Breakfast Scramble: Madison on the Potomac

How Dumb is Dumbo, Barack Obama, or as I call him Dumbo, is clearly confused by the cause of the 2007 Interstate bridge collapse, from via Ed Morrissey, Hot Air:

Remember when that bridge in Minnesota collapsed with

Victor Davis Hanson: Perfect storm, the dirt farmer from California, makes a pretty fair sailing analogy. frinn National Review:

Had the Obamites been sober and circumspect after the 2008 election they would have realized that Obama had pulled

“We are here to affirm that when Americans stand up and speak their minds and say America can do better, that is not a challenge to patriotism; it is the heart and soul of patriotism.”

John “French” Kerry, 2004, via

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• ANOTHER 20 INCHES: Another 20 inches of snow for the DC area, we are told. Too bad. It’s holding up

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• KENNEDY SENATE SEAT TO A REPUBLICAN?  MAYBE….Scott Rasmussen and his people are reporting that State Attorney General Martha Coakley is

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• The Obamacare Telethon:  No, I didn’t bother watching

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• Men are from Mars and Earth Girls are Easy… or something: John

In a staged pseudo-news event, the White House arranged their network record to cover Barack Obama and Joe Biden trip to local burger joint.    That MSNBC sees fit take orders for the White House and what cover and tries to

I am neither a lawyer, play one on television, nor give press conferences pretending to me one.    In other words, I am not Barack Obama,  Helene Cooper, New York Times:

WASHINGTON – President Obama vowed to try to stop

Time to let your voice be heard… loudly and repeatedly.
Here’s where.

• At some point, the rain around here has to stop. Not that we’ve had flooding of any serious amounts, but it’s rained around here about every day this summer, for at least part of the day. Today is another example.

• I managed to catch a first place this week at OTB’s Caption Contest.
• for the last week or so, we’ve brought up John Edwards and his scandal. Kaus has been watching this for a while too, all credit to

Unfreeping believeable.   Barack Obama, through Wesley Clark is attacking Captain John McCain’s, United States Navy (retired) military record, Josh Kraushaar:

Gen. Wesley Clark, acting as a surrogate for Barack Obama’s campaign, invoked John McCain’s military service against him in

• Headlines read: “Two charged with giving Amy Winehouse Drugs” Only two? She must be slipping.
• Sad to see this report of at least 4 dying at the Boy Scout camp last night, on two fronts; The people who were there,

Mrs. Clinton’s scorched earth policy, Boston Globe:

LAST YEAR at the beginning of the presidential primary season, Democrats were giddy with excitement. Not only did we have an embarrassment of riches in our candidates but we had two