RedState Briefing 01/27/2014

Morning Briefing For January 27, 2014 >> Today's Sponsor Why Bother? I did not watch the Golden Globes this year. I did not watch the Grammys. I am not sure if I will watch the State of the Union address. Why bother? A thin skinned amateur who has been in office six years and still can’t grasp how to do his job will stand before an even more thin skinned Parliament of Whores and tell them he does not need them, while knowing he really does need them, while none of them truly want to be with each other, and all have lawyers ready to go bow before the black robed masters who’ll sit stone faced at the front of room knowing they really rule the joint. My only hope is that the Republicans grow a pair and start laughing uncontrollably when the President begins touting Obamacare, which you know he will do and which you know they will not. Paging Steve Stockman — here’s your moment.  . . . please click here for the rest of the post → Internal White House Memo: Time for an Imperial Presidency! …*Suckers*. Sometimes I wonder whether the Obama administration’s absolute and total contempt for its most rabid supporters is based on the same thing as my absolute and total contempt for its most rabid supporters. Because let’s face it: if you spent eight years screaming about Imperial Presidencies and Unitary Executives and how George Bush was a unilateralist cowboy and similar agitprop, this passage should be the equivalent of a poisoned-tipped dagger in the kidney. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → Congressional Black Caucus unhappy with Obama judicial appointments The Hill’s Mike Lillis, reports that leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) plan to “publicly rebuke” President Obama because of the “lack of diversity’ in his federal judicial appointments.” It’s hard to understand the CBC’s complaint. According to Freddie Allen, Obama’s judicial appointments have resulted in a higher rate of Black judges confirmed than any other president in history. Research compiled by the Alliance for Justice, demonstrated that so far during the Obama administration, Blacks have accounted for 18.7 percent of the federal judicial confirmations, more than the 7.3 percent under George W. Bush or the 16.4 percent under Bill Clinton. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → Missing the lessons of the NC unemployment “experiment.” My belief was, and still is, that people will rightly hold out for a “better deal” if it benefits their family. In other words, if you get $550 per week from the state of North Carolina and are offered a job making $350 per week working somewhere else that doesn’t afford you the time to continue looking for a job you might be happier with, you would, understandably, choose to continue collecting that check. To support this point I mentioned the for-hire signs located around the city and how they remained remarkably persistent in spite of an unemployment rate that hovered just below 9%. This wasn’t an attempt to prove that an avalanche of unwanted jobs existed, more to say that in a land of 9% unemployment, you’d think these signs would be less pervasive. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → The World’s Worst Idea Comes news that House GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy has endorsed comprehensive legalization for persons unlawfully in this country, and predicts the entire House “leadership team” may follow suit. Presumably, the leadership epiphany will be embodied in the “immigration principles” which House Speaker John Boehner will unveil at this year’s appropriately named “Republican retreat.” Thus, this package is expected to include . . . please click here for the rest of the post → Aaron Gardner Comes On Board RedState is like a second wife and a third child. So I have a hard time giving up any control anyway. But I know I need to and I know I need a stubborn hard headed soul to make me. Aaron Gardner fits the bill. Haha. Aaron has been a long time front page writer at RedState, worked for a while at Media Trackers Colorado, then headed to Ken Buck’s Senate campaign to do communications. The moment I learned of the deal between Eagle and Salem, I started lobbying hard to get Aaron here. And so he is. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → >> Today's Sponsor Sincerely yours, Erick Erickson Editor-in-Chief, RedState Forward This Email to a Friend Take me to RedState