Apr 7, 2011 – That is not stopping many an activist — largely a group of people who do not even know whether the guy is actually a conservative or … The first rational explanation is that the poll is wrong. … The second rational explanation is that the rest of the field is a big yawn.…

Apr 27, 2011 – But it only takes so many smacks to the head at the gas pump and grocery store and job and bank to make people stop digging the guy … This is no big deal. Why is he making a big deal?” … And then, while you’re still poring over the certificate and the silliness of the entire issue, the president will be flying Air Force…

Apr 27, 2011 – alone should) steamroll the dissenters on the Fed’s policy-making board, and just step up to be a big-time unemployment fighter … You’ll get a big swing in rates in the midcurve and at the long end, with no beneficial impact on economic activity. … The bottom line is that the Federal Reserve is not the place to be looking for a way to reduce the extremely serious problem of…

Apr 26, 2011 – with the government. … The government can punish them because they’re in the mood to punish them. … In America, though, the market still works enough to reflect the pain fairly quickly to the average person.…

Oct 27, 2015 – Strategies — get big (in terms of organization), tout electability and inevitability, keep yourself close enough to the center that … For a guy who is usually pig-ignorant about conservatives and the GOP this is not a bad answer. … Let the little boys play in the primary — even brag that you were willing to ‘lose the primary’ just to let the GOP base have no doubt…

Oct 27, 2015 – school playground or a game of ‘the dozens‘ where the guy with the best zinger in anointed the winner. … And this is the guy who Reince Priebus is allowing to moderate a GOP debate on the economy. … Like the network can host the interview and get the ratings boost but the RNC chooses moderators.…

Oct 27, 2015 – The emerging plan is designed to remove the risk that the government might default and diminish the prospect of a partial government … Now the budget deal may be in big trouble. … Paul Ryan, the guy who will have to move the spending bill to support the budget through the House, is not happy.…

Oct 26, 2015 – He had the name recognition, the bona fides of having been a governor, and the good fortune of being the favorite candidate of the … He is polling in the single digits, including in his home state of Florida(Ouch).  His big money donors are maxed out. … brother and father in Houston to try and calm the nerves of GOP elites worried that the guy who was supposed to be the next Mitt Romney…

Oct 22, 2015 – This leads us to the big question: Can the Donald Trump campaign endure a loss? … the thinking of the D.C. press corps based on polls. … Right now, if four polls had come out saying Trump at seven and Jeb at 29, all the media commentary—without either guy changing a thing…

Oct 20, 2015 – The big news in this poll however, is the choices Democrats would make if they had a chance to vote for the Republican of their choice … About the only people who like Kasich are the Circle of Jerks who make up the DC-NYC media and are overwhelmingly Democrat. … So of course they love the guy who expanded Obamacare. That about says it all.…

Oct 19, 2015 – Right on schedule, left wing media began toeing the administration line: Assad’s first big Russia-backed campaign is not going well … This, by the way, written by the guy who blamed the Israelis for restricting traffic on the bridge from Gaza to the West Bank. … While those offensives have resulted in a number of seized villages, they haven’t secured any big territorial gains for the regime.…

Oct 18, 2015 – Bush years, to the detriment of the rest of the country. Republicans do not see DC as a productive engine of the economy. … Read the whole article at the last link, it is worth it. … If he can’t play the verbal game in the big leagues he needs to get out.…

Nov 6, 2015 – A Republican strategist well connected to the donor world added: “When he’s with major donors, they expect the guy they see with all … Trump the man on stage—the persona—is such a familiar role to him, who by all accounts is a nice guy in person, that it will likely … But it’s the persona that got all the media attention, and befuddled the pundits while rocketing him to the top of the polls.…

Nov 5, 2015 – Via Scott McKay at The Hayride: The problem for Vitter isn’t the votes Dardenne brings. … ad about Edwards letting crooks out of jail is a lie and that Edwards is a big public safety guy (who promised to have 5,500 less … , the guy who implements the governor’s agenda – and Vitter gave him a hearty “Nope.”…

Nov 3, 2015 – The most significant development in the fight against ISIS over the last week went largely unreported on by the American media. … and even Gallup blew it big time in the 2012 Presidential elections. … That having been said, this isn’t America or Canada or Great Britain, and the guy who lost power doesn’t really have democratic ideals…

Nov 2, 2015 – So, there’s an op-ed at the Wall Street Journal that takes the time to explain the really big problem (well, one of the really big … I should know, because I was the one who wrote the warnings.   … I’m not really yelling at the Wall Street Journal, mind you: after all, Andy Puzder (the guy who wrote the op-ed) is probably fully…

Nov 1, 2015 – James Covey has been engaged in a rather public spat with the White House over the Black Lives Matter bunch, and the impact of police … The White House declined to describe the conversation.   … The legacy of the Obama administration will be the end of the very idea that that is the case anymore.…

Oct 28, 2015 – Marco Rubio (R-FL)’ chamber=’senate’ mcid=’R000595′ ] as the Republicans’ Barack Obama. The confrontation was predictable. … It was obvious given the drumbeat of the campaign. The Bush campaign so openly telegraphed it that it gave [mc_name name=’Sen. … He failed to shine the rest of the debate except in a question about fantasy football, then had Chris Christie denounce the question…

Oct 28, 2015 – The Russian air force has focused its bombing on the U.S. … But I must also consider that he is the head of a state, and that state is a big state, and he feels that state should have a decision-making … In his words, “In strategy the longest way round is often the shortest way there; a direct approach to the object exhausts the attacker…

Dec 26, 2017 – Waiting for us is that sense of wonder the shepherds felt when the angels appeared in the night sky to herald the birth of a Savior … She called him a “fake alter boy” and even compared him to Judas, the guy who betrayed Jesus. … Or perhaps Rosie has a direct line to God, and knows for certain that Ryan is condemned to burn forever because she and the big guy…

Jan 8, 2018 – Still, the guy definitely has a penchant for much, much, much younger girls, including leaving Farrow to marry another one of her daughters … broke the Weinstein story in The New Yorker.  … The Golden Globes nominees are selected, and the eventual winners voted, by the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association,…

Jan 7, 2018 – Said Christie: “It’s incredibly frustrating to think to yourself, ‘Wow, if this guy were not in the race, we’d win this thing,'” … “What Bridgegate did was deprive me of the benefit of the doubt — that’s all,” he said. “That’s a big thing. … “They were the three guys in charge and they were the ones who ultimately made that recommendation to the president.…

Jan 5, 2018 – One of the things I miss is how he would tell me ahead of time about big stories that he was about to break. … He would tell me about something like, say, the Anthony Weiner story, or a big ACORN expose, the day before it broke. … guy [Bannon].…

Jan 5, 2018 – Out of all the contemptible characters to spring out of the Trump clown car, through the 2016 presidential race, former Milwaukee County … Clarke likes to roll big and bad, as if that will take away from the fact that he’ll never be more than a bit player in the scene he … Let’s hope the jury does the right thing. David Clarke is a despicable guy.…

Jan 3, 2018 – of the blame for) in the early days of the Trump White House? … With Steve Bannon being such a big part of the stories coming out of Wolff’s book today, it would seem the MAGA camp will be split. … Look, I’m a huge fan of Don Jr., I just feel bad for the guy because this is Jared’s game and he’s just caught up in this mess now.…