This comes from Aaron Blake at the Washington Post: The fact that fully 24 percent of Republicans say that Clinton’s gender makes them less likely to vote for her is pretty striking. Of course, the number of Republicans who were going to vote for Clinton anyway is tiny. Blake has an explanation for why this […]
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Marco Rubio Moves Ahead With Campaign for Vice President
View image | gettyimages.com For the last couple of months, I’ve been skeptical about whether Marco Rubio is actually going to run for president. The most important reason is that he’s up for re-election in 2016, and in Florida you aren’t allowed to run for two offices at the same time. (Rand Paul is facing […]
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Photo of the Day, Bipartisan Outreach Edition
White House photo by Pete Souza “OK, here’s how this is going to work. I’m going to do a bunch of stuff that not only will you hate but will also make you look bad, while you whine and complain. But I’m going to do it anyway, because I’m the guy with the big office. […]
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Let’s Stop Pretending On Israel
So John Boehner knew how he could get back at Barack Obama: by inviting Benjamin Netanyahu to come before Congress and unload on the administration over its negotiations with Iran, which both Republicans and Likudniks find insufficiently belligerent. In my Plum Line post today, I suggest that maybe this is a good thing, if it […]
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Santorum ’16 Will Be Neither Kinder Nor Gentler
Flickr/Gage Skidmore Mike Huckabee used to say “I’m a conservative, but I’m not mad about it,” a line that always got a knowing chuckle. But let’s say you like Huckabee’s uncompromising social conservatism, but you aren’t so keen on supporting a candidate for president in 2016 who’s personally friendly and affable. Is there someone out […]
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The Bread Bags of Empathy
Imagine going to the doctor and saying, “My back is killing me. I can barely move. What can you do to help me? Should we do an X-ray? Physical therapy? Medication?” And the doctor responds, “Yeah, I hurt my back once. It was awful. So I know exactly what you’re feeling. Anyway, thanks for coming […]
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Photo of the Day, Republican of Tomorrow Edition
View image | gettyimages.com Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) rehearses her response on behalf of the GOP to President Obama’s State of the Union address. Odds of a subtle yet unmistakable reference to hog castration are currently running at 1-4.
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Why Republicans Shouldn’t Be Too Upset At Obama’s Tax Proposals
By now you’ve heard that tonight, President Obama will propose a package of tax breaks for the poor and middle class, paid for by some tax increases for the wealthy, including raising capital gains taxes and closing some loopholes. In my Plum Line piece today I consider this in light of some basic features of […]
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Mike Huckabee Is Your Candidate Of Cultural Resentment
I’m going to confess an unpopular opinion (among liberals at least) and say that as much as I enjoy The Daily Show, Jon Stewart is usually not that good an interviewer when it comes to political figures. He’s about two-thirds of a good interviewer-there are always some good questions, but he usually misses opportunities to […]
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Google Glass Is Dead, But It’s Also the Future
Flickr/Karlis Dambrans Google announced today that it is ceasing production of smartphone-on-your-face Google Glass, and although they are characterizing it as just an end to the beta version, everyone else seems to be calling it a failure. There were certainly some reactions the company didn’t anticipate, like the fact that most people thought they look […]
