Breakfast Scramble: Plantation Rumbles

Rumblings from the ‘Rats plantation, from Fareed Zakaria, Chicago Tribune:

Democrats are finally up for a fight — with President Barack Obama. Having despaired that Obama gave in to the tea party on the debt deal, they now

General Frank Savage, from Twelve O’Clock High, via IMDB:

There will be a briefing for a practice mission at 1100 this morning. That’s right, practice. I’ve been sent here to take over what has come to be

Eric rambled on Rick Perry, link:

Let the mudslinging begin! I’ve said nothing about Rick Perry yet, in terms of his record, because frankly I’ve not had much chance to investigate his record. But based on recent speeches

I’ve got Pawlenty of Nothing, Tim Pawlenty makes it official, from Neil Munro, Daily Caller:

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty withdrew from the presidential race Sunday following his third-place finish in Saturday’s Ames Straw Poll.

“We needed to

Ames, from Ed Morrissey Hot Air:

The fun of the Ames straw poll came to an end this afternoon as the ballot count shows that 16,892 votes were cast, and Michele Bachmann (4823) won a narrow victory over

The rumble of discontent. Given the fact that Dumbo, b/k/a Barack Ohama, has become irrelevant, is the pining for Mrs. Clinton a sign of primary challenge for Dim Won?

Rumblings,  from Bill McCl ellan, Saint Louis Today:

Dumbo  b/k/a Barack Obama gets WaPoed  from the left and the right, from the left Dana Milbank, Washington Post:

It’s not exactly fair to blame Obama for the rout: Almost certainly, the markets ignored him. And that’s the problem:

Alas Poor Dumbo. Leonard Pitts Jr., sees the treatment of Dumbo, b/k/a Barack Obama and only sees racism, from Miami Herald:

Ladies and gentlemen, here he is, “your boy,” that “tar baby,” the president of the United Sates,

What job pivot?  Even Arianna Huffington is on to Barack Obama a/k/a Dumbo, from News Busters:

Now that is really the greatest fear for the White House. And of course Mitt Romney again and again is talking about

Dirty Harry Reid calls ‘pubs hostage takers, from John,  Verum Serum:

Over at the Daily Caller, C.J. Ciaramella has a story about a testy press conference held yesterday by senior Democrats. The ostensible issue for the presser was

Obama has lost that loving feeling, from Dr. Milton R. Wolf, Washington Times:

Is President Obama really a different man today than he was before he entered the Oval Office? The same Illinois legislator who voted “present” 129

Is this what the left really wants?

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

John F. Kennedy

New York Slimes wages last ditch war on sanity, from Joe Nocera, via Confederate Yankee:

You know what

Dumb Dickie Durbin, from Elise Foley, Puffington Post:

WASHINGTON — The Republicans are killing Keynesian economics with their attempt to cut spending as the economy rebounds from a recession, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said in a

Where’s your plan Dirty Harry? Dirty Harry Reid owns default, from Paul Conner, Daily Caller:

The Senate voted down a House-approved bill to raise the debt ceiling, leaving the ball in the court of Senate leadership to produce a

Warmists full of hot air, a twofer from Ed Morrissey, Hot Air:

Two stories have dropped that may blow big holes in the anthropogenic global warming argument — one of which is literally sky-high. Forbes reports on a