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New 6.1 Quake Hits Haiti: Talk About Not Catching a Break

January 20, 2010

Damaging aid and rescue operations: “The most powerful aftershock yet struck Haiti on Wednesday, shaking more rubble from damaged buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets eight days after the country’s capital was devastated by an apocalyptic quake.”

Sen. Bayh Warns of "Catastrophe" if Dems Ignore Massachusetts Senate Race Lessons

January 20, 2010

Bayh: “There’s going to be a tendency on the part of our people to be in denial about all this,” but “if you lose Massachusetts and that’s not a wake-up call, there’s no hope of waking up… moderates and independents even in a state as Democratic as Massachusetts just aren’t buying our message.”

Can Health Care Survive a Scott Brown Victory?

January 19, 2010

Freddoso: “If Republican Scott Brown wins today’s special election in Massachusetts, President Obama’s once-inevitable health insurance reform bill suddenly becomes not-so-inevitable. A Brown victory could also prove the death of any other big plans that Barack Obama had for his presidency and the large majorities he enjoys in Congress.”

Here Comes the Pivot: Obama Plans Combative Turn

January 19, 2010

SOTU is going to be hellishly interesting this year: “President Barack Obama plans a combative response if, as White House aides fear, Democrats lose Tuesday’s special Senate election in Massachusetts, close advisers say.” As opposed to what, a nice and easy response?

Obama's Narrow Senate Margin Turns Out to be a Mixed Blessing

January 18, 2010

Barone: “Obama was supposed to be a great persuader. It turns out that’s only half true. He did persuade most of us that he should be president. But in Year One, he has failed to persuade most of us to support his major proposals. He’s even moved us in the other direction.”

Is Martha Coakley a Democratic Canary in a Coalmine?

January 18, 2010

Jake Tapper: “the fact that President Obama felt the need to fly to the Bay State to campaign for a Democrat in one of the most Democratic states in the nation speaks volumes about the ugly climate for Democratic candidates.” Could a Coakley loss be a wake-up call?

One Year Out, The Fall of Obama

January 15, 2010

A majority now say they will vote against Obama in 2012: “What went wrong? A year ago, he was king of the world. Now President Obama’s approval rating, according to CBS, has dropped to 46 percent; his disapproval rating is the highest ever recorded by Gallup at the beginning of an elected president’s second year.”

The Best Thing About Obama's Bank Tax? No One Will Pay It!

January 15, 2010

“Democratic leaders responded cautiously to the proposal, mindful that the president’s pledge last year to retrieve bonuses paid to AIG executives has yet to be fulfilled, according to senior leadership aides. One senior Democratic aide said the House wouldn’t move forward on the tax proposal until leaders were sure the Senate would follow suit.”

Breaking News From Haiti Around the Clock

January 14, 2010

One key problem: the main dock at the Port-au-Prince harbor remains partially submerged. “The disarray at the port is shaping up to be a major obstacle to the relief effort. Ships carrying supplies have nowhere to dock. Numerous maritime companies are currently trying to devise stop-gap strategies, but no plan is in place yet.”

Saving Capitalism From the Capitalists

January 14, 2010

Stelzer: “No surprise that under the new accounting oversight rules the cost of doing business has gone up, and that an excessive aversion to risk-taking might well have been introduced into boardroom deliberations. These costs, which may or may not exceed the benefits of the new regulations, are in the nature of self-inflicted wounds.”

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