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Pelosi Unplugged In La La Land

We can always count on Nancy Pelosi to live in her own little private fantasy world (Politico)Striking a tone of disgust, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi ridicules the GOP as obsessed with its loathing of President Obama and hell-bent on hurting him politically, regardless the cost. She assigns little to no blame to the president […]

Boehner: Obama Will Work With Putin, But Not GOP?

A valid question (The Hill) The Speaker contrasts the White House’s policy on Syria with its stance on debt-limit negotiations. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) released a Web video on Thursday seeking to contrast the White House’s willingness to work with the Russians to find a diplomatic solution in Syria against President Obama’s declaration that he […]

Walgreens, Other Companies Dump Insurance Due To ObamaCare

I bet you’re really, really surprised (Forbes) Walgreen and another 17 large employers are turning to a new concept of giving them money to buy health benefits via private online marketplaces known as exchanges. Aon Hewitt, the large employee benefits consultancy, said Walgreens will be the largest employer thus far to join its Aon Hewitt […]

Politico: You Know What Obama’s Really Awesome At?

Initially, when I ran across this article at Memeorandum and started reading it, it seemed to be a typical Politico portrait of just how super-awesome Obama is And what’s right with President Obama? Barack Obama is a man of different talents, instincts and interests than Clinton. But now that Washington is in pile-on mode — […]

Politico Notices That Obama Is Bad At Defending His Friends

They also notice that there’s a Typical Pattern to how he operates President Obama does friends no favors Barack Obama’s got a knack for turning trial balloons into piñatas, and then leaving his allies to pick up the mess. The pattern: He floats a buddy for a top job early, deliberates long enough for the […]

Are You Psyched For Obama Speaking On The 5th Anniversary Of The Financial Crisis?

If you thought his speech on Syria was bad, wait till you hear this one (The Hill) President Obama will speak Monday from the White House Rose Garden to mark the five-year anniversary of the financial crisis and highlight his administration’s response to it. In other words, he’ll try and fist bump himself, and perhaps […]

Washington Post: Obama Isn’t A Catasrophic Mess, This Is All Standard Negotiation On Syria

Here’s one of those articles I promised would be forthcoming which would show that no, Obama’s not a screwup, that he’s not getting played and owned by Putin and Assad, in fact, he’s super awesome and things are going according to plan (Washington Post) Watching the maneuvering between the United States, Russia and Syria over […]

Carney: It’s A Good Thing That Obama’s Not Decisive

Well, in all fairness, it is incredibly difficult for Jay Carney to defend Obama when Obama’s been flipping and flopping, zigging and zagging, playing some golf, changing his mind, blamestorming, dropping the ball and responsibility in Congresses lap, playing golf, walking back John Kerry’s comments, walking them forward, walking them back, agreeing with Putin, getting […]

Obama Makes Impassioned Plea For Doing Something In Syria Despite No Direct U.S. Security Threat

I was eminently impressed that the speech actually started on time. I was unimpressed that he decided to make his plea from the same spot in which Joe Biden proclaimed that passing Obamacare was a “big f’ing deal“. Trotting down the red carpet to discuss potential military action and a serious international issue just doesn’t […]

Assad Said To Accept Russian Plan To Turn Over Chemical Weapons

Alternate title: Vlad PWNS Barack. Somehow, I don’t think Vladimir Putin will be particularly please when Obama attempts to take credit for this plan. Which we know Obama will attempt, probably during his address tonight (Fox News) Syria’s foreign minister said Tuesday his government has accepted a Russian proposal to turn over control of its […]

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