Sarah Palin then and now
George Will’s latest column is, I think, almost spot-on in its discussion of Sarah Palin. My only quibble is with Will’s perhaps playful comparison of Palin to William Miller, Barry Goldwater’s nominee for vice president in 1964. Miller realized that Goldwater would be trounced and, according to some reports, went through the [...]
Smart Power Strikes Again
When Obama bowed before the King of Saudi Arabia, the White House denied the story. “It wasn’t a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he’s taller than King Abdullah,” an Obama aide told Politico’s Ben Smith on the condition of anonymity. It was ludicrous — the whole world was looking at a [...]
Abdulmutallab and the Obama Mindset
When Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was placed
on the British government’s watch list in May 2009 and banned
from entering the country, the U.S. embassy in London (and by
extension the U.S. State Department), as well as U.S.
intelligence agencies, were notified of this move as part of
information-sharing [...]
What Went Wrong?
As more information comes to light about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, questions about why he was allowed to fly to the U.S. without any sort of screening continue to multiply. The Associated Press reports this morning:
A U.S. official in Washington said [Abdulmutallab's] father’s concerns were shared among those in the embassy, including liaison personnel from [...]
"The Theory That He Acted Alone…" (cont.)
From the article now up on the Washington Post website:
“But authorities are — for now — operating on the theory that he acted alone, according to an American law enforcement source.
“‘At this point, there’s nothing to suggest that he was part of a wider conspiracy involving others,’ said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity [...]
Hoffman Takes the Lead; NRCC to Spend $300K on Scozzafava
NRCC chairman Pete Sessions refused to comment on the NY-23 special election for my piece in the magazine this week, but a top NRCC official has stepped forward to defend Scozzafava in an interview with Politico, which reported yesterday that the NRCC will spend $200,000 to $300,000 on “TV ads propping up Scozzafava in the [...]
