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Archive for February, 2010

Palin: Absurd To Rule Out White House Run In 2012

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, February 8th, 2010. Filed under 2012 Election, Elections, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Sarah Palin

Well, I could have told you this was coming:
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin did not discount a 2012 presidential campaign on Sunday.
The 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee said she would run, “if I believed that that is the right thing to do for our country and for the Palin family. Certainly, I would do so.” [...]

It’s Just One Snowmaggedon After Another

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, February 8th, 2010. Filed under Virginia, Washington DC, Weather

Just as Washington D.C. is starting to dig out from Saturday’s blizzard, there’s the prospect of more on the way:
In the aftermath of the weekend’s massive snowstorm, the region came to grips with the fact that digging out will take days, even as more potentially paralyzing winter weather appeared headed this way by Tuesday.
Snow might [...]

Did Sarah Palin Poison The Tea (Party) ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, February 8th, 2010. Filed under Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Sarah Palin

One blogger says yes:
The tea party movement is dead. The one I was familiar with anyway. Judson Phillips held it down and Sarah Palin drove a stake right through its heart live last night on C-Span in front of an unsuspecting audience.
Sarah Palin didn’t give a tea party speech last night. She gave [...]

Yes, My Friends, It’s Snowmageddon

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, February 6th, 2010. Filed under Virginia, Washington DC, Weather

On the off chance you’ve been, well, on Mars, the D.C. Metro area is getting socked with a storm of historic proportions.
Thanks to a very cool neighbor with a snow blower, our driveway is clear and I’ve been spending the day drinking adult beverages and watching movies.
Back tomorrow.

Now, It’s Officially Senator Scott Brown (R., Mass)

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, February 5th, 2010. Filed under Congress, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

Massachusetts has a Republican Senator for the first time since Jimmy Carter was President:
The Senate’s 41st Republican was sworn into office Thursday, a few minutes after 5 p.m.
Standing on the Senate floor, Scott Brown, the upstart Massachusetts Republican who won the right to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, took the oath of office while [...]

Snowpocalypse 2010 Approaches

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, February 5th, 2010. Filed under Virginia, Washington DC, Weather

I’ll just let the National Weather Service tell the story:
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST
SATURDAY…
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST
SATURDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE…HEAVY SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS…STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES.
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 30 INCHES POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* TIMING…SNOW WILL MOVE [...]

January Unemployment Rate Drops to 9.7%, But The News Is Still Bad

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, February 5th, 2010. Filed under Economics, Politics

This morning’s unemployment report gave us the seemingly good news that the unemployment rate dropped three-tenths of one percent, but when you look behind that number the news still isn’t good:
WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly in January to 9.7 percent from 10 percent while employers shed 20,000 jobs, the government said Friday.
The rate [...]

Americans Reject Keyensian Economics

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, February 5th, 2010. Filed under Economics, Politics

Once again, there is more common sense on Main Street than Pennsylvania Avenue:
While influential 20th Century economist John Maynard Keynes would say it’s best to increase deficit spending in tough economic times, only 11% of American adults agree and think the nation needs to increase its deficit spending at this time. A new Rasmussen Reports [...]

Why You Really Don’t Need To Freak Out Over The Citizens United Case

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, February 4th, 2010. Filed under Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty

Reason’s Nick Gillespie explains why all the leftist anti-corporate hyberbole over the Citizens United case:

The Phony “Corporate Rights” Argument Against Citizens United

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, February 4th, 2010. Filed under Freedom of Religion, Individual Liberty, U.S. Constitution

Over at Cato at Liberty, Ilya Shapiro  makes an excellent point about the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United and what has turned into the primary leftist attack against it:
The blogosphere has been abuzz on the heels of the Supreme Court’s landmark Citizens United opinion. Hysteric criticisms of the speculative changes to our political [...]

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