Harvey Weinstein’s odious Oscar push
I was rooting for Silver Linings Playbook for Best Picture the other night as suspected I might when I reviewed it last year. It’s probably not quite typical Best Picture quality, but then I would argue neither is Argo. I have to tell you though, when I learned about producer Harvey Weinstein’s efforts to get [...]
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 [...]
The McConnell-Biden compromise passes the House
Late last night the House approved the McConnell-Biden compromise to avert the ‘fiscal cliff.’ The final numbers? The bill passed in the Senate 89-8 and then in the House 257-157 257-167. Most opposition came from GOP Congressmen who were upset the bill didn’t have any spending cuts. Noted conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer even went so [...]
Monday morning speed read: Politics
Cliff, cliff, cliff, cliff-cliff. Nothing but cliff-talk dominating the world of politics these days. Allow me to give you the “cliff’s notes” version of this weekend’s events. (Ha-ha-ha, I slay me!) When John Boehner’s “Plan B” failed a week ago last Friday, he basically abdicated the lead to the Senate to come up with something. [...]
Reader submission: The GOP should stop playing by Queensbury Rules
Well, the elections are over there is great hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing going on in Republican and conservative circles. Some of the concerns and pessimism are focused on legitimate issues and others are not. Worse yet some of the proposed changes and solutions are even more off of the mark. Yes, the Republicans need to reach [...]
The day after for the GOP
The morning after elections like last night are always tough if you supported the loser(s), like I did. I don’t feel terrible though. I acknowledged Obama was the favorite throughout the process, and never was more than mildly confident Romney at any point could pull it out. While it’s true 2012 was a more winnable race for [...]
The debate, baseball playoffs, and other quick PM&S hits
I’m not a Barack Obama fan, but his lackluster performance completely shocked me last night. It’s one thing to play it safe with a lead, but it’s completely another to stumble through basic responses with countless “uhs” and fail to show any energy whatsoever. I would have thought Obama had an illness of some sort, [...]
Politics aside, there was never anything to debate with Strasburg
I found myself caught in one of those typical Washington “inside the beltway” arguments on Tuesday night. Anyone familiar with DC-speak will recognize it.“It starts at the top. These guys didn’t have a plan and now they found themselves caught in a tough situation,” says one of my companions.“No plan? Hardly. They’ve said since the [...]