TV Party Movement
Stephen Crowley captures the thrust of the "no-there there" Tea Party Convention, and the party itself, in one take: It's about theatrics.
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Fun and Games at the National Prayer Breakfast
I had a great time this morning looking at pictures from the National Prayer Breakfast and comparing the radically different spin....
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The Look for Winter, Spring and, especially, Fall
W previewed mid-term voter sentiment back in November.
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Stupak: Walking Forward in that Light?
Now, I don't know if Congressman Stupak typically dials the phone with his middle finger, but I'd otherwise say he's actually pretty conflicted about the Obama era.
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Rousing The Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party: (Or, What Part of "NO" Don’t You Understand?)
After Governor Dean threw down the progressive gauntlet earlier in the week in challenging the health care sell-out, Senator Franken carried the new found sense of "NO" into the Senate chamber Thursday giving the legislative anarchist, Joe Lieberman, a taste of his own medicine.
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BREAKING: LIEBERMAN HAS GLASS OF WATER!!! (Stay Tuned for updates)
Narcissist Joe Lieberman has moved to center stage in the dramatic Senate health care countdown.
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Palin’s Bragging Rites
A look at two photos from Palin's book tour appearance at Fort Bragg. (Why she was able to exploit the installation is beyond me.)
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Commandant Beck Not Joking Anymore
Using his "latest-book" tour as the field test for a new (yep, Palin-esque) identity, Glenn Beck proposes to transform himself from screaming (faux-) media pundit into full-fledged political activist.
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In The Religion Section
I came across an interestingly composed photo of a Palin book signing event published on her Facebook feed.
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When is Piper Next Going to Have a Normal Halloween?
If anyone out there still somehow entertains the notion that the Palin children aren't media props, consider the question: When is Piper next going to have a "normal" Halloween?
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Height of Irresponsibility
In a flaunting and thoroughly cyncial act caught in DC on Friday, we see a GOP Congressman literally throwing (health)care (legislation) to the wind. ... John Culberson, R-Texas throws the Health Care bill to the crowd on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, during a health care...
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Ron Ron Ron, Ron Ron Away
Even if Steele is a blowhard... maybe these guys (cut to Reagan) aren't all that stupid.
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Paging Dr. Dean
Talk about the dregs, Tim Keane, the drubbing in the Virginia Governors race, and the Democrats poor use of imaging.
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Election/Anniversary Take-Aways
At Obama's 1 year mark: Exhibit A in valiant effort to usher in new era of post-partisanship. (...And mostly downhill from there.)
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Election Day: Drawing Conclusions
Are today's elections really a referendum on Obama or is it about "throwing the bums out?"
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Douglas L. Hoffman’s America
Doug Hoffman, this week's now fuel-injected darling of the radical right, offers a model of America straight out of Andy of Mayberry.
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GOP Health Care Snapshot
If thise Getty photo is supposed to show House Minority Leader John Boehner flanked by House Republicans speaking about the healthcare reform bill, it's really a cartoon.
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Can’t Brooke the Stonewalling
A brilliant photo op and political tactic today Obama honoring former GOP Senator Edward Brooke in the Capitol rotunda.
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