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Archive for October, 2009

Is The Pay Czar Constitutional ? Umm, No

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 30th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics

Stanford Law Professor and former Federal Appeals Court Judge Michael McConnell looks at the constitutionality of Obama’s pay czar:
[W]ho is [Pay Czar] Kenneth Feinberg, and where did he get the power to set pay for executives at private firms?
As part of the hastily enacted and seldom-read legislation establishing the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Congress [...]

Police Arrest Father Who Ran Over Daughter For Being Too “Westernized”

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 30th, 2009. Filed under In The News

Well, it’s about time:
PEORIA, Ariz. – An Iraqi immigrant has been arrested in Georgia for allegedly running down his daughter because she was becoming “too Westernized,” police in a Phoenix suburb say.
Police in Peoria released few details, but said 48-year-old Faleh Almaleki was in custody. They would not say where he was being held.
Almaleki was [...]

Three New Polls Confirm It; Bob McDonnell Is Pulling Away

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 30th, 2009. Filed under 2009 Governor's Race, Bob McDonnell, Creigh Deeds, Virginia, Virginia Politics

Riley at Virginia Virtucon has the news:
Today, Roanoke College, Suffolk University and Daily Kos / Research 2000 all released their polls showing Bob McDonnell holding a lead of anywhere between 10 and 17 points.  Roanoke and Suffolk polled the downballot statewide races as well and found the GOP holding significant double-digit leads in both of [...]

Joe Lieberman To Campaign For Republicans In 2010

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 30th, 2009. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Joe Lieberman, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Joe Lieberman’s drift away from the Democratic Party continues:
Sounding more like an independent than a Democrat, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., tells ABC News he will campaign for some Republican candidates during the 2010 midterm elections and may not seek the Democratic Senate nomination when he runs for re-election in 2012.
“I probably will support some Republican [...]

Fox News Poll Shows Bush Still Blamed For State Of Economy

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 30th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Credit Crisis, Economics, George W Bush, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Well, you can’t really call this a biased poll can you:
Here’s a somewhat surprising result from the new Fox News poll. Asked which president is “more responsible for the current state of the economy,” only 18 percent say President Obama. Fifty-eight percent say former President George W. Bush. Nine percent blame both of them. Republicans [...]

Virginia GOP Poised For Big Comeback

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 30th, 2009. Filed under 2009 Governor's Race, Bob McDonnell, Creigh Deeds, Politics, Virginia, Virginia Politics

I’ve written a column for Pajama’s Media about the Virginia Governor’s Race.
Go check it out.

Ken Cuccinelli’s Troubling Rhetoric

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 30th, 2009. Filed under 2009 Attorney General's Race, Ken Cuccinelli, Steve Shannon, Virginia, Virginia Politics

There’s one Republican candidate in Virginia that I am having trouble getting behind, and David Lampo points out why:
When you look at the homosexual agenda, I cannot support something that I believe brings nothing but self-destruction, not only physically but of their soul.”
A. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad B.Vladimir Putin C. Ken Cuccinelli
Although most folks might guess it [...]

So Far, Sarah Palin Is Making Dan Quayle Look Good

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 30th, 2009. Filed under 2012 Election, Elections, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Republicans, Sarah Palin

Brendhan Nyhan compares Sarah Palin’s approval ratings with Dan Quayle’s over a similar period and finds good news for the former Vice-President and Senator from Indiana:
[P]erceptions of Palin’s qualifications are unprecedented among presidential/vice presidential nominees and major presidential contenders in recent years. From Joe Biden to George W. Bush, no one has been perceived as [...]

I Wonder What Vodkapundit Would Think Of This

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 30th, 2009. Filed under In The News

Megan McArdle picks out America’s most useless kitchen appliance:
[T]this is absolutely the least useful appliance I have ever seen:  the electric martini maker, which can provide them shaken, as well as stirred.  If you are not strong enough to either shake, or stir, your martinis, you probably already require a home health aide who should [...]

Ron Paul Takes On Michael Moore

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 30th, 2009. Filed under Economics, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

It wasn’t really a debate because they didn’t appear together, but Ron Paul appeared on Larry King Live last night after Michael Moore and responded to his diatribe against capitalism:

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