Daily Archives: March 9th, 2009 «

 

B & MI

Posted by: ST on March 9, 2009 at 9:26 pm » Comments Off

Warren Buffett criticizes Obama’s economic stimulus spending priorities

 

Kevin Hassett

Posted by: ST on March 9, 2009 at 9:07 pm » Comments Off

‘Manchurian Candidate’ Starts War on Business

 

SCOTUS Blog

Posted by: ST on March 9, 2009 at 8:53 pm » Comments Off

Court rules against minority districts

 

24 – 8pm til 9pm open thread

Posted by: ST on March 9, 2009 at 8:50 pm » 8 Comments

The nailbiting starts in 10 minutes …

 

AP

Posted by: ST on March 9, 2009 at 7:51 pm » Comments Off

More charges filed in Palin e-mail hacking case

 

NYT confirms that the attacks on Rush were “explicitly authorized” by the WH

Posted by: ST on March 9, 2009 at 7:36 pm » 14 Comments

- specifically senior advisor David Axelrod, the “Karl Rove” of the Obama administration. Money quote: [Axelrod] also helps decide which fights to pick and which ones to avoid, making him a leading voice in setting the political tone in Washington. The recent back-and-forth with Rush Limbaugh, for example, was explicitly authorized by Mr. Axelrod, who [...]

 

Arthur Herman

Posted by: ST on March 9, 2009 at 7:15 pm » 2 Comments

What’s Behind Barack’s Brit Snit

 

Rebuttals to the “Chas Freeman is a realist” arguments

Posted by: ST on March 9, 2009 at 7:01 pm » Comments Off

Over the last few weeks, an intense debate has developed in (mainly) punditocracy and blogosphere circles over the Obama administration’s choice of Chas Freeman as head of the NIC. This pick was atrocious for a number of reasons discussed here. Unsurprisingly, it was reported last week that the vetting process did not happen on Chas [...]

 

NYT

Posted by: ST on March 9, 2009 at 2:07 pm » 1 Comment

David Axelrod is never far away from Barack Obama

 

Will Chris Dodd pay a political price for his role in our economic downturn?

Posted by: ST on March 9, 2009 at 1:35 pm » 4 Comments

It’s still too early to be able to make a definitive statement one way or the other (he won’t be up for re-election til next year), but as it stands now, things aren’t looking too good for the CT Senator: In many respects, Senator Chris Dodd is more powerful than ever on Capitol Hill these [...]