It appears the media is already bored with fmr Massachusetts Governor and presidential candidate Mitt Romney. They want to wrap this up after SC and move on. The media was bored with Obama the day after he was elected. Anyone remember how pundits were already picking horses for the 2012 race no less than 24 [...]
There’s red meat in Iowa. The Republican Iowa Caucuses. Any predictions? There’s plenty of them. Who will pull out an upset? Is this blog ready to take notice? Nope. Too soon to tell. Party establishment operatives are still at working removing tea party fat. New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida. Conservatism? Rare, medium, or well done? [...]
Texas Governor Rick Perry officially announced his bid for President today in Charleston, SC, the first state to secede from the Union right after Lincoln’s election — I’m talking about 1860. Has this Texan who wooed secessionist hearts decided being part of the union isn’t so bad afterall? Will he revoke Juneteenth? Another Texan. Is [...]
Yes, they did it! Here comes the bride/bride, groom/groom, bride/groom. Couples willing and committed to taking that next step can, and will have all the rights and benefits that come with the package in New York state. From today’s New York Times: With his position still undeclared, Senator Mark J. Grisanti, a Republican from Buffalo [...]
The choice is clear: a failure to ratify New START would be a dangerous gamble with America’s national security, setting back our understanding of Russia’s nuclear weapons, as well as our leadership in the world. That is not what the American people sent us to Washington to do. Nukes are one of those things that [...]
I’m still trying to figure out how obstructionism is the most effective strategy especially when its played out to the point of just shutting down any and everything. President Obama specifically calls out Republican “leadership” for obstructing the work of getting the nation’s business done. Here are some of the things left hanging on the [...]
COLOREDS ON TV! Seeing black people on Masterpiece Theatre makes me think of the olden days of television when Black folks would call friends and family to let them know “coloreds on TV.” Tonight, Masterpiece Theatre debuts an adaptation of Andrea Levy’s novel Small Island on PBS (first premiered on BBC in 2009). It’s the [...]
I’m behind on my President’s Weekly due to so many other things on my plate and of course the news and other distractions of the past week. I’m so focused on work (thankfully) and the “what next” of health care reform that I didn’t have time to fully address the meaning and impact of the [...]
Obviously, the White House and the President want to move on from the Nobel moment and bring the focus back to the nation’s business. For this weekly address, that means health care reform. The House and Senate will begin merging their versions of the reform bill into one for the final debates and votes on [...]
Republicans’ outrage, both real and feigned, at Sotomayor’s musings about how her identity as a “wise Latina” might affect her judicial decisions is based on a flawed assumption: that whiteness and maleness are not themselves facets of a distinct identity. Being white and male is seen instead as a neutral condition, the natural order of [...]
