Obama: Disloyal, Ruthless, Cold
Wednesday's column by Maureen Dowd, eviscerating President Obama for his shabby treatment of former White House Counsel Greg Craig and supporter Caroline Kennedy, is getting favorable responses from his supporters in the blogosphere. Only a year after he had helped Barack Obama get elected by eviscerating his close friend, Clinton White House colleague and Yale Law School classmate, Hillary Clinton, Craig ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 26, 2009 09:29
No OTB Radio Tonight
I've canceled tonight's installment of of OTB Radio, our weekly BlogTalkRadio program. My co-host Dave Schuler is understandably unable to participate after the recent loss of his mother, who will be laid to rest Saturday, and I'm in no mood to go on without him. The next episode will air on Wednesday, December 2nd.Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 25, 2009 16:19
OTB Radio – Tonight at 5:30 Eastern
The next episode of OTB Radio, our BlogTalkRadio program, will record and air live from 5:30-6:30 Eastern. Dave Schuler and I will talk about Sarah Palin's comeback tour and ensuing controversies and President Obama's Asia trip. Alex Knapp will join us to provide his legal expertise on the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial and Steve Verdon will stop by to discuss the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 18, 2009 18:23
OTB Radio Scheduling Note
Owing to scheduling conflicts, this week's episode of OTB Radio will air tomorrow night from 5:30-6:30 Eastern and next week's episode will air on Tuesday night at the same time. Subsequent episodes will mostly air on Wednesdays.Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 28, 2009 16:50
OTB Radio – Tonight at 5:30 Eastern
The next episode of OTB Radio, our BlogTalkRadio program, will record and air live from 5:30-6:30 Eastern. Dave Schuler will cost-host and we'll be talking about the news of the day. And probably the news of other days, too. We'll also be taking calls at (646) 716-7030. Owing to a high trolls to legit callers ratio, however, we'll be using the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 15, 2009 16:53
Obama Lowering Afghanistan Ambitions?
Obama administration officials are now admitting what has been apparent for weeks: that they are giving serious consideration to radically downsizing the Afghanistan mission. Peter Baker and Elisabeth Bumiller break the story in this morning's NYT, noting that a combination of factors have President Obama strongly reconsidering the Biden Plan, which he rejected as recently as March, which calls for ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 23, 2009 14:11
OTB Radio – Tonight at 5:30 Eastern
The next episode of OTB Radio, our BlogTalkRadio program, will record and air live from 5:30-6:30 Eastern. VodkaPundit's Stephen Green is tentatively scheduled to join Dave Schuler and me to talk about the Tea Party protests, Joe Wilson's outburst, the ACORN scandal, and various other items in the news. If Steve can't make it, blame it on Jimmy Carter. [UPDATE: No ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 16, 2009 17:01
OTB Radio – Tonight at 5:30 Eastern
The next episode of OTB Radio, our BlogTalkRadio program, will record and air live from 5:30-6:30 Eastern. Dave Schuler and I will talk about President Obama's education speech and related topics. We'll also be taking calls at (646) 716-7030. Owing to a high trolls to legit callers ratio, however, we'll be using the BTR chat feature to screen for legit calls. You ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 9, 2009 17:22
Healthcare Reform: The Real Problem
Ezra Klein details why it's so hard to get a comprehensive reform of our healthcare system passed. There are three primary difficulties in finding the money for health-care reform. The first is that costs inside the system grow more quickly than incomes outside of the system. Imagine if your mortgage grew by 10 percent a year and your income grew by ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 4, 2009 13:13
OTB Radio – Tonight at 5:30 Eastern
The next episode of OTB Radio, our BlogTalkRadio program, will record and air live from 5:30-6:30 Eastern. Dave Schuler and I will talk about the latest developments in the health care debate, the evolving situations in Iraq and Afghanistan, furloughing government workers, and whatever else we meander into. We'll also be taking calls at (646) 716-7030. Owing to a high trolls ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 19, 2009 16:50
OTB Radio – Tonight at 5:30 Eastern
The next episode of OTB Radio, our BlogTalkRadio program, will record and air live from 5:30-6:30 Eastern. Dave Schuler and I will be joined by special guest Dave Dilegge of Small Wars Journal fame to talk about the renewed debate on Afghanistan. See "Afghanistan Debate Intensifies," "Back Off Jack Keane Wannabees," and "What Are Our Strategic Objectives in Afghanistan?" for background. We'll ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 12, 2009 16:59
Riots at Town Hall Meetings
The theme of Wednesday's edition of OTB Radio was "Crazy Politics." Spurred by the bitterness of recent discussion threads on seemingly innocuous topics, Dave Schuler and I wondered where it was all headed. Well, we got a pretty good clue last night. Six people were arrested last night in St. Louis after one of the many town hall meetings going on ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 7, 2009 09:55
Bill’s Excellent Adventure
I've refrained from rapid reaction to the controversy over Bill Clinton's trip to North Korea to secure the release of two American journalists because I've been torn between competing maxims. I agree with the critics who say rewarding despots who have seized American citizens is bad precedent, incentivizing illegal behavior. Yet, Bob Manning is right, too: our leaders have no ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 6, 2009 15:05
OTB Radio – Tonight at 5:30 Eastern
The next episode of OTB Radio, our BlogTalkRadio program, will record and air live from 5:30-6:30 Eastern. Dave Schuler and I will be talk about the Cash for Clunkers program, the Birthers, Bill Clinton's North Korea trip, and other topics in the news. We'll also be taking calls at (646) 716-7030. Owing to a high trolls to legit callers ratio, however, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 5, 2009 15:58
No OTB Radio Today
Tonight's episode of OTB Radio has been canceled owing to scheduling conflicts. We'll get back into the swing of things next Wednesday at 5:30 Eastern.Posted in Outside The Beltway on July 29, 2009 12:53
