In a weird way our complaints about Obama is because we miss Bush. We miss hating somebody. We miss the guy who didn’t give a f—-. … Bush didn’t give a f—- about us. He just really, really didn’t. We want revenge; we don’t want justice. That’s the problem with the Democrats. We want revenge.
A must read: NYT - What Happened to Obama?
The stories our leaders tell us matter, probably almost as much as the stories our parents tell us as children, because they orient us to what is, what could be, and what should be; to the worldviews they hold and to the values they hold sacred. Our brains evolved to “expect” stories with a particular structure, with protagonists and villains, a hill to be climbed or a battle to be fought. Our species existed for more than 100,000 years before the earliest signs of literacy, and another 5,000 years would pass before the majority of humans would know how to read and write.
Why won’t Obama just declare the debt ceiling unconstitutional?
This is how Obama wins:
At some point after Aug. 2, Obama would face the demands of multiple contradicting laws. By law, the government is supposed to pay out money that’s already been appropriated. But the Treasury’s obligations would exceed revenues, and, under debt-ceiling law, the government’s not allowed to print new currency or float new debt.
So, Balkin notes, Obama “has a constitutional duty to treat at least one of the laws as unconstitutional as applied to the current circumstances.” And, lo, Section 4 of the 14th amendment does say, “The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, … shall not be questioned.”
I’ve got several of the Obama T-shirts. I’ve never worn one outside,” Harding said. “There is such a thing as hanging a target on your back. This is serious redneck territory.
I’ve been harassed many times in and around Paris, Ky due to my Obama paraphernalia…
The most rational explanation for Obama’s speech is that he’s positioning himself for failure. He’s explaining his position so that when Congress fails to lift the debt ceiling, Americans will blame the Republicans and not him. … I expect a week from now we’ll be bracing for disaster.
Let the games begin: Obama's number: $86 million
The Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised a combined $86 million between April and June, blowing past the $60 million goal set by both groups at the start of the fundraising quarter.
parislemon: “-BO” Great to see the President now actually tweeting for himself.
The GOP’s only choice: Huntsman, Huntsman, Huntsman
Politico Playbook this morning:
Several prominent Bush names are siding with Jon Huntsman, who formally announces his campaign Tuesday. A rooftop HPAC reception-fundraiser in D.C. tonight is sold out and over capacity. Juleanna Glover, one of the co-chairs, emails: “I’d asked some uncommitted heavy-hitter funder and policy types to come as my guests … but I had to disinvite them since there is just no more room (they’ll attend another event later this month). Without exception every GOP member, staffer, donor, policy wonk with whom I’ve spoken (except those on other presidential campaign payrolls of course!) wants to see Huntsman up-close and in action – the interest is profoundly intense.”
Show me one other GOP candidate, officially running or thinking about running, that can speak on issues like this:
Jon Huntsman, the former U.S. ambassador to China, likened raising cyber attacks with Beijing to the challenge of discussing missile defense and the military use of space — issues that are also highly sensitive to the Chinese.
“At some point, we are going to have to develop a context in which we can actually discuss this and, I would think, draw some red lines around areas that we don’t want them into and they might not want us into,” said Huntsman, who left China in April to plan his presidential election campaign, and was speaking at the same event.
There are simply none. Huntsman is the GOP’s only shot against Obama.
Last night Chris Matthews on Hardball used the analogy of boxing to discuss Obama vs. Romney in the 2012 election saying, essentially, that Obama has all the moves—he can dance in the ring all day—Romney has one move, one punch and that’s jobs (and private sector job creation experience—the legitimacy of that claim can be fought later…).
That analogy sums up Romney’s campaign, IMO. Huntsman, on the other hand, seems like he could go round after round with Obama. On jobs. On energy. On foreign policy. On innovation.
Huntsman is dangerous.
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