For the record, here's the full exchange: QUESTION: Let’s talk bonuses for a minute: Lloyd Blankfein, $9 million; Jamie Dimon, $17 million. Now, granted, those were in stock and less than what some...
Really, Mr. President? I'm trying to think of anything positive that could come out of this, and I'm coming up empty. The president has likely made his biggest "gaffe" since the bitter remarks. The...
...is absolutely true today. JFK spelled it all out. All memory and no vision indeed. h/t Elvis
You would think that after the damage George W. Bush did to the Republican and conservative brands, you'd think the GOP would learn a thing or two about elevating personalities who are, just under...
Rachel Maddow lays it all out. It's become clear that what was once a sincere effort by the White House to achieve bipartisanship is currently just a tactic -- a show for voters who dig that sort of...
Beaker performs "Dust in the Wind"
I second John Cole's reaction to this: Excellent and funny. Robert Gibbs mocking Sarah Palin's stupid cheat sheet. We must never stop mocking her unbelievable lack of smarts, veracity and substance...
Greg Sargent reports: At the private White House meeting today between Obama and Congressional leaders, the President and John Boehner got into a testy exchange, aides say, with Obama charging that...
HealthAmerica denied coverage for a life saving cancer treatment -- for a five year old boy. They should be summarily forced out of business for this. Unforgivable. And yet we're dawdling on reform...
Steve Benen lays out the wizardry of the president's televised healthcare summit idea: In the larger context, it's a reminder that the summit invitation puts Republicans in an awkward spot. If they...
The continued comedy genius of Stephen Colbert:
The Bob & Elvis Show! Stand by for details...
"God, that was a dumb idea." Mitch McConnell yesterday on the 2005 Republican effort to kill the filibuster In hindsight, it was a good idea, actually. But "killing the filibuster" is a misleading...
Someone actually thought this was a great idea. Oliver Willis responds with a series of billboards of his own. But the nearsighted stupidity this billboard represents is beyond confounding. Yes...
Wes Anderson's Spider-Man
This is all playing out nicely. With this idea of a televised summit, the president called the Republican bluff about listening to their (ridiculous) ideas about healthcare. It's not even 48 hours...
The level of delusion about Sarah Palin is staggering. Rich Lowry complete with starbursts: She's had since September, 2008 to study. And yet she still has to scrawl "tax cuts" on her hand so she...
I sincerely hope the DNC is readying the midterm commercials about this one. Brian Beutler reports: Democrats still don't have enough votes to overcome a filibuster, and unless they can win over at...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman John P. Murtha (PA-12) passed away peacefully this afternoon at 1:18 p.m. at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA. At his bedside was his family. While he wasn't...
Eric Cantor says it's the Republican way or they're not buying: After going it alone on health care reform for nearly a year, President Obama has decided he wants to bring Republicans into the...
