Tuesday 26 February 2013
Chuck Hagel finally confirmed by Senate
Chuck Hagel confirmed for secretary of defense in 58-41 Senate vote http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/chuck-hagel-clears-senate-hurdle-toward-confirmation-88102.html
Monday 25 February 2013
Tuesday 19 February 2013
How powerful is the presidency? Obama and media control
Obama, the puppet master http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/obama-the-puppet-master-87764.html
Saturday 16 February 2013
Hagel nomination blocked via filibuster in A2 Government & Politicssponsored mega-story
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/14/republicans-senate-block-hagel-nomination
So Senate Committee approved but Republicans blocking progress of the procedure on the Senate floor. It's usually so straight forward...just look at the Kerry nomination.
So Senate Committee approved but Republicans blocking progress of the procedure on the Senate floor. It's usually so straight forward...just look at the Kerry nomination.
Wednesday 13 February 2013
Excellent Economist article considering the Ornstein/Mann book, "Even Worse Than It Looks," and Norquist's "Debacle".
http://www.economist.com/node/21553449
This diagnosis has become commonplace since the tea-tainted tide that swept a stroppy Republican majority into the House of Representatives in the mid-term elections of 2010, bringing on said gridlock. Indeed, Messrs Mann and Ornstein spotted the trend in an earlier book about Congress, “The Broken Branch”, in 2006. The added twist now is their claim that the Republican Party has become “an insurgent outlier—ideologically extreme; contemptuous of the inherited social and economic policy regime; scornful of compromise; unpersuaded by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition.”
If you're not familiar with Norquist see here for an excellent analysis of his influence which has been great over the last few years but perhaps in decline since the fiscal cliff deal.
This diagnosis has become commonplace since the tea-tainted tide that swept a stroppy Republican majority into the House of Representatives in the mid-term elections of 2010, bringing on said gridlock. Indeed, Messrs Mann and Ornstein spotted the trend in an earlier book about Congress, “The Broken Branch”, in 2006. The added twist now is their claim that the Republican Party has become “an insurgent outlier—ideologically extreme; contemptuous of the inherited social and economic policy regime; scornful of compromise; unpersuaded by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition.”
If you're not familiar with Norquist see here for an excellent analysis of his influence which has been great over the last few years but perhaps in decline since the fiscal cliff deal.
Tuesday 12 February 2013
Tuesday 5 February 2013
Should the President have the power to kill US citizens??
Chilling legal memo from Obama DOJ justifies assassination of US citizens | Glenn Greenwald http://gu.com/p/3dhtd
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