“President Obama is getting ready to pardon the White House turkey, the Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner. . . . I don’t want to say Geithner is not doing a good job. But today God asked for his name to be taken off the bill.” — Jay Leno
“President Obama pardons the [...]
In the wake of the disputed 2000 presidential election, many Republicans thought that election reform was a nonissue and that Congress shouldn’t be telling locals how to run their elections. Nine years later, with a Democrat in the White House, 52 percent of Republican voters surveyed [...]
Some of the members of John McCain’s presidential campaign are working hard to refute tales that his running mate, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, tells in her book, “Going Rogue.” Former Bush White House and McCain campaign aide Nicolle Wallace, for example, calls everything [...]
Does President Obama’s White House need more governing professionals and fewer political hacks? Forbes columnist Dan Gerstein thinks so, suggesting Obama invite an “independent-thinking Democratic wise man like Bob Kerrey” aboard. Survey the president’s advisers, Gerstein wrote, and “what’s missing from this group, besides diversity of [...]
“In one short year, Obama’s slogan has gone from ‘Yes, we can’ to ‘Wow, this is freakin’ hard.’” — Conan O’Brien
“One year later, we’re still in Iraq. We’re still in Afghanistan. But, you know, at least we got rid of Paula Abdul.” — David Letterman
“The White House predicted there would [...]
The Obama White House’s inexplicable war on Fox News has magnified Fox’s stature among viewers. Far from marginalizing Fox and delegitimizing it as a news source, as intended, the feud has made more people than ever choose Fox News as their favored source of television infotainment. Fox’s [...]
Keith Hennessey was a senior economic adviser for President George W. Bush. He now writes at KeithHennessey.com.
With Democratic-led health care legislation, Hennessey puts the odds at 60% that a "partisan comprehensive bill" will pass. The good news is that he has lowered his expectations from his previous number of 70%.
He [...]
