BDS alive and well in NYC
The NYT gleefully reports on the kind of “exposure” our 43rd president is receiving on Broadway, courtesy of a show about George W. Bush that has been running since The One’s inauguration (via Kim Priestap):
Weekend open thread
I’m off to run errands, and enjoy this rare warm winter afternoon. Be back later.
The emperor has no clothes
Forbes.com’s Peter Robinson writes this morning about how, stimulus bill or not, on the first real test of Obama’s presidency he has been a spectacular failure:
A reminder to be calm, from Joe Biden
Fear not, my dear readers and fellow Americans. President Obama knows what he’s doing on the stimulus bill. Joe Biden told us prior to their election that there would be times like these, and we’d just have to learn to be patient:
Thank you, Senator McCain (UPDATE: SOURCES SAY STIMULUS DEAL REACHED)
It’s time for me to take a moment to give credit where credit is due. A couple of weeks ago, I voiced skepticism that John McCain would provide much, if any, resistance to the stimulus bill – mainly due to him trying to “move forward” in the “spirit of bipartisanship.” I figured it was a no-brainer, considering this is Obama’s biggest battle to date, and with it being so early on in his administration that McCain would want to “smooth the path” for his former rival a little in order to “prove” he wasn’t holding a grudge.