Lame Streamers Lose Hope in Change

Who says I never cite Morning Joe, video:

Reax, Karen the Lonely Conservative:

Tina Brown: Obama Doesn’t Like His Job, Doesn’t Know How to Exercise Power

Ace of Spades calls this the one Morning Joe transcript worth a few

The Audacity of a Dope, Jack Kelly explains the political phenomenon formerly attributed to one Barack Husien Obama, from RCP:

Mr. Obama’s campaign speeches consisted mostly of empty platitudes, which nevertheless were greeted with wild applause.

“Obama’s appeal comes

Coherence from Cohen, some sobering questions from Richard Cohen no Egypt, from the Washington Post:

Egypt’s problems are immense. It has a population it cannot support, a standard of living that is stagnant and a self-image as leader

So we have here, ladies and gentlemen, Obama’s Bay of Rigs.  Obama’s Bay of Rigs has been so disastrous he’s now seen as the disappointer-in-chief by Maureen Dowd and Chris Matthews, who — get this! Last week Chris Matthews played

“The more he talked, the more he got upset,” Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) said. “He needs to take a valium before he comes in and talks to Republicans and just calm down, and don’t take anything so seriously. If you

Matthew Yglesias gets it:

I’ve been feeling like I should say something about the failed terrorist attack this weekend in New York but can’t come up with much beyond the observation that I don’t quite get why this is

Will the Senator accept the terms and limitations of Obamacare, WNYC:

NEW YORK, NY February 19, 2010 —New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg, 86, has been diagnosed with stomach cancer.

Lautenberg will undergo six to eight chemotherapy treatments, in

Look who is slamming Eric Holder now:

Poor Eric Holder. The fact is that he is none too smart … and none too versed in constitutional issues. Although Ronald Reagan did appoint him Judge of the Superior Court of the

Bye-Bayh, Fox News:

Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh will not seek re-election this November, an unexpected decision that hands Republicans an opportunity for a pick-up in a year when Democrats are already defending several open Senate seats.

And Barbara

The Won is no longer the one, Don Surber:
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Jay dumps on “president I’ve been waiting for all my life.”

Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller — West Virginia’s other senator — got a little excited about Barack Obama

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• STATE OF THE ONE: If you’re interested in reading the speech, it’s here. Frankly, I had thought to do a running commentary

“The Republican Party itself has to drive out Trent Lott. If they have to stand for something, they have to stand up and say this is not the person we want representing our party.”

Illinois Senator Barack Obama(2002), via John

“Sen. Joseph Lieberman, speaking in that trademark sonorous baritone, utters a simple statement that translates into real trouble for Democratic leaders: “I’m going to be stubborn on this.”  Stubborn, he means, in opposing any health-care overhaul that includes a “public