Category Archives: Obama
Vapid Confirmation Hearing
Elena Kagan doesn’t have much of a legal paper trail. This is considered a good career move for Supreme Court nominees, ever since Robert Bork talked his way out of a job. One footprint she has left, however, is a 15 year old complaint that the Bork-A-Dope strategy has caused confirmation hearings to become “vapid” .
Change of Command
Well, here’s a story in the UK Telegraph that says Petraeus will review the doctrine of courageous restraint.
Insubordinate
Salazar is going to fight a federal judge’s ruling that strikes down a 6 month ban on deep water drilling. A panel of experts says Obama misrepresented its views to justify the ban in the first place.
Gusher Side Chat
The President’s Oval Office call to arms over BP turning the Gulf of Mexico into the La Brea Tar Pits didn’t play to rave reviews. Here’s Andrew Malcolm in the Los Angeles Times.
Slick
Under White House pressure, BP suspended it’s dividend and established a $20 billion escrow account to help the “small people“. Here’s Steve Chapman’s lowdown on the shakedown.
