October 2011
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The Scary Truth About Last Week’s Eurozone Deal
Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the fallout from last week’s Eurozone deal, the impact of the debt crisis on Social Security and the weekend’s winter storm in the Northeast. We’re brought [...]
The Herman Cain Allegations
Back when I was a lawyer I handled several sexual harassment suits. None of mine settled for less than the high end of six figures. Reading about these two complaints, my gut reaction to them is that settling for five figures, which could be as little as $10,000.00 and as high as $99,999, was “go [...]
The Merkel-Sarkozy Bailout Plan: Europe’s Markets on the Morning After
When you’ve been on the edge of having a convulsion for months, you could be excused for clutching at anything to convince yourself at least temporarily that you’ve turned the corner. Today, this is looking like a fair characterization of last week’s big relief rally at the euro “rescue” plan that was “agreed” in Brussels. [...]
Will the Tea Party in Oregon Primary Him?
He was elected in 1998, and is serving in his 7th term. The Almanac for American Politics says, “he is a conservative on fiscal issues but more moderate on cultural issues.” The Almanac doesn’t know what it’s talking about. He is certainly bad on a host of cultural issues in his support for using federal [...]
Cain Allegations: No There There
In light of last night’s Politico story about allegations against Herman Cain, it is important to clarify the legal meaning of the term “sexual harassment.” Specifically, Politico reports allegations that Herman Cain made an “an unwanted sexual advance” and engaged in “innuendo or personal questions of a sexually suggestive nature.” Politico suggests that this amounts [...]
Mitt Romney: The Magically Malleable Man of Mystery
Mitt Romney is probably thanking his lucky stars the Politico decided to drop a Sunday night hit piece on Herman Cain alleging Cain sexually harassed at least two women. Had it not happened last night, this morning the political world would be talking about George Will’s stinging take down of Mitt Romney and conservatives who [...]
Morning Briefing for October 31, 2011
RedState Morning Briefing For October 31, 2011 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. Mitt Romney: The Magically Malleable Man of Mystery 2. The Oppo Dump on Herman Cain Begins in Earnest 3. UFCW Bosses Busted For Racketeering, Extortion, Money Laundering & More… 4. The CBO Has Been Occupied [...]
The Oppo Dump on Herman Cain Begins in Earnest
Hours after the Politico’s Roger Simon accused the GOP of being racist, the Politico begins a sincere effort to destroy the black guy running to be the GOP’s Presidential nominee. The opposition dump on Herman Cain has begun in earnest. Before getting into the details, let’s pay attention to what this means. It means for [...]
Chris Wallace calls out Mitt Romney.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that maybe Mitt Romney should take seriously this shot across the bow by Fox News host Chris Wallace: [Mitt Romney] has not appeared on this program or any Sunday talk show since March of 2010. We invited Gov. Romney again this week, but his [...]
Herman Cain ’12 Iowa caucuses: Obama, 2008? Or Dean, 2004?
Hot Air and Ace of Spades HQ are both contemplating the issue of Herman Cain, whether he can win, and whether he is truly likely to win. Fortunately or unfortunately – depending on your point of view – I take a utilitarian point of view on the matter: what does the Herman Cain Iowa plan [...]
