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Rachel Maddow & Ezra Klein are not careful what they wish for.
Rachel Maddow has been waxing eloquent of late about what she considers “abuse” of the filibuster rule in the Senate by Republicans “obstructing” the legislative process. She ignores the simple fact that there is a 60 vote ...
Shatner Reads Palin. Palin Reads Shatner
I know many don’t think Sarah Palin is a smart woman. And hey, fair enough. It’s not like she made a good impression in 2008. However, I think you have to possess some smarts to become Governor of any state. After all, look how Dubya parl...
Huckabee Weighing Presidential Run Against TV Show Success?
I’d expect the former Arkansas Governor’s stock to drop significantly after the word gets out about how he views the presidency. From Politico: Mike Huckabee, the former Republican governor from Arkansas who has his own Fox show told Chr...
White Voters Disenchanted With Obama?
In the past week, Obama’s approval rating has finally slipped below the 50% mark in Gallup’s daily tracking poll. The reason why? His support among white voters has fallen from 61% ro 39%. And that could be a big problem as he looks tow...
Thanksgiving tradition – precedented and “un”
The administration that initiated so much that is unprecedented in American politics, introduced an unprecedented new Thanksgiving tradition – carving up our currency for the holidays. Before considering this new tradition, let us not forg...
Huckabee Tops Republicans’ List For 2012
Found this little nugget in a piece about Huck in the Politico today. Apparently he’s leading the pack with GOPers… Gallup’s survey of Republicans found that 71 percent would consider voting for him, more than for Palin, Romney or othe...
Gingrich To Run In 2012?
Unlikely, but he’s making noises yet again. From C-Span via Politics Daily: C-SPAN: “If you were to run, what factors would you take into account? What would lead you to think about running?” GINGRICH: “Callista and I are goi...
GOP 2012: Mitt Romney Or Sarah Palin?
Matt Lewis breaks it down: Today, the perfunctory, “next in line” theory suggests that the most likely GOP nominee will be former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. While Romney dropped-out of the 2008 campaign earlier than Mike Huckabee, mo...
Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue” Out November 17th
Looks like Christmas is coming early this year! From The AP: Harper publisher Jonathan Burnham says the former Alaska governor invested herself deeply and passionately in the project. He says the book contains fascinating detail. The 400-page book is...
Huckabee Leading Contender For 2012 Contest
Public Policy Polling pitted the top Republicans (including Jeb Bush) against Obama in a hypothetical matchup and found that the former Arkansas Governor’s folksy ways puts him at the top of the pack. And this makes sense. Huckabee is amiable, ...
Divided Government rises from the grave.
After having an electoral stake pounded through its heart last November, after being exposed to the searing media morning light of a “permanent realignment” in the “center-left” American electorate, with a silver bullet in the brain of a “b...
2012: Barack Obama Versus… Mike Huckabee?
Some interesting polling numbers from PPP via Pollster.com: Favorable / Unfavorable Newt Gingrich: 33 / 42 Mike Huckabee: 45 / 28 Sarah Palin: 40 / 49 Mitt Romney: 37 / 34 2012 President Obama 49%, Gingrich 41% Obama 47%, Huckabee 44% Obama 52%, Pal...
