In Defense of the Etch A Sketch (and Mitt Romney Too)
In Fehrnstrom’s defense, he was right. This is what candidates in both parties do—whether it’s softening a position on an issue or professing sudden love for someone you slammed as a primary foe, but who now is offering you his or her endorsement. It’s not that Fehrnstrom was wrong. He just shouldn’t have said it out loud. All candidates shake the proverbial Etch A Sketch, but Romney has a particular problem explaining why he has changed his views on such fundamental issues as abortion and gay rights.
Five Reasons Washington, D.C. Has the Happiest Single Women
5. No blonde jokes. Men here are very respectful of women, for the most part, in part because they know it’s a good rule that in politics, you should never burn a bridge. Today’s receptionist could be tomorrow’s legislative director. Men actually hold doors open for women around here, and I can’t tell you how many men apologize before they cuss when I’m around. Women love that.
Rush Limbaugh Leads Republicans Right Into Social Issues Trap
They can’t stop talking about social issues, even as contraception is a fact of life for 99 percent of American women and a majority of Americans support gay rights, including a plurality in the NBC News poll who back gay marriage. The Republicans are too driven by the talk radio universe of Rush Limbaugh and a primary in which only the base of the base is turning out because their candidates aren’t generating any excitement.
Penn State Rioting Loses All Sight of Victims
The situation is now so far removed from the original scandal that it’s almost hard to remember what all the commotion was about. But we must not forget.
Herman Cain Sexual Harassment Charge Shows He's Legitimate - Peter Roff
If anyone needed proof that Herman Cain had become a legitimate contender for the 2012 presidential nomination, the story that broke over the weekend in Politico—that he had been accused of sexual harassment when he headed the National Restaurant Association—is it.
It’s the politics of personal destruction all over again. Someone who would rather not see Cain as the GOP nominee—or who just wants to keep the GOP field in disarray—has injected a highly volatile, potentially campaign and career-ending allegation into the race that has already forced the arguable Republican front-runner onto the defensive.
"End This Game of Debt Ceiling Chicken"
It’s time to pull the national—nay, global—economy out from under the guillotine’s blade. The leadership of both parties should corral a responsible bipartisan majority on a clean, up-or-down vote on the debt ceiling. Let the Tea Party Huns howl in protest, and go shopping for a new president. - Scott Galupo
Anthony Weiner Resigns--Is His Political Career Over?
But the buzz on cable news has already started: Will Weiner run again, and could he win? New York voters are forgiving, they say. “Weiner’s worst public sin is the lies he told. For those, he should do penance and seek the forgiveness of his constituents,” Slate’s Josh Chafetz wrote before the news of Weiner’s impending resignation broke. “And if his constituents do re-elect him, it will be because they’ve decided, with all of the facts on the table, that he is worthy of their trust. It will be a moment of political redemption, a vote of confidence in him from his real bosses, the people of his district.”
