Joe Peyronnin: 2012: The Long Hard Road Ahead
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 18th, 2011 4:38 am by HL
Joe Peyronnin: 2012: The Long Hard Road Ahead
With just thirteen months to go before the 2012 presidential elections, Republicans are more confident than ever that they will defeat President Barack Obama. But the more scrutiny their field of candidates receives, the more people are asking, “Is this the best they can do?”
Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup
This week, audience members at a GOP debate cheered the prospect of letting an uninsured man die, prompting a Jon Huntsman staffer to say the outbursts made her “sick and sad” for her party. Other events of the week proved that “sick and sad” was an apt diagnosis: Mitt Romney — clearly suffering from acute political delirium — described Dick Cheney as “a man of wisdom and judgment.” Pat Robertson, exhibiting all the signs of stage 4 moral decay, told 700 Club viewers that divorcing a spouse with Alzheimer’s is okay because the disease is “a kind of death.” Then there was John Boehner’s classic case of voluntary memory loss, wherein he called job-creation policies he has supported in the past “short-term gimmicks.” A two party system is in bad shape when one of the parties is so deeply sick. Is there a doctor in the house (or the Senate)?
Dan Collins: Mayor Bloomberg Is Burned Out
Mike Bloomberg made headlines by warning that the weakness of the U.S. economy could lead to riots. Mentioning the r-word was a critical error. Mayors of large cities should not say “riot” unless there is one. Period.
Obama’s U.N. Visit Could Be Diplomatic Nightmare
WASHINGTON — Dreaming big, President Barack Obama once envisioned this would be the moment when world leaders would gather to herald a new state of…