Soon after the president told the Israeli Knesset that Democrats are Chamberlain-like appeasers because Obama is prepared to talk to Iran (just as Bush’s own Defense Secretary and Secretary of State have recommended), John McCain jumped on the far-right bandwagon. Aboard his campaign bus, McCain told reporters Obama’s willingness to negotiate with rival heads of […]
When U.S. troops serving develop PTSD, it’s a painful tragedy. When Veterans Affairs officials discourage PTSD diagnoses because it might cost too much money, it’s a genuine scandal. VoteVets.org and CREW have done some great work on this, and news outlets are picking up on the story. A psychologist who helps lead the post-traumatic stress […]
In the unlikely event you haven’t seen it elsewhere, right-wing shock-jock Kevin James appeared on MSNBC’s “Hardball” yesterday afternoon, and Chris Matthews humiliated him. It was a bit like watch a car crash — you really don’t want to see the carnage, and yet, you find it hard to turn away. For all of his […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * 50,000: “The death toll from China’s massive earthquake could reach more than 50,000, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday, quoting rescue headquarters. Already some 20,000 are confirmed dead as a result of Monday’s 7.9 magnitude quake, and at least 12,300 people remained buried and another 102,100 were […]
I get the sense the Obama campaign is having a pretty good day. With Hillary Clinton’s landslide victory in the West Virginia primary in the rear-view mirror, and John Edwards’ high-profile endorsement yesterday, Obama and his team have spent the afternoon fighting with Bush and McCain, which is exactly the dynamic Obama wants more of. […]
In the morning, the president, in a speech to the Israeli Knesset, suggested that Democrats want to appease terrorists, the way some wanted to appease Hitler. In the afternoon, the White House thought it best to play dumb. Q:There’s some question about his comment here about “some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists […]
Following up on an earlier item, the president spoke to the Israeli Knesset this morning, and instead of using the occasion to honor the 60th anniversary of the birth of Israel, Bush took ugly and cheap shots at Barack Obama and Democrats, equating their foreign policy with Nazi appeasement. The response has been swift. John […]
It looks like California is poised to join Massachusetts as states where gay and lesbian residents can get legally married. The California Supreme Court has overturned a gay marriage ban in a ruling that would make the nation’s largest state the second one to allow gay and lesbian weddings. The justices’ 4-3 decision Thursday says […]
When explaining his position on Iraqi reconciliation, John McCain told an audience last year, “One of the things I would do if I were President would be to sit the Shiites and the Sunnis down and say, ‘Stop the bullshit.’” This morning, in a similar vein, McCain told an Ohio audience about his vision of […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * What’s up on the superdelegate front? Over the last 24 hours, Obama has picked up two (Mike Morgan in Oklahoma and Lena Taylor in Wisconsin) and Clinton got one (Vicky Harwell of […]