Tayvon Martin is the New Matthew Sheppard

Christmas in September, Bobby Gibbs floated for DNC chair, Frances Martel,Mediaite:

According to Mike Allen‘s Saturday morning report, talks have begun within the party to gauge interest in Gibbs as the DNC head for President Obama’s

Dumbo’s green energy delusions, Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post:

[Baracl] Obama has made vilification of oil and the oil industry a rhetorical mainstay. This is intellectually shallow, if politically understandable. “Clean energy” won’t displace oil or achieve huge

Welcome to the would have been longer Scramble.  Might get my first version up it it can be recovered.

Juan Williams rips Obama administration, from Fox News, via Jennifer Rubin, Commentary:

I think the problem here

More of Mrs. Clinton’s smart diplomacy, via Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit:

Weakening US-Japan Relationships May Impair Crucial Social Networks

Multilateral relations with emerging economies, the Japanese government’s bumbling over Futenma air base, and corporate breakups are reducing opportunities

It is the hostility stupid, Ed Morrissey discusses the increasing Jewish dissatisfaction with Dim Won, from Hot Air:

How badly has Barack Obama’s support eroded among Jewish voters over Israeli-US relations?  Enough to send Rahm Emanuel to a

Chicago Way is a two way street, from John Kass, Chicago Tribune:

It’s no secret that some in journalism get offended when anyone dares mention that the president was involved in Chicago politics. But the filing is not

Alas poor Dirty Harry, Jay Newton-Small, Time:

Both Dick Durbin of Illinois and Chuck Schumer of New York say they firmly believe Reid will be reelected, but for several months the number two and three Democrats in the Senate

Go for it Liz, from Alex Spillius, Telegraph(UK):

Ms Cheney is now reportedly contemplating a run for office herself either in Virginia, where she was raised, or in Wyoming, her parents’ home state.

Don’t be too quick to rule

Hey Chuckles, how do you feel about sand bagging Norm Coleman now, from Ed Morrrissey, Hot Air

[David] Axelrod took the brunt of anger from the caucus, especially Al Franken, not exactly known for his sunny disposition.  However, Franken

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

Doctor Charles Krauthammer, this morning:

Rahm Emanuel once sent a dead fish to a live pollster. Now he’s put a horse’s head in Roger Ailes’s bed.

Not very subtle. And not very smart. Ailes doesn’t scare easily.

The White House

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• SITYS #7216:Fox News, yesterday:
  

  Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday that the Bush administration had developed a new strategy on the

As goes Energy, so goes the country.

“The worse, the better,” Vladimir Lenin is said to have observed. What Lenin meant was that the worse social conditions became in Russia, the more likely he and the Bolsheviks could foment a

There’s much to discuss in terms of implication, as regards the shooting of abortionist George Tiller, none of them particularly complimentary to those claiming to take up Tiller’s side.

Even from the outset, my instinct was that the reaction to