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Video: The obligatory “Jan Brewer freezes up during the debate” clip
Aw. Via Ben Smith, it’s well and truly painful — but endearing too. Reminds me a little of that “singing candidate” from Rhode Island, in fact, minus the nuttiness: As much as you might cringe, we can...
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Sabato: Every time the House has flipped …
... so has the Senate. Kathryn Jean Lopez looks at the latest analysis from political prognosticator Larry Sabato, who has decided that he has been too conservative in his estimation of the chances for...
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Oh yes: First “Hillary 2012″ ad hits the airwaves
It's time. No no no, of course she’s not behind it. It’s some random Hillary fan who’s paying for it. Or is it? The commercial was paid for by a Chicago dentist named William DeJean. When asked why he...
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Sestak’s earmark explanation not quite convincing
Incredible. Already falling behind Republican Pat Toomey in the polls in his bid to win a US Senate seat, Joe Sestak has run into yet another ethics scandal, this time relating to an earmark he...
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Confirmed: Pretty much everyone offended by Vanity Fair hit piece on Palin
Bipartisan! So here’s where we’re at. Yesterday the piece dropped, and immediately even left-leaning reporters like Ben Smith and Dave Weigel started challenging it. Today Smith came back with another...
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NTU: Dems planning to hike taxes on oil, energy companies
Bit by bit. During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama repeatedly vowed to force American companies to pay taxes on overseas earnings, rather than take a tax credit for taxes paid by its...
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Great news: Left-wing president turns into tax-cutting conservative just...
Change. Why not? Policy-wise, he’s tried Keynesianism, and politically, there are no other options for wooing back a few independents to the Democratic side before November. The left will forgive him...
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Gallup: Why likely-voter models may be undercounting Republicans
Enthused. We’re entering the period of the election cycle where pollsters start switching to likely-voter models to enhance the predictive value of their surveys — but that’s more of an art rather than...
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Video: A huge Republican wave comparable to 1994 is coming, says … Evan Bayh
Waterloo. Alternate headline: “Lame-duck Blue Dog free to admit what every other Democrat already knows.” The good stuff comes at the beginning, but if you give up before the end, you’ll miss him...
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Video: GOP launches new, er, “Young Guns” ad
Branding. A few days old but worth watching. Here’s the thing: I like the overarching “rebranding” concept, and I really like the idea of showcasing the GOP’s younger stars (Paul Ryan especially). But...
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Quotes of the day
The beginning and the end. The Grand Design, an extract of which appears in the Times today, sets out to contest Sir Isaac Newton’s belief that the universe must have been designed by God as it could...
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Obamateurism of the Day
A rose by any other name ... On Tuesday, Barack Obama claimed during his Oval Office speech that he had fulfilled his promise to get the combat troops out of Iraq: So tonight, I am announcing that the...
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Unemployment rises to 9.6%, 54,000 jobs lost
Death Stall. The unemployment rate went up slightly in August to 9.6%, over the July rate of 9.5%, and overall the economy shed 54,000 jobs, according to the latest report from the BLS. Private sector...
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The Ed Morrissey Show, final State Fair edition!
Tax cuts on a stick, 10-noon ET! The Ed Morrissey Show finishes its special Minnesota State Fair run today, going two hours from 10-noon ET/9-11 CT live from Dan Patch Avenue at the Great Minnesota...
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Survey USA poll shows Whitman, Fiorina leading in CA
Trends. Welcome to California … the Red State. At least that’s what Survey USA finds in its latest poll of likely voters in the gubernatorial and Senate races, where Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina...
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CNBC: It’s not the economy, stupid
Hope and stasis? In 1992, James Carville coined the phrase “It’s the economy, stupid” as a way to focus the Bill Clinton campaign and keep it on message, and it worked; Clinton beat the incumbent...
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Der Spiegel columnist says US becoming too … European
We've noticed. Plenty of people talk these days about core American values, but a German professor of economics in Hamburg may ironically have written the best and most concise explanation of them in...
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Gallup: Antagonistic voting hits historical high
Good news/bad news. Let’s start with the good news from the latest Gallup/USA Today poll. The survey found that among those planning to vote for Republicans this year, 44% planned to do so because of...
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Oh my: Chris Christie endorses Mike Castle
RINO fee-vah! In which Team Castle tosses tea partiers a curveball: If the right’s new rock star thinks he’s conservative enough, shouldn’t they think so too? I’m … not so sure they should, partly...
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Question for Obama: Hey, any regrets in hindsight about calling this...
Heh. Like Tapper says, there’s an awful lot of stammering at the beginning here. Plus this: Flanked by members of his economic team – including outgoing Council of Economic Advisers Dr. Christina...
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