political potpourri

The Daily Beast is covering the AIPAC – America Israel Public Affiars Committee conference where Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren advanced the notion that Likud partty leader and Israeli Prime Minister had been willing to stick his neck out for a two-state solution. TheDailyBeast sets the record straight in no uncertain terms: Netanyahu’s Likud party has

The Fiscal Cliff has exposed the tremendous political advantage that was lost in the first Presidential Debate. At the time of the debate President Obama had momentum from the conventions [the poor GOP Romney convention giving as much wind in the Democrat sails as their own] plus a growing lead in the national polls. But

What The Republican Party Has Become is the title of a superb post by Steve Kornacki at Salon. This is the story of how Republican Senators defeated a bill originally sponsored by Republican Bob Dole which now was being used as the model for UN recommendations to other UN countries. The bill has little to

His Massachusetts Business Record is a constant theme that Governor Romney is citing as his job creating expertise and how he is going to turn manufacturing  and the economy in the country around. The Democrates have a different point of view.   Manufacturing Jobs under Romney in Massachusetts Romney`s Manufacturing  jobs record in Massachusetts Governor Romney`s overall

Mitt Romney flipped on major positions  and President Obama failed to call him out – so Romney won the 1st debate bigtime. This HuffingtonPost headline tells the story.  Salon, Slate, theDailyBeast, theAtlantic,  theNewRepublic joining a chorus of other media in which all agreed – by flipping and walking back from his own positions for the last 2 years,

NYTimes/CBS Poll Results in crucial swing states point to a comfortable Obama/Biden lead Huffington Post does the electoral vote count The US Presidential Election is over.The numbers above at the end of September tell the story – in all the swing states Obama/Biden own a commanding lead The Huffington Post election widget shows the projected

One of the oft repeated GOP reasons for the economy and the country not taking off is not their complete obstruction of helpful legislation in Congress but rather the Democrats efforts to over-regulate. The GOP insist that regulations are handicapping the country everywhere. So with this anathema against regulations why are the GOP responsible for

The Romney Gaffes are real, severely conservative and grotequely self damaging. Just look at the map of the US above and what states harbor more of  the 47%” victims of total government dependency. Romney is insulting his Republican constituents from the Deep South primarily but the whole of America when he writes off 47% of

Salon describes in chilling detail how effective the Big Lie has been in the USA. The Big Lie occurs when one a)allows a gross falsehood to be repeated or b)actively spreads the Big Lie. The GOP has been doing both a) and b). Here is the Salon details: If you wonder why a desperate Mitt

Why has the GOP been so loose with truth – and ever more  so in the 2012 Presidential Campaign? It is a legitimate question to ask given the ever more blatant lies, falsehoods and simpleton deceptions leading up to and during the GOP convention.  Even Fox News noted the blatant lying trend with Chris Christie and even more

Roger Cohen has a perceptive piece in the NYTimes which explores how two different ideologies have become locked into intransigence. Iran is using nuclear power  and the threat of making nuclear bombs and a delivery system   to become the pre-eminent Muslim  and Shiite state. Israel is using the Iran thrust to nuclear power to