Geoff B sent along this link, which I’d also seen in my morning email, of a column by Gene Healy. Who doesn’t pull punches. Making him an extremist whose unhelpful rhetoric is sure to drive away the illegal alien vote. It never fails. Whenever a president’s approval ratings tank, out come the deep think pieces about how the president’s personality flaws explain his political dilemma and ours. Vanity Fair’s Todd
November 12, 2013
From the “there’s hope yet” files: “Repeal of “Stand Your Ground” Soundly Defeated in Florida”
Breitbart: An attempted repeal of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law was voted down in that state’s house judiciary committee on November 7. The bill offered to repeal it was HB-4003. And according to LegalInsurrection.com, HB-4003 would not only have repealed stand your ground but would have also diminished Floridians’ right to self-defense in other ways, other settings. The repeal was offered by state representative Alan B. Williams (Democrat). Because he
Matt Lauer: Concern Troll for the GOP; Sarah Palin: Having none of it
Which of course makes her part of the problem, as many former McCain-staffers turned Democrat consultants will gleefully tell you. Again and again and again I’ve written “it’s the ruling class vs. the rest of us,” and the narrative is being pieced together just as we knew it would be: Cuccinelli’s loss in VA is yet another death knell for the “extremists” in the TEA Party who can’t win; meanwhile,
I now own a $15K 2-carat diamond ring … [Darleen Click]
Yes, I haven’t paid for it yet. And, well, yes, it is still only sitting in my shopping cart. But if it’s good enough for Obama … The fight over how to define the new health law’s success is coming down to one question: Who counts as an Obamacare enrollee? Health insurance plans only count subscribers as enrolled in a health plan once they’ve submited a payment. That is when
