Breakfast Scramble (Friday)

Grizzly Gosnell, massacre in Pennsylvania, where are the calls to ban high capacity assault scissors?  Where is the Pennsylvania Department of Health berated for promoting a climate of hate?  Why has not Barack Obama been made to account for

WaPo to Arizona, take a hike, the Washington Post has her priorities and the people of Arizona are clearly note one of them, from Philip Rucker, Washington Post:

TUCSON – Even as Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shows signs of

Rush is Right, as usual, from Keach Hagey, Politico:

Glenn Beck and his colleagues on Fox News may have been complimentary of President Obama’s speech last night, but Rush Limbaugh sure wasn’t.
He criticized the timing of the

Lurch Left, John Kerry lurchs to the left, from Pete Kasperowicz, Hill:

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) warned incoming Republicans Tuesday morning against cutting back the size of government so much that it cannot contribute to U.S. productivity.

“Do

An Obama Hate Machine, from David Corn, Politics Daily:

The OHM [Obama Hate Machine] — led by a wide-ranging collection of conservative media outfits, right-wing bloggers, and GOP partisans — has already effectively undermined Obama’s presidency by propagating

Ain’t no free lunch, from Thomas Sowell, RCP:

Once you buy the idea that the government should be a sort of year-around Santa Claus, you have bought the kinds of consequences that follow.

The results are not pretty,

Why the War on Barbour? From Alex Pareene, Slate:

Corpulent unreconstructed good ol’ boy Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour apparently has a “state plane” that he uses to fly to football games with corporate executives, Politco reports today. Barbour, a

When the Fat Lady Sings, Fred Hiatt wonders how obesity became a partisan issue, from Washington Post:

That’s why obesity is not a Democratic or Republican issue. Obama has merely extended and amplified a campaign that began under

Sharp Tack pricks Juan, Clarice Feldman destroys Juan Williams, first Williams, from Aaron Blake,Washington Post:

Juan Williams: Palin not on same ‘intellectual stage’ as Obama

Fox News contributor Juan Williams said Sunday that Sarah Palin “can’t stand

Brither from Honolulu:, Neil Abercrombie is a birther but with a twist.  Instead of merely asking for the  release of  Dumbo’s, b/k/a Barack Obama, birth certificate,  Abercrombie has characterized failure to release the records as an insult to Dumbo’s

Faking the rage, from PolitiFact

PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year: ‘A government takeover of health care’

Retort fromPeter Suderman, Reason:

Politifact’s Lie of the Year Is An Exaggeration With Elements of Truth

On the other boot the idea

Turds of Wisdom, from Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal:

But a scorched-earth policy doesn’t make sense for the Obama White House. Independents voted Republican last month by a 59% to 38% margin not because they thought Mr. Obama

Flock Fairness, from Jay Eisenhofer and Richard Schiffrinm, AOL News:

(Dec. 16) — With President Barack Obama facing an outpouring of criticism from his party base following the tax-and-spending deal cut with congressional Republicans, it is time for

Dumbo forced to clean up his own mess, rather that hole in roof, Barack Obama seems to prefer mopping the floor, from USA Today:

President Obama is engaging in some post-WikiLeaks diplomacy.

In phone calls Saturday to the

Dumbo proves PIAPS right, Barack Obama proves that even Mrs. Clinton can not be wrong all the time, from Jonah Goldberg, New York Post:

But even some of Obama’s biggest fans admitted that his devotion to the magical