The Reagan Legacy

RENO, Nev. —AP- John Edwards and Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized Barack Obama’s praise of the Republican Party and Ronald Reagan – an anathema for many Democrats, particularly union members considered crucial to winning Nevada’s Democratic caucuses Saturday.Obama responded by suggesting

The Clinton’s are vicious on the attack, provided they are attacking no more than a mere straw dog.  Barack incited the Clinton when he said that Ron Reagan changed the trajectory of the country in ways that B.J. Clinton never

Barack Obama gives praises to Ronald Reagan:

Video:

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Transcript, via Open Left:

I don’t want to present myself as some sort of singular figure.  I think part of what’s different are the times.  I do think that for

Scott Johnson, Powerline, has “The case against John McCain.” I’ll go beyond Rick Santorum, and I don’t trust McCain on foreign or defense policy either. McCain has the problem of letting extraordinary temper get the better of

Ben Smith over at the Politico notes that there’s been a lot the last 48 or so over charges of racism:

A series of comments from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, her husband and her supporters are spurring a racial

Word from MSNBC that Bill Richardson is quitting his bid for the White House.

Word also is, he’s denying the report.

I’m reminded of a movie:

MINSTREL (singing): Brave Sir Robin ran away
ROBIN: No!
MINSTREL (singing): Bravely ran away

After many weeks on hold, I’m re-starting the Nightly Ramble. Reasons are many but the bottom line is that there are a lot of subjects I want to touch on but don’t want to write it all out… I’d rather

I get asked fairly frequently of late, what are you guys gonna do if one of the (current) frontrunners wins the Republican nomination? Aren’t you painting yourselves into a corner just a little by targeting the front runners? (Example, calling

Peter Robinson at The Corner

The latest news from Iowa? According to Zogby’s latest—and I quote: “Sen. Fred Thompson…has seen a late-breaking surge.” (Rich notes the same poll below.)

What’s going on here? My guess is that there are

News you can feel good about.   Armed citizen in Indianapolis, pulls guns and stops armed robbery.  Richard Essex,  Eyewitness News,

Charlie says was face to face with the suspect. “He just stare and looked at me for a

I could not let Bit have all the fun with the best articles of the year.  Retrived an utterly delicious Snark of the Day from the archives. 

The best Snark of 2007 is “Snark of the Day: Scarlet O’Clinton

Here’s a few posts from BitsBlog that caught my eye and my immediate memory, as I scanned over the posts from the last year.

Harry Reid,man of the land…. deal.
Barbara Boxer back in CAIR’s good graces
Joe Biden: Barack

Daniel W. Drezner asks,  “Should celebrities set the global agenda?”

Rosie O’Donnell, winner of Barbra Streisand IQ Award for Celebrity Vacuity, via New York Post,

“I just want to say something: 655,000 Iraqi civilians are dead. Who

Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, fights to keep his Rolodex relevant, and explores the issue of the Reverend Al Sharpton’s relevance:

Sharpton has “been eclipsed, because Obama puts guys like Sharpton in the shadow,” said Fred Siegel, a historian

Anne E. Kornblut and Alec MacGillis, Washington Post, report Mrs.  Clinton is now claiming the legacy of the adminstration of her husband, B.J. Clinton.   By my reasoning, Mrs. Clinton has just claimed co-ownership of everything from the Gennifer Flowers’