Sunday Daily Delawhere [12.23.12]
Paul Ryan to backstab the backstabbing Eric Cantor
The GOP "intelligentsia' wants to skip Cantor and go with Ryan. Filling in for Bill O'Reilly last night Laura Ingraham says her source on the Hill told her there is…
Support the troops, and be ready to kill them
It is a little ironic that the same people who are so jazzed by indulging in empty flag waving jingoism, are the very same ones who claim to be cold…
President Obama’s early Christmas gift to the country
As TPM's Josh Marshall points out, this doesn’t square with what we think we know about President Obama’s negotiating style. But, if true, it warms the heart: From the Journal…
UPDATED: Boy was I ever wrong about the professionalism of the NRA
UPDATE: The fact that the NRA is a lunatic organization appears to be entering the national zietgiest.
NRA Press Conference Today
Via TPM: The National Rifle Association is scheduled to hold a press conference Friday at 10:45 a.m. ET at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre is…
“Plan B” Fails – John Boehner is a national joke
Boehner is now a SPINO, "Speaker in name only." He didn't have the votes to pass "Plan B" and he doesn't have enough votes to close a deal with the President prior to going down the fiscal slope. He doesn't even have standing to negotiate.
The top ten things about touring the White House at Christmas time
10. The decorations are pretty cool.
9. It's the White House, which is cool even without decorations.
8. Standing in line in Washington on a December evening is lovely.
7. The President and the first family are upstairs, probably wrapping presents.
6. Portraits of good Presidents given prominent locations.
5 Portraits of Republican Presidents shunted into dark corners.
4. Awesome National Archives exhibit on the Cuban Missile Crisis just blocks away.
3. Possible C.J. Cregg and Sam Seaborn sightings.
2. People still dress up to tour the White House.
1. President Obama won. Suck it Boehner.
Thursday Open Thread [12.20.12]
ABC News' Sam Donaldson got arrested for DUI in Lewes. Once again, Washington's elite play too hard at our beaches. The man is 78 years old in our human years. What is he doing driving?
Do you want to check out the cool Christmas light displays around Delaware? The News Journal and DelawareOnline have a nifty map for you to look at.