Taking Aim at the President: The Remarkable Story of the Woman Who Shot at Gerald Ford
Slog (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
The NYT is running an article that speaks as if the GOP has a future in this country: The trick [of regaining power], some Republicans said, is to guide populists’ energies toward an optimistic agenda built on those themes. “If we don’t take this anger and frustration, as legitimate as I believe it is, and channel it into a good, a positive, then we won’t be successful,”...
Acton Institute PowerBlog (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
President Ronald Reagan was far from the common Republican. If anything he was the exception to the rule in a party dominated by moderates and pragmatists. It’s one of the overarching themes of Craig Shirley’s new and epic account Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America. The book follows Shirley’s masterpiece Reagan’s Revolution, a study...
Third Base Politics (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Upon hearing that Obama's approval rating had dropped below 50 in nearly every major poll, I've read many Democrats deflect the plummeting rating by highlighting that Reagan went below even faster than Obama. Rich Galen does his part to make sure those same Democrats have something else to think about: The Gallup folks announced that Obama's approval rating has dropped below 50 percent for the first...
The American Street (Free subscription) | yesterday
. Lagniappe: Arlen Spector and Gerald Ford can Fuck Off . Comix, comics, comixx, comic strips, editorial cartoons, cartoons, comic books, underground comix, satire, parody, Republicans, political cartoons Zencomix
Pushing Rope (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lagniappe: Arlen Spector and Gerald Ford can Fuck Off . Comix, comics, comixx, comic strips, editorial cartoons, cartoons, comic books, underground comix, satire, parody, Republicans, political cartoons Zencomix
The Aristocrats (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lagniappe: Arlen Spector and Gerald Ford can Fuck Off . Comix, comics, comixx, comic strips, editorial cartoons, cartoons, comic books, underground comix, satire, parody, Republicans, political cartoons Zencomix
The old Highlander Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Democratic Party or should we say the Lawyers Party.. Why do we get this picture in our head when someone mentions lawyers....? Barack Obama is a lawyer. Michelle Obama is a lawyer. Hillary Clinton is a lawyer. Bill Clinton is a lawyer. John Edwards is a lawyer. Elizabeth Edwards is a lawyer. Every Democrat nominee since 1984 went to law school (although Gore did not graduate he has been studying...
Terrierman's Daily Dose (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Network , 1976. Gerald Ford was President. Add in a dolop of racism, a hefty bag of ignorance, four conspiracy theories, and a tax scam. Place in large corporate payola cauldron, and percolate through Fox News. Season with blast email and garnish with a Bible quote, Ayn Rand, or your own theories about economics, law, and the United Nations. Goes well with Stupid on a Stick. Serve with a hot American...
Transform Drug Policy Foundation (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
I had a great opportunity today to discuss global drug policy on the BBC World Service (broadcast internationally) with Dr Robert Dupont , the first director of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the second US Drug Tsar from 1973 to 1977 under former presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. It was a refreshing change to have a decent amount of time to talk through some of the issues...
ProudToBeCanadian Blog (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Gallup reports today: Obama Job Approval Down to 49% November 20, 2009 Gallup Daily tracking from Nov. 17-19 shows President Barack Obama’s job approval slipping to 49% for the first time in his presidency. Among post-World War II presidents, only Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton, and Ronald Reagan dropped below the symbolic majority approval level faster than Obama did. Also see chart I posted earlier...
My view by Silvio Canto, Jr. (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Pres BO's trip to China was a disappointment, specially if you believe that the US should say something about human rights. Also, didn't candidate BO say this in 2008 : "Way back in March 2008, widespread protests erupted across the Tibetan plateau and were brutally crushed by a massive Chinese security response. On March 28, then-Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama, who had previously...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Gallup: Obama’s Approval Rating Drops Below 50% For First Time The latest Gallup Daily tracking results show 49% of Americans approving of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, putting him below the majority approval level for the first time in his presidency (hat tip: Politico). Of the post-World War II presidents, Obama now is the fourth fastest to drop below the majority approval level,...
Mouth of the Potomac (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The polls have not been kind to President Obama this week, with his job approval rating slipping below 50% in the Gallup Poll for the first time. The Quinnipiac and Hawkeye polls earlier this week also pegged his approval below 50%. Gallup says the slip is important, but usual, and it’s likely the President will recover. Of the post-World War II presidents, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton...
Dave's World (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Sliding Slowly into the Forties Gallup now shows what other polls have already indicated, that Obama's popularity is dissolving faster than a snowman in a sudden warm spell. Of the post-World War II presidents, Obama now is the fourth fastest to drop below the majority approval level, doing so in his 10th month on the job. Gerald Ford dropped below 50% approval during his third month in office, and...
Althouse (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
"Of the post-World War II presidents, Obama now is the fourth fastest to drop below the majority approval level, doing so in his 10th month on the job. Gerald Ford dropped below 50% approval during his third month in office, and Bill Clinton did so in his fourth month. Ronald Reagan, like Obama, also dropped below 50% in his 10th month in office, though Reagan's drop occurred a few days sooner...
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