Politics MMSR: Government shutdown in nine days?
In nine days if Republicans and Democrats don’t come to a budget agreement, the Government will face a broad shutdown. That’s the bad news. The good news is, it probably won’t get to that point, despite the parties’ awful recent track record of being unable to come to an agreement. I found it strange. Unless I missed [...]
Has Obama changed his tune as his approval rating sags?
This morning came news that President Obama’s Gallup approval rating tumbled seven points since last week, to mark his lowest point since his re-election. Don’t get too excited, Republicans–your approval ratings aren’t exactly sterling and one week does not necessarily signify a trend. But it appears the administration is well aware of its sagging poll numbers. The [...]
Politics MMSR: The Colin Powell edition
In DC over the weekend the two main topics continue to be Chuck Hagel and guns. The main highlight on the Sunday talk circuit was Colin Powell, who defended Hagel on NBC’s Meet the Press. Powell called Hagel “superbly qualified” to be Secretary of Defense and predicted he will be confirmed. Powell also said that while [...]
Monday morning speed read: Politics
The Sunday talk shows yesterday focused as you would expect on the impending “fiscal cliff” which now is just three weeks away. The question remains–will the Republicans cave on letting the Bush tax cuts for the top two income brackets expire? Will they let Barack Obama raise taxes on the rich while keeping them the same for [...]
The State Department’s shameful security lapse
It’s not particularly surprising the media is not keen on getting to the truth of what happened September 11th in Libya where we lost Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. After all the Fourth Estate, which used to pride itself on being a bipartisan watchdog, realizes that even a slightly embarassing blight on President [...]