Yesterday was Speech-apalooza ’11 with the GOP vs. Obama and Palin vs. Iowa Tea Party as the top bouts. Palin and the Tea Party seem to have gotten things straightened out, while the GOP vs. Obama remains contested for the moment. Wait, hold on!
Chris Cillizza on Obama scheduing his speech before Congress to coincide with the upcoming GOP debate on NBC.
Regardless of where you come down on the rightness of the strategy — and make no mistake that it is a strategy — it’s hard to dispute that it’s “game on” in the 2012 presidential race.
Speaker Boehner stood his ground, asking Obama to re-schedule. Meanwhile, Senator Jim DeMint jumped into the ring to throw a body shot, threatening to use Senate procedure to derail Obama’s speech. In late rounds, Obama caved and will now go head-to-head with the NFL’s opening night. Good luck wit that one, champ!
As regards Sarah Palin and the Iowa Tea Party, logistics and other concerns seemed to put things on hold. That looks to be all worked out, now. Perhaps worth noting, if not directly related, if Palin does run and embraces some form of grassroots, non-professional consultant driven campaign, this could be a harbinger of things to come. Everything in life comes with a trade off, in exchange for energy and enthusiasm, one can get lack of experience and even incompetence in some cases. How the balance of any possibel trade-off might play out remains to be seen, if she runs at this point. Most observers beieve she will and her visit to New Hampshire after Iowa lends support to that conclusion.
In some very bad news for Obama, most think he’s about to argue for more stimulus spending: Solyndra, a San Francisco based solar panel company that received a $535 million loan guarantee from the federal government has declared bankruptcy. Until the private sector is once again allowed to determine to pick winners and losers, as opposed to government, money will continue to be wasted that Washington can’t afford to spend. Lightening up on some over-regulations wouldn’t be a bad idea, either.
As bads news like this continues to pile up for Obama, the media have again brushed off Professor Allan Lichtman to reassure their lefty fan base that, yes, don’t worry, Obama will certainly win reelection next year. He has a MODEL to prove it too! But, Nate Silver over at The New York Times throws an Irene-esque amount of cold water on Lichtman’s model. A must read. Its reserved and a bit restrained as is Silver’s style, but its the statistical equivalent of a smackdown.
DOOM: I Don’t Live Here Anymore, the Road is My Home.
When Lefty Worlds Collide: ‘Green Jobs’ Undone by Pro-Union Rules.
DOJ has filed suit to block AT&T’s aqusition of T-Mobile. Ironic that Washington can’t seem to invest taxpayer dollars wisely in business but feels compelled to tell others how to invest theirs, don’t you think? Food for thought, anyway.
Rep. Allen West is considering quitting the Congressional Black Caucus. It’s nice to see someone stand up and point out where some of the vile rhetoric is actually coming from for a change.
The lone Republican member of the Congressional Black Caucus said Wednesday he’s thinking of quitting the group over fellow members’ comments trashing the tea party. “I think that we heard the president talk about some of this over-the-top rhetoric and we should move away from that,” Florida Rep. Allen West said on “Fox & Friends.”
In weather news, Texas and Oklahoma are both experiencing serious wild fires due to dry brush.
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