Limbaugh Issues ‘Operation Chaos’ Pause
For a variety of reasons, I haven't heard more than a few snippets of Rush Limbaugh's show in years. I haven't figured out yet whether his "Operation Chaos," where he's urging the Dittoheads to register as Democrats and vote for Hillary Clinton, is a serious bit of agitprop or camp. Regardless, he's weighed the latest developments in the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on April 30, 2008 08:12
Randi Rhodes Quits Air America Radio
Randi Rhodes is no longer employed by Air America. The company's official statement Last week Air America suspended Randi Rhodes for abusive, obscene language at a recent public appearance in San Francisco which was sponsored by an Air America affiliate station. Air America Media was informed last night by Ms. Rhodes that she has chosen to terminate her employment with ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on April 10, 2008 12:47
Obama Denounces Pastor, Continuing Circular Firing Squad
Barack Obama has denounced his pastor of twenty years, the man who performed his wedding ceremony, baptized his children, and served as the inspiration for his best-selling book, because his inflammatory comments got picked up in the press and caused him some political embarrassment. In the handful of years Senator Barack Obama has spent in the national spotlight, his stance ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 15, 2008 06:31
Ferraro, Limbaugh, and Racial Politics
Geraldine Ferraro has generated an amazing amount of controversy with her remarks that, “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.” And, no, it wasn't for her improper use of the subjunctive but rather because it's "racist." I'd ignored the controversy until now because, well, it's Geraldine Ferraro. (About whom, incidentally, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 12, 2008 13:18
Did Limbaugh Push Clinton Over the Top in Texas?
Yesterday, James reported here that Rush Limbaugh was urging his Texas supporters to vote for Hillary Clinton to help weaken Obama and clear a path for an eventual McCain victory. Yesterday, James was pretty sure that this effort wouldn't work. However, Dave Weigel has run the numbers and it looks like Rush may have been successful.Go and check ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 5, 2008 13:56
Hillary Clinton Wins Ohio, Texas (Postmortem)
Hillary Clinton won the Ohio and Texas primaries, revitalizing her campaign and ensuring that the race will continue, probably to the Democratic convention. It's not clear as of this writing (6:01 Eastern) how many delegates she's won and her path to a majority of delegates remains unclear. What It Means: The Spin Game The candidates' spin: "For everyone here in ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 5, 2008 06:03
Limbaugh Urges Texas Republicans to Vote for Clinton
Rush Limbaugh yesterday urged his listeners in Texas to vote for Hillary Clinton, so as to keep the Democrats pounding one another a little longer. Limbaugh has been actively urging his Texas listeners to cross over and vote for Clinton in that state's open primary Tuesday, arguing it helps the Republicans if the Democratic race remains unsettled for weeks to ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 4, 2008 07:23
Limbaugh McCain’s Most Valuable Asset?
Rush Limbaugh says he's John McCain's "most valuable asset" and playfully suggests that he's criticizing him so vehemently in order to boost his support among swing voters. "What people don't realize is that I am doing McCain the biggest favor that can be done for him by staying out of this," he continued. "If I endorsed him thoroughly and with ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on February 13, 2008 11:48
The Ever Changing Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney has reinvented himself yet again, Michael Luo reports, this time as an anti-insider populist. Mitt Romney is leading a citizen revolution, or at least that is what he has been telling people these last few days as he has tries to right his bid for the Republican nomination. It may seem an unlikely role for a PowerPoint-loving, buttoned-down multimillionaire, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on February 5, 2008 07:02
Schwarzenegger, Giuliani and McCain Republicans
RealClearPolitics' John McIntyre reminds us that the 2004 convention gave President Bush a large bounce in the polls, while the Democratic convention did next to nothing for John Kerry. He's got an interesting theory on why that was: Who did Karl Rove and the GOP strategists chose to put front and center on prime-time television for the American people? ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on January 31, 2008 11:11
