Posted at 5:44pm on Jul. 1, 2008 "Wildcatter" Paul Hilliard
By Vladimir
Having been pre-empted by President Bush's news conference on North Korea's game of once again playing us as chumps dismantling of their nuclear program, CNBC's morning show Squawk Box has scheduled my boss, the inestimable Paul Hilliard of Badger Oil Corporation, for an interview.
The live interview is now set for tomorrow morning, Wednesday, July 2, at 7:40 a.m. ET (6:40 a.m. here in flyover country). The boss usually manages to make his comments both pithy and entertaining. I urge you to view/TiVo.
Posted at 4:41pm on Jul. 1, 2008 Obama's media advantage
By Kevin Holtsberry
Obama is leading John McCain these days. Do you think this little fact might be involved?
Project for Excellence in Journalism study analyzing election coverage over the past week finds overall, Obama was the dominant factor in 82% of election stories while McCain was in 40%.
Posted at 1:43pm on Jul. 1, 2008 Paul Kanjorski: Terrorism, National Security, Foreign Policy not "Substantive Issues"
By Jeff Emanuel
“Thank goodness this is a presidential election year. We really need new leadership. People will be voting on substantive issues in this election – the economy, health care, education.”
-Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-PA-11)
April 28, 2008
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Source. Clearly the 2004 election, which saw so many voters cast their ballots for the candidate they thought best suited to keep the country secure, prosecute the Global War on Terror, and conduct foreign policy, wasn't based on anything "substantive," but rather was a temper tantrum thrown by a population that was led by the nose into superficial electoral decision-making.
Thank goodness Paul Kanjorski is around to remind us what the substantive issues are -- "the economy, health care, education" (not coincidentally, also issues on which Barack Obama's HopeChangeNoRegardForReality platform would cause more problems for America) -- and to make sure we don't slip into that 2004 mindset in which we actually care about keeping our country safe, not losing wars, etc.
Posted at 10:00pm on Jun. 30, 2008 Of Speculation And Onions
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
Good point. Let's see if anyone in Congress takes note of this fact the next time we have demagoguery about speculation and speculators.
Posted at 2:06pm on Jun. 30, 2008 Remember, folks:
By Moe Lane
(Via JammieWearingFool, who has more.)
Posted at 2:00pm on Jun. 30, 2008 Re: Jindal Vetoes Pay Raise
By Ben Domenech
Neil, I - like many of our readers - have enjoyed the Club for Growth blog's (and particularly their Communications Director's) evenhanded, charitable, and unbiased coverage of Gov. Bobby Jindal over the past several months. I can hardly contain my eagerness to read their nine separate posts detailing the political courage of Gov. Jindal's decision, as he now risks the success of his entire reform agenda within the state legislature on this one point, standing up to members of his own party. I am sure it will only rival their excellent coverage of his school choice plan, his total overhaul of the state ethics laws, his business tax cuts, etc.
Perhaps - bless my soul - they'll even speak about him using the same vocabulary they reserve for that magnanimous god among men, Mark Sanford. Ah, but the heart flutters as I type his name!
Posted at 12:53pm on Jun. 30, 2008 Jindal Vetoes Pay Raise
By Neil Stevens
Governor Jindal has vetoed the legislative pay raise sparking so much controversy around him.
I'll say this for him: when he changes positions, he's listening to the right people and going the right way. Since I've been watching him I've been aware of three significant shifts: He went from a Yes to NV on the SCHIP veto override in the House, he came around on a personal tax cut in Louisiana, and now this.
Posted at 10:47pm on Jun. 29, 2008 Shorter Andrew Sullivan
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
I don't know who will end up being President of the United States. I do know that a broad consensus can be achieved regarding the principle that Andrew Sullivan must never become Secretary of State or Defense.
Posted at 10:42pm on Jun. 29, 2008 Judicial "Pledges Of Centrism"
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
Note that only conservative Justices are accused of quasi-intellectual dishonesty. For whatever reason, I don't think that this is a coincidence and for whatever reason, I don't quite think the implication of dishonesty is itself honest.
Posted at 7:25pm on Jun. 29, 2008 Grassley, Voinovich, five Democrats sponsor Senate resolution honoring...Dirt?
By Jeff Emanuel
Yep, you read that right. The bill, SR 440 (passed on Monday, 6/23), is reproduced in its entirety below the fold because it is simply too mind-bogglingly ridiculous to excerpt.
h/t CfG's new Dumb Laws blog.
Posted at 12:40pm on Jun. 29, 2008 AOL Hot Seat Poll: Trust in Obama?
By absentee
Ed Morrissey wants to know if Obama's reversals are hurting him. Judging by the poll results, I'd say that's a big yep.
Posted at 11:07pm on Jun. 28, 2008 Income Redistribution: Not A Fan Favorite
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
The McCain campaign could potentially find gold in these numbers.
Posted at 11:05pm on Jun. 28, 2008 Quote Of The Day
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
. . . You'd like to think that after 17 months of angst over its presidential nomination, the Democrats would not wind up with the exact same candidate they started out with, except for a different gender and a higher quotient of panache.
--Gail Collins.
Posted at 11:09am on Jun. 28, 2008 A question we all know the answer to
By Neil Stevens
Are all the people who support publicly-funded abortions on the grounds that the Supreme Court declared abortion a right, now going to support publicly-funded handguns on the grounds that the Supreme Court affirmed gun ownership as an indivdiual right?
Posted at 10:16pm on Jun. 27, 2008 Clearly, Senator Obama should run with *no* running mate at all.
By Moe Lane
I was flipping through the latest S-USA Ohio poll - Obama by 2, which is either a problem for McCain (if you believe Rasmussen) or a looming disaster for Obama (if you believe Quinnipiac and/or PPP) - when I noticed something funny; out of the 14 possible VP matchups listed, Obama wins one and ties three. Even funnier; to do it, he'd need either Ted Strickland (who isn't interested) or Mike Bloomberg (who also showed up as a possible McCain VP pick).
What does it all mean? Absolutely nothing, just like every poll this far out. But it's still funny.
Posted at 5:20pm on Jun. 27, 2008 And still he thinks that he can give you universal health insurance.
By Moe Lane
If, after reading this, the above title doesn't alarm you at least a little... well, read the darn thing again.
Posted at 1:34pm on Jun. 27, 2008 The Wrong War, The Wrong Place, The Wrong Strategy
By Dan McLaughlin
Is being stretched thin, bled dry, demoralized and defeated in the war for hearts and minds of the Muslim world by the war in Iraq a recipe for losing the war on terror?
Strategy Page says that for Al Qaeda, it is. Via Vodkapundit. I must say I'm a little skeptical of the statistic that only 4% of the jihadists in Iraq have been foreign, however.
Posted at 12:30am on Jun. 27, 2008 On The American Manufacturing Sector
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
It's still doing fine, thanks--independent of any exercise whatsoever of the President's bully pulpit.
Posted at 12:28am on Jun. 27, 2008 All Hail Free Trade
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
It appears to be working to keep us from a recession. I have to wonder anew why some politicians want to put the brakes on it.