Condoms in Peoria
On the television program, the Gong Show, any of the three judges could sound a large gong if one of the acts being rehearsed by amateur performers was particularly poor. At this past Thursday’s...
View ArticleBill Richardson’s Remarkable Plan to Disarm Iran
Bill Richardson is not among the top tier of Democratic presidential candidates. But he is notable for having more foreign-policy experience than the leading three: John Edwards, Barack Obama, and...
View ArticleThe Politics of the Playground
Last month, in response to the overwhelming passage of the Kyl-Lieberman amendment labeling Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terrorist group, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson had this to...
View ArticleHillary’s “No”
The Washington Post and the New York Times may have missed it, but the New York Sun got it. The key moment for the Democrats as a party during last night’s debate came when Barack Obama stumbled on the...
View ArticleIt’s Official: Bill Clinton’s Lost His Touch
The widening gyre that is the Hillary Clinton campaign is spinning into near-chaos, and once again, the Senator’s supposed ace-in-the-hole is lending his name to the cause. Last night, in an interview...
View ArticleIOWA: The Vanity Primary
Presumably, sometime in the next 48 hours, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, and Chris Dodd will take a deep drink of reality and drop out. They have not just failed to be competitive in any part of the...
View ArticleHow Long Before Gore Endorses Obama?
After Ted Kennedy’s endorsement, the only question is when Al Gore will throw his support behind Barack Obama. Don’t think for a moment that Gore isn’t considering it. What happened this weekend was...
View ArticleA Bearded Bill Richardson
If you’ve been following the elections returns on MSNBC, you probably just saw a newly bearded Bill Richardson. Richardson’s beard brings to mind one previously sported by Al Gore shortly after he lost...
View ArticleFalse Equivalence
Only a media outlet devoted to soothing its liberal audience and rooting for Barack Obama could reach the conclusion that this past week was “a bad week for everyone.” Yeah, right. That conclusion may...
View ArticleWhat Is Left To Say?
Bill Clinton is Joseph McCarthy and Bill Richardson is Judas. That’s what Democrats are saying about each other. If this goes on for a few more months there will be little more for John McCain and the...
View ArticleCarville on Carville
Today’s Washington Post has a piece by James Carville, who defends his “Judas” comment about Gov. Bill Richardson. When Gov. Richardson, a longtime Clintonite, endorsed Barack Obama last week, Carville...
View ArticleBill’s Blowing Hillary’s Superdelegate Chances
A piece on sfgate offers a telling glimpse of Clinton rage. Last weekend, Bill Clinton flew in from Chicago to California and schmoozed with superdelegates at a state convention. Mingling with the...
View ArticleMeltdown
Barack Obama may have done poorly with working class and rural voters in Pennsylvania but he’s doing even worse these days among liberal pundits. This is from Bob Herbert: However one views the...
View ArticleTaking His Sweet Time
“Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” When it comes to following Don Corleone’s sage advice, Barack Obama is a natural. Sure, he’s tight with Ted Kennedy and Bill Richardson, but they...
View ArticleIs Anyone On Message Today?
Bill Richardson says don’t talk to Ahmadinejad but to”moderate clerics” and confesses he chatted with Castro (when? with what authority?). Apparently he is just as adept as a surrogate as he was a...
View ArticleDemocratic Governors Upset with Obama
Reading the headline “Democrats worried about Obama track record,” one is tempted to say, “They should be.” Liz Sidoti and Ron Fournier write: Democratic governors said Sunday they worry about...
View ArticleA Bad Idea for GOP: Early Presidential Candidate Debates
Today, NBC and Politico announced they would co-host the first Republican presidential debate sometime in the spring of 2011. Presumably they are using the benchmark of April 2007, when the first...
View ArticleDangerous Idealism on North Korea
There’s something about North Korea that gives liberal idealists amnesia. They’re quick to believe that change is afoot, too willing to overlook the evidence that plainly shows that the regime is evil,...
View ArticleIs Famine Behind North Korea’s Latest Belligerence?
Earlier today North Korea released a barrage of unprovoked and unexpected insults toward the United States, declaring that the U.S. is the “archenemy of the Korean people.’’ The LA Times reports on the...
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