Ed Schultz: I could draw 300,000 people to the Mall like Beck did
Remember, this is the same guy who allegedly threw a nuclear tantrum a few weeks ago because he wasn’t big enough shakes to make it into an MSNBC promo. [...] Read the rest »
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“There is a strong conservative case to be made in favor of gay marriage,” former McCain campaign manager and fellow same-sex marriage fundraiser Steve Schmidt told the Huffington Post on Tuesday....
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Obamateurism of the Day
The arc of White House research is ... nonexistent. Some have suggested that the modest remodel of the Oval Office should be considered an Obamateurism during a tough recession, but that’s unfair....
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Oval Office speech another low-key effort
Diminishing. When Barack Obama went out on the campaign trail in 2007, the media fawned over his oratorical skills as though he was the reincarnation of Edward Everett. As President, however, Obama...
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The Ed Morrissey Show, live from the State Fair!
Cheese-curdling radio from 10-noon ET! The Ed Morrissey Show continues its special Minnesota State Fair editions today, going two hours from 10-noon ET/9-11 CT live from Dan Patch Avenue at the Great...
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Reason’s Nanny of the Month
Don't get even ... get MADD. Once again, I wonder whether my friends at Reason TV have chosen wisely in their Nanny of the Month. It’s a tough call, but I would have chosen the city that busted a...
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AP: Facts in short supply in Obama speech
Truth deficit. After Barack Obama’s second Oval Office speech of his term, the Associated Press decided to fact check it, a rather tough job considering the vague nature of the address. Still, the AP...
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Video: Recovery Summer Vacation
Wallow World. Heritage has a new video out spoofing the popular Vacation series of movies while blasting the “Recovery Summer” PR campaign from the White House. The familiar theme music helps set the...
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Gallup: Voters trust GOP more on, well, everything
Sales fail. Well, okay, not everything. Democrats still get more trust from voters on the environment by 23 points in this latest Gallup survey, and health care comes in at a virtual tie. Since those...
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Chris Matthews: How can people not like a president who’s “almost pluperfect”?
Tingly. I like that he says “almost pluperfect” instead of “almost perfect.” Perfection, it seems, isn’t a grand enough concept to encompass the splendor of The One. But, laying aside the suggestion...
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Rumor of the day: Palin to announce she’s running for president in Alaska …...
Hmmmm. The answer’s almost certainly no, as she surely knows how it would play for any candidate to coopt 9/11 for something as self-aggrandizing as a campaign launch. (Even Giuliani waited until...
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ADP estimates net loss of 10,000 private-sector jobs
Harbinger. Private payroll-processing giant ADP estimates job growth outside of the public sector every month, usually a day or two before the Bureau of Labor Statistics issues the unemployment...
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Fiasco: Rape charge reinstated against Wikileaks tool
Accusations. Crazy question: If you’re a prosecutor thinking of bringing a charge as explosive as rape against a suspect as politically infamous as Assange, wouldn’t you want to make sure the case is...
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Gunman holding people hostage in Discovery Channel building
Lockdown. WUSA, a local station in D.C., threw a jolt through Twitter by claiming that the guy is a nutjob on an environmental crusade and that this is his manifesto/list of demands. Now they’re saying...
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Meek’s attack ad hits … Charlie Crist?
Pass the popcorn. How sweet is this for Marco Rubio? He can run his positive campaign ads and play statesman while Kendrick Meek and Charlie Crist fight over who’s the best Democrat … in an election...
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Federal court refuses to dismiss challenge to drilling ban … again
Isn't this moot? The White House suffered another defeat in federal court on an issue their own advisers have declared not worth fighting. Judge Martin Feldman refused again to dismiss a challenge to...
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New MSNBC theory: Most of the people at Beck’s rally were probably just...
"All of those people were like, 'Hey, what's going on over here?'" Via the Right Scoop, some deep thinkin’ from new primetime star Lawrence O’Donnell provides five minutes of comic riffery for Beck and...
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Rasmussen shows partisan split closest in five years
CBS, NBC, WaPo pollsters hardest hit. Remember this poll the next time CBS reweights its sample to give Democrats a seven-point edge while declaring a slight bump upward in Barack Obama’s popularity,...
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Deval Patrick on Beck rally: “It’s a free country. I wish it weren’t.”
Uh, okay... And you thought that a libtalker declaring a public space too sacred for God would be the dumbest quote from the Left on the Restoring Honor rally hosted by Glenn Beck. Michael Graham from...
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