Precedent? Tradition? Collegiality? Procedure? Posh. It’s good to be the King. But I repeat myself. (h/t geoffB) **** update: I should note that in an update to his Plum Line post, Greg Sargent points to a pre-buttal that notes how 3 GOP Presidents have also made recess appointments to the NLRB in the past, including Ronald Reagan. Which isn’t really the point, I don’t think. What we need to know

But first, she has some things she’d like to say. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com How this message didn’t resonate with conservatives is beyond me. But then, I don’t understand much of what goes on inside the minds of voters. Which may just be a backhanded compliment to myself. (h/t The Right Scoop)

9. The phrase “make the yuletide gay” will be replaced with “make the yuletide spiffy!” 8. Decree that each year, the Angels win the World Series and the Saints the Super Bowl 7. Demand “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” change its show title to “WHORES WHORES WHORES!” 6. “Eggs Benedict” will now be referred to as “Eggs Benedict XVI” and served with a side of white smoke. 5. No

David Harsanyi: Perhaps Santorum confuses libertinism with libertarianism, but for him “cultural issues” go way beyond defending the life of the unborn or opposing gay marriage. Santorum believes that conservatives should recognize “that individuals can’t go it alone,” which sounds a lot like the straw-man justification for nearly every state expansion in memory. Why does Santorum, a conservative, believe that getting government out of our lives means a person must

Conspiratorially racist? Check. Played with his dead baby? Check. I have no idea who the hipster douche in this video is, frankly. Nor do I care, because liberals like him are a dime a dozen. But I have to ask: what are the chances he has ever poked fun at a devout Muslim? Or a non-conservative black? The race card, the religious kook card, the homophobic card, the anti-immigrant/xenophobe card,

— Which, that’s kind of strange for such a slam dunk candidate — a guy backed by Chris Christie and Ann Coulter and the near entirety of the GOP establishment (well, those who haven’t joined the great Huntsman juggernaut, I mean) don’t you think? Why, it’s almost as if most GOP voters simply don’t want to vote for the guy. This despite the following rather remarkable factoid, courtesy Matt Moon

Precedent? Tradition? Collegiality? Procedure? Posh. It’s good to be the King. (h/t JD)

Cynicism squared: An administration Dec. 29 memo declares that illegal immigrants may have to be held until they’re convicted in local courts before the federal government will begin deportation proceedings. The declaration “means lots of criminal aliens will be released if the locals don’t have the resources or inclination to prosecute, or if the [suspect] is found not guilty because of a technicality,” said Mark Krikorian, director of the Center

Sometimes you have to break a few eggs if you want to whip you some ungrateful Visigoths. After all, if the opposition is dead set on opposing, progress is by definition necessarily halted. And we’re all about the progress and its, well, progress. For your own damn good. So shut up and thank us.

I have been off for a while, lost and confused and exactly where the TOJAP(1) wants me. We’re losing in a slow motion train wreck, I can see it happening right before my eyes, and I can’t seem to do anything to stop it. I find myself in grudging admiration of Team Prog, fifty years of planning and working and dreaming and lying and organizing and taking tiny incremental steps,