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Racism grows among Democrats

Racism being defined as opposition to Obama: Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) ripped the administration on Tuesday for considering keeping U.S. troops in Iraq beyond this year. In a floor speech on Tuesday, Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) questioned Obama’s strategy in Afghanistan. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), meanwhile, [...]

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Anatomy of an unbridgeable chasm

About two weeks ago, I put up a post defending Colorado Representative Doug Lamborn’s use of ‘tar baby’. I think it ought to be re-read for context.  I think everything ought to be read for context.  It’s the basis for my defense of Lamborn’s words.  Nevertheless, a friend of a friend on Facebook took umbrage, [...]

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Don’t leave The White House without it

Excuse him while he whips that out: That via Don Surber. What follows from James Taranto is an interesting related read: For the purpose of argument, let’s stipulate that the assertion is true: that racism is the reason Barack Obama is unable to govern effectively. What are the implications? Obviously it lets Obama off the [...]

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What Must The Clintons Be Thinking?

With President Obama’s precipitous decline in the polls now reaching a Gerald Ford/ Nixon pardon velocity, it must be asked: what are the Clintons thinking? Lost recently in the ObamaCare…

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Ferraro enters race/sex debate

As if the tensions in the Democratic Party weren't high enough, Geraldine Ferraro, former Representative and Vice Presidential nominee, enters the fray, reports Jake Tapper at ABC New's Political Punch:…

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The Race Cards and their players

The hints and allegations have been flying for some time already in the Democratic nomination race, and there appears no indication of things toning down anytime soon. Most of the…

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Racial tensions roil Democratic race

The contest between Hillary Clinton, wife of "the first Black President," a/k/a "The Man From Hope," and Barack Obama, the first major party black candidate with a chance to win…

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White Males Need Not Apply

While every election cycle brings the "discovery" of some new demographic – usually some subset of suburban women with children like "Soccer Moms" or "Security Moms" – the most enduring…

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