Sam Stein reports that President Obama offered to raise the Medicare eligibility age in an attempt to reach an agreement with the GOP on the debt ceiling. This makes me think of a recent quote by White House chief of staff William Daley regarding the president; "He's not someone to walk away from a tough fight."
I'd be a lot more impressed with that if Obama were more interesting in winning those tough fights than he obviously is in just ending them.
Ezra Klein offers three reasons why the recent debt negotiations broke down. The short version; Boehner is a powerless figurehead, the GOP doesn't really give a crap about spending, and no one that matters is panicking yet.
Rupert Murdoch's phone-hacking scandals seems to get worse by the day, if not the hour. Not only was he trying to get phone data of 9/11 victims, but he was trying to get British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's data as well.
At this very moment, there isn't a single word about the phone-hacking scandal on Fox News' front page. Weird, huh?
A new poll has Michele Bachmann ever so slightly ahead of Mitt Romney in Iowa. Note of caution; the poll was no longer in the field when Shelly had her big "Yay for slavery!" moment.
We also learn that Bachmann is easily spooked.
Former Florida Rep and liberal firebrand Alan Grayson says he take a shot at elected office again.
Finally, a stupid Republican uses a stupid gun stupidly.
