Obama Now Says “Drill Baby Drill”

Jake Tapper says this morning that the White House has given a go ahead to offshore drilling.

On Wednesday morning at Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility in Washington, DC, President Obama will announce that his administration will allow the

Rush Limbaugh uses the term ‘retarded” a lot,  video:

Hat tip video: Media Spatters.

Tim Shriver, Special Olympics, soils his nappies, from Ben Smith, Politico:

But the Special Olympics, which organized a delegation that ultimately accepted Emanuel’s apology and

Patterico points out that this most recent incident of what Democrats would unquestionably call racist comments if they were uttered by a Republican, isn’t Dingy Harry’s only offense:

Amidst the brouhaha over Harry Reid’s comments, some people are defending Reid

Even Howard Dean called this “reform” plan crazy! “Reform” is in quotes because calling this reform is a lie.This is not reform it’s a complete socialist take over health care with rationing of care for the old and undesirable. If

Matthew Yglesias  is just a tad bit confused.

This seems very confused. Being a “reverse racist” can’t be similar to being a “racist,” it needs to be the reverse of being a racist. Limbaugh clearly just thinks Sotomayor is a

The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Attorney General of the United States
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.  20530-0001

Dear Attorney General Holder:

This letter is respectfully submitted to inform you that I must decline

WTOP in DC:

WASHINGTON – A D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer employee and a government contractor have been arrested in a federal bribery sting, sources tell WTOP.

D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer employee Yusuf Acar and

Well I suppose one doesn’t need to study biology to get a degree in journalism.   I supppose it would prevent stupid stories like the one, Jeffery Diamond, ABC News:

A transgendered woman, who lost a job offer because of

The old jobe is that a conservative is liberal who was mugged.  Greg Sargent, TPM, reports Brian Beutler, was shoot in the course of mugging in DC:

Brian Beutler, a well-known progressive blogger, was shot and seriously injured during

Roger Clegg, National Review, reports that Senate has passed yet another silly and unconstitutoinal apology:

On February 26, the Senate passed a “Resolution of Apology to Native Peoples of the United States.”  It is now pending in the House

This war is lost.  Let us set a timetable and leave, Allison Klein, Washington Post:

D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier announced a military-style checkpoint yesterday to stop cars this weekend in a Northeast Washington neighborhood inundated by gun

Look, I think Wayne Allard is a putz… an admittedly quick assessment based on limited info.

But he got this one right:

May 1st, 2008 – Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) joined New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici,

Bob Novak at RCP:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Close-in supporters of Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign are convinced he never will offer the vice presidential nomination to Sen. Hillary Clinton for one overriding reason: Michelle Obama.

The Democratic front-runner’s wife