This is a ridiculous story. Ed Rendell was captured on an open mic saying that Janet Napolitano has plenty of time to devote to DHS because she's single without kids. Oh noes! Fact: single people...
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Author - Bob Cesca
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CESCA'S TAKE: Five random names that Mark Halperin drops into a conversation in order to make himself appear very serious: 1. Austan Goolsbee 2. "Bebe" Netanyahu 3. Dirk Kempthorne 4. Kuwaiti Amir...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for documenting the constant variety of cable news hackey and whatever else you're doing. Tonight! Peeance freeance.
New Huffington Post Column
Sarah Palin: The New and 'Explosive' Leader of the GOP Also.
Stages Of GOP Grief
I, Stranahan From Wikipedia... The Kübler-Ross model first introduced by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her 1969 book "On Death and Dying", describes, in five discrete stages, a process by which people...
The Saxbe Fix
Regarding the constitutional problem with Hillary Clinton moving from the Senate to the State Department... Article I, Section 6 -- No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he...
Doof Quote of the Day
“We’ve won the war." Bill Kristol If by "win" he means "destabilized an entire region; fomented decades of anti-Americanism; and currently paying sectarian militias to not fight each other" then...
Defusing The Opposition With Friendlies
Rude Pundit: If the great and glorious David Petraeus and the shiny Robert Gates are saying, "Bring the troops home," then you've defused your enemies. Exactly. Or, for instance, which of the...
Welcome Homeland
by Lee Stranahan This New York Times articles about the shock ex-Clinton aides are getting at how much the White House has changed in eight years of W has a slew of interesting stuff in it, such as ...
Bill Richardson Thoughts
I'm still wrapping my head around the Commerce post for Richardson. On the surface, it looks like a Glengarry Glen Ross award: first place is a Cadillac, second place is a set of steak knives (third...
Prediction
Republicans won't be using the words "up or down vote" as much as they used to. In other words: not at all. The question is whether the White House and the congressional Democrats will embrace the...
Morning Awesome
Goodie Bag - "I Love Progress Bars"
Your Moment Of Wingnuttery
By Lee Stranafnord In case you haven't been following what would be the biggest story in political history, here's a recent open letter to Mr. Barack Obama about his alleged 'birth'. (Note: It's not...
Great Medical Marijuana Non-decision
by California Resident Lee Stranahan Seldom have I been so happy to see the Supreme Court do nothing.... The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a landmark decision today in which California state...
Staggeringly Crazy
New Nixon Tapes! -- On July 1, 1971, Nixon instructs Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman to have someone break into the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.: "I can't have a high-minded lawyer ... I...
The Dumb Stupids Award
Goes to the several Republican governors who apparently argued with the president-elect in a private session today -- warning him to not run up the deficit. This according to Governor Rendell on...
Martin Loses Run Off in Georgia
NBC calls it for Chambliss. So why couldn't Barack Obama close the deal? He never closes deals and it's all his fault!
Gates Of Hell
I tend to agree with David Corn on his worrisome evaluation of the retention of Robert Gates at DoD. While I can see the political up-side, I don't think it's enough to balance out the potential for...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for documenting the nightly processional of cable news hackery. Tonight! I'm really hoping for 60, but I think it's going to be 58.