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February, 2009 Entries


February 27

    • Obama Administration Realizes UN Racism Conference Critics Were Right
    • On Housing: 'Government cheese is getting baked into the pie.'
    • How Does 'a Net Spending Cut' and 'Pay-As-You-Go' Turn into a $1.75 Trillion Deficit?
    • Has the GOP Been 'Joe the Plumber-ized'?
    • Iran, Not So Far Away
    • Phantom Savings, Backdoor Tax Hikes
    • Day Two CPAC Notes

February 26

    • At This Rate, We Run Out of Dow to Lose in About 88 Days
    • Putting the Vastness of Obama's Proposed Budget into Perspective
    • Conservatism's Best Recruiters? Obama, Pelosi and Reid
    • Quick Notes from CPAC
    • Only 36 Percent of Democrats Call Afghanistan 'A War Worth Fighting'
    • Red Meat, Seasoned with Special Guests
    • Obama's Already Breaking His Promises on Tax Hikes

February 25

    • Joe Biden Wants to 'Literally Dropkick' You
    • Detainee Lawyer Says Gitmo Abuse Worse Since Obama Took Office
    • The American People Baffle Me Sometimes
    • The Markets, Like Me, Waiting for Housing Market Details
    • About Those Americans Going Bankrupt Every 30 Seconds . . .
    • Hey, Guess What? Mortgage Aid Might Go to Speculators and House Flippers
    • And the Markets Say . . .
    • About Those Minneapolis Police Officers the Stimulus Allegedly Saved . . .

February 24

    • Maybe Jindal Should Have Just Done a Q & A
    • Aren't We Past the Time for Pledges?
    • Will They Still Be Applauding Tomorrow Morning?
    • The 'Read My Lips' Moment, and a Pledge That the Check Is in the Mail
    • Getting Your Head Around the Renewable-Energy Pledge
    • 'Nobody messes with Joe.' Uh, Okay.
    • Read That Metaphor Again
    • AP's Prewritten Wire Copy: 'Barack Obama is giving America the audacity to hope again.'
    • Obama's Vague, but Promising, Words on $2 Trillion in Spending Cuts
    • Palin to Reimburse Alaska for Certain Travel Expenses
    • Durbin Urges Burris to Resign; Gets Nowhere
    • Jindal Preview: 'Republicans lost your trust—and rightly so.'
    • Sarah Palin Chats with Esquire
    • Is This Really the Day to Rehash Jindal's Exorcism Story?
    • Insufficient
    • Who Does Rick Santelli Speak For?
    • What Problem Was the Stimulus Aimed to Solve?
    • Yet Another Obama Statement Reaches Its Expiration Date

February 23

    • Meltdown on MSNBC: The Leg Tingle Is Gone?
    • Dow-n
    • Jindal Is Less New Than You May Think, Rick
    • Borrowing and Spending Is Bad, Robert Gibbs Assures Us
    • Under Stimulus, Some Government Programs Getting 57 Times Previous Budget Level
    • Deadbeats
    • Bring a Little Newt to Your Tea Party
    • The Market Isn't a Perfect Indicator of Economic Health, but Come on, Man
    • Because People Are Always Cheery About Their Taxes in April
    • Rising Public Concern About Deficit Spending?
    • An Inane Argument from the DCCC

February 22

    • 'When you’re paying to buy the pizza, it’s okay to have a slice.'
    • White House, Without Saying It Directly, Expects Bad Economy Until 2011
    • Neither Jindal nor Crist Want to Talk About Running for Other Offices

February 21

    • No Repeal of Bush Tax Cuts Before 2011 Expiration

February 20

    • Another Burris Staffer Rides into the Sunset
    • A Doddball Proposal to Nationalize the Banks
    • On Burris, Gibbs (Almost) Quotes Jack Nicholson's Joker
    • The Obama Markets
    • Blago's Replacement: Burris Should Resign
    • They Want Her to Hewlett-Pack Her Bags and Go Away
    • Press Noticing Obama's NAFTA Rhetoric Has Been Traded In
    • Well, Eric Holder Can't Call That Guy 'Cowardly'
    • The 'McCain-Affair' Libel Suit Settled
    • Obamunich

February 19

    • Obama: No Pressure on Canada on Afghanistan
    • Durbin: 'Every Day There Are More and More Revelations' About Burris
    • All Things Considered, the Spokesman Wasn't the Problem
    • I Only Spoke to One Person About the Appointment. and by That Number I Mean 'Six.'
    • This Presumes Burris Doesn't Have Some Trump Card
    • Sebelius to the Cabinet?
    • Sun-Times: Burris Needs a Shove -- from Dick Durbin!
    • Will Eric Holder Be Obama's Andrew Young?

February 18

    • Gibbs Hasn't Had a Chance to Talk to President Obama About Burris
    • I Have a Strange Sense of Deja Vu
    • 'In things racial we have always been and continue to be... a nation of cowards.' (UPDATED)
    • Burris's Non-Responsive Response
    • Burris Must Go, Says Illinois Democrat
    • It's Official: 'Lincolnesque' Is a Synonym for 'Like Obama'
    • 'I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops is going to solve the violence there.'
    • The Continuing Myth of GOP Governors Supporting the Stimulus
    • Charlie Crist, Florida's Political Steamroller
    • From the 'While You Were Out' File

February 13

    • 'It's Great to See Someone Withdraw as a Cabinet Secretary Because of Integrity, Instead of a Lack of It'
    • The Stimulus-Triggered Rehiring Spree That Wasn't

February 12

    • Judd Gregg, Washington's Newest Political Powerhouse
    • Without Kennedy and with Gregg, the Stimulus Is at 60 Votes
    • Why Are Lobbyists Getting Copies of the Stimulus Before Congressional Offices?
    • Okay, Now the Shamwow Guy Deserves a Shot at Commerce
    • Appropriate, Since the Process to Pass This Tax Cut Was Like Making Sausage
    • 'Buy American' Includes Loophole for EU, Japan, Korea, Canada; BRIC Imports Blocked
    • Government Efficiency
    • Check the Fine Print on Those Caterpillar Rehiring Claims
    • Will This Blue Dog Buckle?
    • Obama's Tax Cut for 95 Percent of Workers: $13 a Week
    • Buyer's Remorse
    • God Bless Nancy Pelosi

February 11

    • What's Keeping Palin from CPAC? The Day Job
    • Crist, Mack Lead Early Florida Senate Buzz
    • Yeah, Probably Shouldn't Have Done That
    • Probably Not Quite a 2012 Presidential Race Preview, But . . .
    • If You Want to Quote Caterpillar, Mr. President . . .
    • 'In truth, few of those involved in the stimulus debate are suggesting that the government should not take action.'
    • Just Toss It in the 'If Bush Had Said That' Pile . . .
    • I Do Not Think That Word Means What You Think It Means
    • So What Happened with Yesterday's Rumored Party Switch in Virginia?
    • If We're Leaving Iraq by Mid-2011, Why Are We Training Iraqi Pilots in 2012?
    • Connecticut Voters Want the Stimulus, Even Though They Don't Think It Will Help Them
    • Those Would Have Been Two of the First Three Names I Guessed

February 10

    • Start the Clock
    • Offshore Drilling, Delayed Again by Obama Administration
    • He Lied About the Bridge While Describing the Bridge He Wants to Sell You
    • Stimulus Town Hall? Or 2012 Rally?
    • Key Party Switch in Virginia? (UPDATE: Report: Switch Averted)
    • Anybody Really Think Obama Would Veto the Stimulus Over 'Buy American'?
    • I Would Have What He's Having, but I'm Not Sure It's Legal
    • The Weak Tea of the Post’s Story on Michael Steele
    • Obama Doesn't Want to Say Whether He'll Overturn Policy Biden Called 'Shameful'
    • Chris Dodd's Approval Rating Hits All-Time Low
    • Eugene Robinson Remembers Obama Running Against Tax Cuts

February 09

    • How Will the Economy Be Doing in November 2010?
    • Next Up, How Is the Recession Affecting Strippers?
    • Government Fees Increasing 20 to 42 Percent!
    • Newsweek's Promised Circulation Down 52 Percent Over Two Years?
    • Look, It's Not an Earmark as Long as You Don't Call It One
    • Actually, Mr. President, We Are Talking About Numbers
    • Former Obama Campaign Organizer: 'We didn't know who he was. We knew who we wanted him to be.'
    • Obama's Stimulus Rhetoric vs. His 'Brand Identity'
    • McCaskill's Metaphor Bursts Into Flames
    • Sarah Palin's Voice, Still a Star of Radio

February 07

    • Or Jerry Glanville, or Richard Lewis, or Steve Jobs . . .

February 06

    • Obama's Net Approval Rating Among Independents Down 12 Percent in a Week
    • Obama Smash!
    • 'Distribute $600 Million in Digital TV Vouchers, Pay Later'
    • Those Almost-Mythical Tax-Cuts-Only Republicans
    • Obama: 'There may be some provisions that can be taken out. There may be some provisions that can be added.'
    • Another Early Good Sign for the GOP in This Year's Virginia Governor's Race
    • Which Republicans Have the Juice?
    • Obama Sees a Grassroots Reaction that Polls, Calls to Congress Don't Show
    • Who Paid for the Big Democratic Pow-wow at Kingsmill?

February 05

    • Limbaugh, Palin and . . . Michelle Rhee at CPAC?
    • No Word on What 'Improvements' Obama Wants to See in the Stimulus
    • Look, the List of Shovel-Ready Projects Is on a Need-to-Know Basis . . .
    • Capitol Hill Phone Lines Jammed
    • Unlike a Shamwow, It's Guaranteed to Leave a Mess
    • Lots of Audacity, Not Much Hope
    • Left Hand, Meet Right Ha-- Eh, Further Left Hand
    • Obama: Pass This Giant Spending Bill, Because Otherwise We're Just Continuing the Old Ways
    • The Washington Post Says Gibbs 'Presumably' Joking About Obama's Clairvoyance

February 04

    • How Is It the GOP's Fault if the Democrats Can't Pass Their Stimulus?
    • The Stimulus: More Than a Million a Day Since Jesus Christ's Birth
    • After Daschle and Killefer, Why Should Rangel Get a Pass?
    • Fred Visits the Hill
    • 'We were just tired of being in the White House.'
    • Isn't This Kind of Like a 'Women's Issues Task Force" Made Up Entirely of Men?
    • And Every Week, Nine Billion Americans Face Foreclosure
    • Reading Between the Lines of Romney's Statement on Gregg
    • Not the Upset Win the GOP Was Hoping for, but . . .
    • A SHOCKING Poll Out of New Jersey

February 03

    • Palin on the Stimulus: 'I Agree with the Decision . . . to Vote NO.'
    • Missouri's Senate Showdown Falling into Place
    • And How Much Fiscal Discipline Does a Commerce Secretary Get to Exercise?
    • Blackwell Touts Steele as 'Unabashedly Pro-Life, Strongly Grounded in Second Amendment Freedoms, and Fully Embracing Limited Government and the Rule of Law'
    • Somebody Saw Daschle's Departure Coming
    • Which Lawmaker Wants to Vote for Raising Taxes Now?
    • Another Nominee Bites the Dust?
    • Daschle Out?
    • Grumbling Over Geithner's China Comments
    • Obama vs. Democratic Legislators
    • 58 Percent Say Congressional Democrats Governing Like Partisans
    • Election Day in Fairfax

February 02

    • Hello, Red Meat, and Farewell, Byron
    • Sarah Palin on the Stimulus
    • Daschle: 'Certainly, I Don't Think That Many People Are Overtaxed.'
    • Potential New Republican Senator from New Hampshire 'Will Not Shy Away from Tax Increases'
    • It's Preferable to Snarling, but . . .
    • Does the Stimulus Do Windows?
    • Maybe He Used Geithner's Copy of TurboTax

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