Posted by AzBlueMeanie: When I was in high school, in what seems like a lifetime ago, there was a poster which was very popular at that time: two turkey buzzards sitting in a dead tree looking out over a barren desert; one turkey buzzard says to the other one, "patience my ass! I'm going to … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Steve Benen writes the Political Animal blog at The Washington Monthly. He has an interesting post about a speech recently given by CNN political analyst Bill Schneider at UCLA. CNN's Bill Schneider is hardly a liberal voice in media. He's a resident fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute think tank, and … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I will caution readers once again that the "short list" claimed by the media villagers in the Beltway Bubble is not the White House "short list," which is held closely to the vest. So this may be purely speculative on the part of the media villagers. Nevertheless, Huffington Post reports that both … Read more
by David SafierI read this two or three times to make sure I hadn't missed any slyly whimsical or sarcastic tone. Nope. I hadn't. Jonah Goldberg said his choice for Pres/VP in 2008 would have been Dick Cheney and Phil Gramm. Really. The entire paragraph is even better than my summary. But here's the thing. … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Jane Hamsher writes at Campaign Silo "New compromise measures from Diane Feinstein and Arlen Specter may pave the way for the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)." According to the National Journal: [Diane Feinstein's] proposal would replace the card-check provision, which would allow workers to unionize if a majority signed … Read more