After a long weekend, it’s time for some catching up.
President Obama meets with Kremlin leadership today in Moscow to discuss nuclear arms control. Can he break through the news cycle?
Vice President Biden reaffirms Israel’s sovereignty, says they have the right to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.
As you know by now, Sarah Palin announced she intends to [...]

The Washington Post is offering lobbyists and association executives access to the Obama administration and its own staff in exchange for cold, hard cash, reports Politico’s Mike Allen.
Politico obtained a WaPo flyer that was sent to a health-care lobbyist, who then “provided it to a reporter because the lobbyist said he feels it’s a conflict [...]

What was that old saying? If you can’t appeal to black voters…. bribe the newspapers? Wait, that wasn’t it?
The Orlando Sentinel reports that RPOF Chairman Jim Greer is open to buying ads in black news media in exchange for presumably favorable coverage of his party:
Greer promised that the party would stop ignoring black media. He [...]

Rumors of a Republican comeback, quashed:
Apologizing profusely to his staff, family and friends for disappearing unexpectedly, a teary-eyed South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said he had been “unfaithful” and admitted affair with a woman in Argentina.
Win.

Republicans are making a comeback! So declares Politico! Mark today on your calendar as the day that voters officially forgave the Republican Party for intentionally polarizing the electorate, presenting the same failed ideas as new ones, and for eight long years of hell.
Forget that polls show that fewer Americans than ever identify themselves as Republicans:
The [...]

Gerald Walpin, the recently fired inspector general for the Corporation for National and Community Service who claims his firing was politically motivated, was accused by U.S. Attorney Lawrence G. Brown of overstepping his authority, compromising his impartiality, and withholding information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in regards to Walpin’s investigation of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson.
President [...]

Welcomes Former NY Billionare to Sunshine State

Florida Governor Charlie Crist is working his rolodex and learning the stark realities of the differences between state and federal campaign finance laws. Crist is calling his best donors and fundraisers, people who heretofore have bundled hundreds of thousands of dollars in state contributions for him.
What the Governor is [...]

Newsmax, the thriving haven of wingnut thought, emailed around an article last week which may contain the most incendiary rant against President Barack Obama published by a “news” outlet to date. My post is a little late, but the column is vile enough to still warrant discussion.
The article, written by Rabbi Dr. Morton H. Pomerantz, [...]

The Politico’s Josh Gerstein is a solid reporter. I give him credit for being the first journalist to combat the conventional wisdom surrounding CIA Director Leon Panetta’s response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s claim that the agency had misled her.
But Gerstein’s story today, currently featured on Politico’s homepage, just starts off on the wrong foot:
“In [...]

RNC Chair Michael Steele is finally making good on his promise to make the GOP hip and fresh by updating the party’s website. For now, the only thing that has changed is the homepage which prominently displays the following image:

It’s a bit ironic that the Republicans are attacking the Democrats for scrutinizing the lives of [...]