Double-barrelled Gillibrand
February 16, 2009
The senator sleeps with two rifles under the bed in her Albany-area house.
McCain: Obama didn’t practice bipartisanship
February 16, 2009
Sen. John McCain says President Barack Obama failed to include Republicans in writing the big economic stimulus bill.
The Arizona Republican says the $787 billion measure will create what he calls "generational theft" — huge federal deficits for years to come.
Dark chocolate with Pelosi
February 16, 2009
Powerhouse lobbyist sends out tempting invites for DCCC’s big March fundraiser.
Another reporter moves to Obamaland
February 16, 2009
The Chicago Tribune’s Jill Zuckman is the latest political reporter to leave the beleaguered newspaper industry behind.
Obama parks ‘car czar’ plan
February 16, 2009
The president gives up on landing the position to oversee the auto industry’s restructuring.
Obama slows troop boost decision
February 16, 2009
A more methodical and independent decision-making style surprises U.S. military officials.
Limbaugh’s remarks expose him for what he is
February 16, 2009
In 1994, early in the Clinton years, a Purdue professor named Charles Kelly wrote a book called “The Great Limbaugh Con,” in which he suggested that there was only one political reason that Rush Limbaugh was on the radio.
Limbaugh’s sole mission, Kelly wrote, was to build a consensus to keep taxes on the wealthy as low as possible.
He could talk about Reaganomics, or supply-side, or trickle-down, or inveigh against “class envy,” but what it was all about was making sure rich people could hold onto as much of their wealth as possible.
Sen. Burris Denies Intent to Mislead; GOP Seeks Probe
February 16, 2009
CHICAGO. Feb. 15 — Illinois Republicans called Sunday for a perjury investigation of Sen. Roland W. Burris (D), who declared that he did not try to mislead state lawmakers about his contacts with associates of former governor Rod Blagojevich.
Obama Advisers Axelrod and Gibbs Defend Stimulus Bill as a Bipartisan Effort
February 16, 2009
CHICAGO, Feb. 15 — Senior advisers to President Obama on Sunday defended passage of the economic stimulus bill in Congress as a bipartisan effort, even though it received only three Republican votes in the Senate and none in the House.
CIA Helped India, Pakistan Share Secrets in Probe of Mumbai Siege
February 16, 2009
In the aftermath of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, the CIA orchestrated back-channel intelligence exchanges between India and Pakistan, allowing the two former enemies to quietly share highly sensitive evidence while the Americans served as neutral arbiters, according to U.S. and foreign government…