Category Archives: Politics
The Blagoshpere
Here’s all the inside Blago baseball you need to know in a lengthy Chicago News Cooperative piece by James Warren
Wise Guy
The man who once said people cling to their guns and religion gave a rousing call to religious freedom last Friday night only to walk it back Saturday morning. Here’s the speech. Here’s Victor David Hanson on what it means. And here’s Jon Stewart on what it really means.
Anchors Away
I’ve heard that when your opponent is self-destructing, the best thing to do is get out of the way. Unless you’re a Republican, in which case, you’ll probably want to begin a movement to repeal the 14th amendment. The most likely outcome of that effort according to Linda Chavez is no Hispanic Republicans. She makes her case in a WSJ column. You may need a subscription, but I was able to access the whole thing here. Atlantic Wire has a brief summary here. And Chavez explains in this JWR column.
Rangel Rant
Nancy Pelosi called Congress back from vacation to vote for the teacher bail-out bill. Famed vacationer, Charlie Rangel, took the opportunity to dare his colleagues to throw him out. Jon Stewart wonders how he morphed into an old Jewish guy.
