President Obama’s speech yesterday at Carnegie Mellon University is a preview of David Plouffe’s TV whacks to come. Whacks that will absolutely hunt if given an opening by a Republican candidate in “purple” New Hampshire. From the President’s speech: Now, some of you may have noticed that we have been building this foundation without much [...]
Kelly Ayotte, Bill Binnie and Paul Hodes are all going to have the resources to compete until the end of their respective campaigns. Everyone knows that. So their fundraising reports are less about “how much” and more about “who”. And Ms. Ayotte’s “who” is 2,400 New Hampshire donors – 2,400 donors who are guaranteed to [...]
It’s morning in America. Now get to work. By David Brooks The Ecstasy of Fiscal Policy Let’s say you’re a political consultant. You’re sitting there in your West Hollywood bondage-themed strip club with party donors picking up the tab, and, of course, you’re thinking about what a great country this is. Swept up in the [...]
Bill Gates calls bullshit on our current, 20th century fossil fuel based economy… Bill Gates. You know, the man who bent the global marketplace to his own will and made a gazillion dollars doing it. That’s about as American as it comes. Ayotte/Binnie/Lamontagne/Bender/Hodes what don’t you understand?
Am I a “squishy Republican” if I believe that the #2 national security threat to this country – second only to a terrorist getting his hands on a nuclear bomb – is the $56 trillion dollars in unfunded liabilities currently on our Federal government’s books? And I support “paying more for less” to balance our [...]