Eric Massa to Rip Democrats on Glenn Beck’s Fox News Show on Tuesday
CQ-Roll Call reported at 12:18 pm ET today that Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) will follow through with his resignation, scheduled to take effect at 5 p.m. - per his chief of staff.
In roughly 12 hours, Massa has changed his narrative from “congressman resigning in disgrace” to angry, Howard Beale-esque truth-teller who’d simply had enough and [...]
Re Obama’s phony health care summit: ‘It’s a Trap’
Allahpundit, referring to a report that the Dems are near a deal on Obamacare before the White House summit, says it’s a trap:
… instead of bargaining with the GOP from scratch — as Boehner and Cantor initially insisted and as 57 percent of the public wants, per yesterday’s Zogby poll — The One’s going to [...]
Spring reading?
Here in the Washington legal community, the rumors are growing stronger that Justice Stevens will soon announce his retirement. The front-runner appears to be Elana Kagan, former Dean of Harvard Law School and currently the Solicitor General of the United States.
Kagan’s advantages, as compared to judges like Diane Wood, are said to be her [...]
Abdulmutallab’s Encounter With the "Clean Team"
The Associated Press has a fascinating blow-by-blow account of the interrogation of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab that adds several new details to previous reports on his handling. Overall, however, this news does not change the disturbing picture of the reflexive, law-enforcement-first approach the Obama administration took with the al Qaeda operative. And with the new details come new [...]
Democrats’ Narrative Isn’t Selling
Scott Rasmussen finds that for the first time, a plurality of voters say the Democrats’ stimulus bill has hurt the economy:
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 30% of voters nationwide believe the $787-billion economic stimulus plan has helped the economy. However, 38% believe that the stimulus plan has hurt the economy. This [...]
Obama White House served acorn cookies at Monday’s annual Christmas party
IA Rep Steve King said in an e-mail, “I didn’t expect to see such stark symbolism,” and makes a point:
“Bill Clinton redefined a two and a three-letter word,” King said, a reference to Clinton’s denial of the Lewinsky scandal . “But from the man who wrote ‘The Audacity of Hope,’ we were served the very [...]
