Day: May 30, 2013
Obama Says Politics Is Stuck
We’ve got a politics that’s stuck right now. And the reason it’s stuck is because people spend more time thinking about the next election than they do thinking about the next generation.
— President Obama, quoted by Reuters, at a fundraiser for House Democrats.
Plurality See IRS Probe as Most Important of Three Scandals
44%
Of voters see the IRS probe as the most important of the three controversies surrounding the White House — Benghazi, IRS targeting and seizing reporter phone records — with 24% citing Benghazi and 15% picking the AP records seizure, a new Quinnipiac poll finds. But voters say 73% to22% that dealing with the economy and unemployment is a higher priority than investigating these three issues.
Jeb Bush Disagrees with His Mom
What can I tell you? All I can say is we all have mothers, right? She is totally liberated, and God bless her.
— Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), saying “he’s undecided about running for president but didn’t appear to agree with his mother that enough members of their family have occupied the White House,” the AP reports. Bush said he needs another year before making his decision.
The Bad Press
Poor Attorney General Eric Holder,
The media elite gave him the cold shoulder.
They refused to confer,
Unless it’s on the record.
What’d you expect from a pissed-off press, Mister Holder?
