There are thoughtful and intelligent Republicans, like Dick Lugar, who know what they are talking about. (Granted, their numbers are thinning considerably, but they do exist.) Then, of course, there's Mike Pence.
Great Line
As the Obama Administration has moved to ease and ultimately reverse the current economic downturn, the right wing has gotten ever more shrill. Although virtually all economists, including those who are considered conservative, have endorsed the need for spending to stimulate the economy, the wingnuts have been throwing around words like ‘socialist’ and worse.
Obama and DOMA
In the blogosphere, there has been quite a "robust discussion" (as we academic types would put it) or a heated free-for-all (as most people would characterize it) over the Obama Administration's lack of positive engagement on gay rights issues.
Give it a Rest, Already!
I bet you didn't know that–not only is he not an American citizen (being born abroad in Hawaii and all that)–but Obama is actually an ILLEGAL ALIEN.
This is definitely NOT good……
Hilzoy quotes a foreign policy wonk about the situation in Iran. Among the possible explanations for what's going on is this one–which would definitely, absolutely, really not be good: