The Natural
Santorum seems comfortably conversant with conservative ideas. Mitt, not so much.
Infallible
Backing away from his birth control encyclical, Obama now says that Catholic institutions don’t have to offer free contraception, their insurance companies do. Paul Ryan calls that an “accounting trick”.
For his next trick the president released a budget on Monday that Ryan says “ignores the drivers of our debt, bringing America perilously close to a European-style crisis”.
The American Catholic
Catholics don’t want the president telling them to ignore church teaching, they can do it on their own.
More Powerful Than a Locomotive
The president has begrudgingly consented to bazillions of dollars in Super Pac money to help him keep his job. This isn’t to be confused with the Super Committee, which remains in exile.
On the bright side, Supreme Court justices may attend future State of Union speeches without fear of tongue lashing.
Make My Bailout
From spaghetti westerns to J. Edgar Hoover, Clint Eastwood commands attention. So when he gives a half-time pep talk at the Super Bowl you listen. Rich Lowry gave the performance a rave review but didn’t care for the script.
