It seems that President Obama once again is content to be completely irrelevant in this year’s budget negotiations, what with his plan to hose the rich to the tune of $1.5 trillion.  It’ll likely be the second year running where Obama submits a budget that doesn’t get adopted. Last year Republicans preferred their own version of a budget, written by Paul Ryan, whilst the Senate failed to move the resolution to the floor (and hasn’t for the past two years as it is).

It isn’t for lack of trying. Obama, to his credit, is actually doing his job. He’s submitted the budget for the last four years, so it was up to Congress to pass it. And while it’s understandable, and commendable, that Republicans preferred something different last year, the fact that Obama couldn’t get his own team on board is telling. With such a big tax hike, I fail to see why either chamber will be any more in favor of the 2013 budget.| MORE ›

You can be sure that whenever a political figure is referring to how old a law is, they think it’s out of date. Such is the case of White House Spokesman Eric Schultz, who spoke to the NY Times yesterday (emph. mine):| MORE ›

Last week, President Obama called out the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, accusing it of funneling contributions to the business advocacy group from foreign corporations to its U.S. political activity. This, of course, ignited a political firestorm.

The left had a “eureka!” moment.| MORE ›

Obama really wanted to give his speech last Sunday in a really engaging way, but I guess Valerie Jarrett said he had to do it differently.  Obama recently did a staging of the original version, so now you can decide which is better.  Watch the video below and just wait for it.

(H/T The Moderate Voice)

Update at bottom

Several news outlets yesterday ran the above photo of President Obama and his daughter Sasha swimming in waters at a Panama City, FL, beach.  The narrative, of course, is “President Obama reassures Americans that the Gulf is open for business!”

However, there’s a problem with the spin:| MORE ›

It might seem like Mr. Miyagi once tutored Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton on foreign policy. Since January, the administration has been practicing diplomatic Jujitsu: hands off (North Korea), hands on (Israel), hands off (Iran). This week, it’s hands on Honduras.| MORE ›