Of Race And the Liberal in the White House

Dan Miller over at Pajamas Media:

Some probably disagree, but I think President Obama’s race was the deciding factor in his election. Had he been Caucasian, Asian, or Hispanic, he probably would not have got the Democratic Party nomination, much

More is Dumbo Sane? From Linda Chavez, Washington Examiner:

The night he locked up the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama predicted that generations hence, people would look back on the historic day as “the moment when the rise of

Dixie Cater, perhaps best know for her role in the TV Sitcom, “Designing Women” has died.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Dixie Carter, who played an outspoken liberal on the sitcom “Designing Women” and received an Emmy nomination for a

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• So, Barney Frank wants an investigation…. Of the people who investigated and reported on ACORN. A retaliatory strike,

If Sonia Sotomayor were a horse, thny would shoot her.    Ok, Sotomayor was never going to convince Rush Limbaugh to support her, but her weak and unconvincing testimony hoa lost support from Eva Rodriquez,  Washington Post:

I’m surprised and

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• The Honeymoon is officially over:  Jennifer Rubin:
  

  The jig is up.

  The stimulus is a

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• More Base!! To start with, today, we see a comment from Glenn

Look, I know this has long since become a matter of repeating earlier comments and replacing the names, dates and positions not being filled, but another of he president’s appointees… this time the number two slot at the EPA   (Yeah,

Philip Sherwell, Telegraph(UK) asks:

[Is Barack Obama’s] determination to push through Mr Daschle’s nomination, regardless of the developments of the last few days, was either politically tone-deaf, inept, naïve loyalty or straightforward “I won” arrogance. Or some combination of

Unfortunately, new facts have come to light – involving his failure to pay substantial taxes that were owed and his sizable income from health-related companies while he worked in the private sector – that call into question his suitability for

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Nancy Killefer on Tuesday withdrew her nomination to become chief performance officer, a new post in President Obama’s administration, a White House spokesman told CNN.

Officials said privately the reason for the withdrawal was unspecified tax issues.

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Another cold week in front of us, (The plains states are below Zero as of this morning’s check) but thing are already heating

As those who can remember back to the 2006 elections realize, the political winds have been favoring the democrats of late. If you take all the ‘generic congressional polls‘ from April of 2005 through today, you get the

• David will undoubtedly get a smile over James Joyner’s first post on Saturday. Men and women are different… who knew?
• Speaking of James, we had an interesting discussion as regards Rumsfeld, et al, over there, you’ll want to check

(CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign rejected suggestions Sunday that Sen. Hillary Clinton is staying in the race in hopes of brokering some kind of agreement with the likely Democratic nominee.

“I don’t believe that Sen. Clinton is looking