Monthly Archives: May 2009

MSNBC at 3:30pm eastern

I will be live from Chicago on MSNBC at 3:30pm eastern.  Tune in if you can.

Quick Thoughts: Obama Headed to Egypt

Before taking office, Obama aides said the soon-to-be-president would give a “major speech” in a Muslim capital within 100 days of taking office.  The “Hallmark holiday” had an actual goal.  Today we learned that the speech will happen in Egypt - one of the many possible locations to choose from - on the 136th day [...]

KNST This Morning

This morning I was on Tucson’s KNST chatting with my old friend Jim Parisi.  During college I was a frequent guest on KNST’s morning show talking about the 2004 election and College Republican activities.  You can listen to the audio in the form of a YouTube video here or below.

MSNBC Appearance

Here is the video of my MSNBC appearance this afternoon with co-panelis Margie Omero, anchor Tamron Hall and a special appearance by…wait for it…Chris Matthews.

Margie makes a point at the end in response to my comment that if all the leaders of the GOP were on stage in Alexandria this weekend, not everyone would have [...]

Talkin’ Future of the GOP

I will be on MSNBC around 4:30 pm eastern today talking about the future of the GOP.  Tune in!

Quick Thoughts: Mitch Makes News

Governor Mitch Daniels of Indiana is making headlines today (one of the top stories on Yahoo! News, in fact) - you can read the story here.  Daniels calls on Republicans in Washington, D.C., to stop “whining” in their legislative dealings with Democrats.  He faults the leadership for using too many “process arguments” rather than “policy [...]

Mid-Day Reading List

Happy May!
Berlusconi more popular than Obama, says Silvio
Ratings plunge for 3rd primetime presser
Indiana’s Pence gets aggressive on cap-and-trade
Vegas showman Danny Ganz dies

Quick Thoughts: Souter

After early afternoon rumors that Souter was headed out after 18 years on the big bench late night “media reports” made it official: he’s leaving at term’s end, as long as he has a successor confirmed.
Nominated by President George H. W. Bush in 1990, Souter was a “moderate conservative” that turned into a consistent liberal [...]

Quick Thoughts: GOP Ad Causing a Stir

The Fox hit was cancelled today, so here’s what I planned to say on the House GOP ad released yesterday asking American’s if they feel safer now.
A few people obviously didn’t have their thinking caps on and put images in the ad that have since caused uproar.  In 2004, a political ad with images from [...]

A Plug

If you’re getting married - great new book out there by my friend Michael Essany called “Groomology.”  You can check it out here.
Turn to page 88 for a story about a nice guy that gave Michael and his wife a West Wing tour on their honeymoon.  What a nice person!  Ha!

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