Looking ahead: Obama facing unrest on the Left?
It’s a given that Republicans, conservatives, and many right-leaning moderates are looking forward to running a candidate against President Obama in 2012. What may not have been as noticed, however, is the discontent bubbling just under the surface on his Left flank, the simmering anger of Progressives who feel used and then cast away. There’s even talk about a primary challenge to Obama. John Fund discusses this in an interesting article at The Wall St. Journal:
Rick Perry for President?
Hey, why not? Over a 12-month span ending last August, roughly 214,000 new jobs were created in the US. Half of those were created in Texas, alone.
Exciting: GOP could slice into Democrat majority in Senate during end-of-year lame duck session
Think we’d have to wait for all potential Republican Senate wins in November to become official in January at the swearing in ceremony? Think again. The Wall Street Journal reports on a little known but tantalizing tidbit of information concerning how the Democrat majority in the Senate could shake out immediately after the fall elections:
FYI: Axelturf & Rahmbo exiting the WH does NOT mean Chicago Way is going anywhere
Excitement filled the air this week for a short time as CBS News reported that WH Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Senior White House advisor David Axelrod were preparing to leave the WH in the coming months. But if you’re thinking their departure means that the Chicago Way has run its course in Washington, DC, think again:
She’s running, all right. You betcha.
A friend posted a link about this on Twitter the other day, asking if this was Sarah Palin’s first ad of the 2012 campaign: