Post Punishment President
The president appealed to Latinos this week to double down on his presidency and extract revenge from their enemies.
Snub It
Our prickly president has added Frank Caprio, the Democrat running for governor of Rhode Island, to his snub list. Caprio’s opponent is Independent Lincoln Chafee, a serial snubber of his own former party – the Republicans. One such snub was Chafee’s endorsement of Obama in ’08. The President returned the favor on Monday by refusing to endorse Caprio. Hurt and humiliated, Caprio blurted that Obama can “take his endorsement and really shove it“.
Fear not, the unrequited candidate is already on the rebound. Politico reports this morning that Bill Clinton has swooped in with smooth and soothing words of endorsement. Caprio will now be making the rounds with the president the Donkey Party really loves.
French Retirement Planning
Jonah Goldberg observes that European “protesters desperately want to keep the perks and pensions that are driving their countries to insolvency” while while American Tea Party protesters want to keep our leaders from going the way of Europe.
Oppressed Minority
NPR’s sacking of Juan Williams for incorrect Muslim thoughts has created an uproar. Politico says Fox News has offered to help relieve Williams’ oppression with a 3 year contract worth $2 million.
Foreclosure
Here’s a WP discussion about why a foreclosure moratorium would prevent house values from finding a bottom.
There’s no moratorium on the political race to the bottom. The Real Clear Politics average poll value of Congress is 20.5% approve 72.8% disapprove.
