The Day We Have Been Waiting For Is Here

Charlie Rangel’s ethics hearing begins today.


Axe Axelrod
On Wednesday David Axelrod, President Obama’s top political adviser, appeared to signal that the White House was ready to cave on tax cuts — to give in to Republican demands that tax cuts be extended for the wealthy as well as the middle class. “We have to deal with the world as we find it,” he declared. The White House then tried to walk back what Mr. Axelrod had said. (Paul Krugman, NYT, 11/15/10)

If President Obama really wants a new start, the first thing he should do is get rid of Axelrod. RedStateVT caught him on the Sunday talk shows and he was just awful. This comes on top of being embarrassed by Bob Schieffer (of all people) over his baseless accusations that the Chamber of Commerce was funneling foreign money to the election. Question to Obama (paraphrasing Schieffer): “Is this the best you’ve got?”