not a lot has changed since then.The Senate playing field remains fairly broad. There are 10 races where we give each party at least a 20 percent chance of winning,1 so there is a fairly wide range of possible outcomes. But all but two of those highly competitive races (the two exceptions are Georgia and Kentucky) are in states that are currently held by Democrats.