Eric Florack on November 14th, 2008

That’s what Ben Smith is reporting, this morning:

Andrea Mitchell reported this evening that Obama is considering Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, something that’s been buzzed about as a possibility for a few days.

I haven’t been able to

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davidl on November 12th, 2008

Has Max Baucus ever read the Constitution?    I kind of doubt it.  According to the New York Slimes:

WASHINGTON – Without waiting for President-elect Barack Obama, Senator Max Baucus, the chairman of the Finance Committee, will unveil a detailed

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davidl on November 11th, 2008

Talk about pity, Karl Rove, a/k/a Turd Flower, nails the problems with two administrations, present and future, Gateway Pundit:

I’ve learned in looking back now a sobering lesson. The president needs to be careful in his language but he

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Eric Florack on November 11th, 2008

The Politico posts something today that offers no new insights, but is perhaps worth going over again:

Barack Obama promised he would lower taxes for 95 percent of Americans and presumably raise them for the 5 percent who benefited

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davidl on November 10th, 2008

The suppoed “Constitutional Scholar” is in for a rude awaking on January 20. video:

The total powers of the President as articulated by Article II, of the Constitution of the United States:

Section 2. The President shall be Commander

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Eric Florack on November 9th, 2008

I note Saint Andrew the Incontinent, this morning:

“I do think that comparing Obama’s proposals for voluntary service to the forced labor marches in building the White Sea-Baltic canal by Stalin is absurd. But it is also deeply insulting

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Eric Florack on November 9th, 2008

From today’s Washington Post:

Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on climate change, stem cell research, reproductive

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davidl on November 8th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleAs Yogi Berra would say:  When you come to a fork in the road, you take it.   Well President elect BO has come to a fork in the road.

Obama campaigned on a promise to redistribute the wealth.  Obama campaign

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davidl on November 7th, 2008

Bit rambled:

Sis also notes the meme going around about how RFK JR is being offered EPA. And watch closely, this fight involving Dingle, Pelosi and Waxman. It’s taking on envro-whack-job overtones, too. I’m telling you gang, we’re

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davidl on November 6th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleYou have to wonder about the economic literacy of our nation when I can hear more economic sense in Greek dinner than I do coming from majority party.

The party of Mes. Pelosi is talking about yet another “economic stimulus

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You’re going to hear quite a bit from the left over ‘the death of conservatism’ over the next few weeks. But they’ve got it wrong. I say, what we’ve got is the death of compromised conservatism as espoused by George

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After a number of years of being Barack Obama’s enforcer, and years before that working at the Clinton White House, Rahm Emanuel has been named WH Chief of staff, and we find that John Podesta has been running things for

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davidl on November 5th, 2008

My other title would have been Dewey wins.   This is simple.   Barack Obama would not keep his word as a candidate.  He will not keep his word as President.   As per Geraghty’s Law, all of BO’s statements come with

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davidl on November 3rd, 2008

From the New York Slimes:

Today, we come together to mark a pivotal moment in our state’s history, a day that in the rhythm of democracy marks a transition and a new beginning.

It is with profound humility about

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Eric Florack on November 2nd, 2008

DavidL wisely quotes Ed Morrissy, Hot Air

Because, remember: it’s selfish to think that you can distribute the wealth you earned more efficiently and intelligently than Obama and his small, elite group of policymakers. Why, look how well the

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