Bwahaha!! Rachel Maddow Not So Pleased With Kathleen Sebelius Resignation

Via NRSC, you gotta love it. Maddow's circling the drain and her viewers are brain-dead anti-American assholes.

Rachel Maddow is very upset that Sebelius resigned yesterday. http://t.co/367qbMvB7D

— NRSC (@NRSC) April 11, 2014

'Proud Democrat' Racist @Mailman105 Tweets Racist Hatred to Smokin' Conservative Michelle Malkin

From the tolerant leftist files.

Tweeted by a "Proud Democrat" ==> https://t.co/qkp5E8UFn8 pic.twitter.com/JhcDv3IVUT
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) April 12, 2014

Classic, typical Democrat scumbag. These idiots are a dime a dozen.

Democrats, and the New York Times, Looking Ahead to 2016

I guess it takes a little edge off the 2014 pain.

The New York Times looks ahead, "Tough Tests Looming in 2016 Raise Stakes for G.O.P. in Midterm Elections."

November's gonna be a Democrat bloodbath. I'll worry about 2016 later. Two years and seven months is a very long time in politics.

Fifty-Four Percent Majority Disapproves of #ObamaCare

I guess the respondents at Gallup don't read Voxsplainer Ezra Klein, "Americans Remain Negative Toward Healthcare Law":

PRINCETON, NJ -- With the open enrollment period for obtaining health insurance through a federal government exchange now over, Americans' views on the broader healthcare law remain more negative than positive. Currently, 43% approve and 54% disapprove of the law, commonly known as "Obamacare." The approval figure is a bit higher than Gallup's estimates since last November, but disapproval is essentially unchanged.

Well, if the law's been working better, and website all "fixed," seems we'd be seeing some improvement in those numbers. Not yet, though. Not yet. And given Pew's findings yesterday of 8-1 Republican voter disapproval of the law, it's going to be tough sledding for the idiot Democrats come fall.

Conservative Firepower Has Senate #Democrats Playing Defense

I love this, especially the Koch-sponsored ads from Americans for Prosperity.

At the New York Times, "Big GOP Donors Stir Senate Runs":

Democrats in races that will help determine control of the Senate are rapidly burning through their campaign cash, whittling away their financial advantage over Republican opponents as they fend off attacks from conservative groups, according to figures released through Friday.

The spending on both sides underscores the critical role that outside conservative groups are playing as Republicans try to retake the Senate. In state after state, organizations like Americans for Prosperity, the nonprofit linked to the conservative billionaires David H. and Charles G. Koch, have kept Democrats on the defensive with a barrage of negative ads while establishment-backed Republican candidates raise money and navigate their way through primaries.

In Alaska, the Democratic incumbent, Senator Mark Begich, spent about as much money as he raised during the first three months of the year, while Dan Sullivan, a Republican candidate and former state attorney general, increased his fund-raising and substantially narrowed Mr. Begich’s advantage in cash on hand.

In Montana, Senator John Walsh, a Democrat, spent almost three-quarters of the money he raised since January, ending with about $700,000. Representative Bruce Braley of Iowa, the likely Democratic nominee for Senate, spent over 60 percent of the cash he raised.

Senator Mary L. Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana, spent only about a third of what she collected through the end of March. But last month, Ms. Landrieu reserved $2.7 million of advertising time, according to strategists tracking both parties’ television spending, which will cut deeply into the $7.5 million she reported at the beginning of April.

“The spending totals so far show that a lot of Democratic candidates find themselves on the run,” said Brad Dayspring, a spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Democratic strategists say their candidates have faced a historic early onslaught of outside spending — about $33 million in all, most of it from Koch-linked groups — without squandering their coffers and while staying, for the most part, ahead of or even with their Republican rivals in the polls.

In the five battleground races where both candidates have reported their totals — Alaska, Colorado, Louisiana, Montana and North Carolina — Democrats reported a combined $25.2 million in cash on hand, compared with $12.1 million for Republicans. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee had $22 million, compared with $15.9 million for the Republican committee...

The funniest thing is how Democrats are actually outraising Republicans, all the while demonizing the Koch brothers (and in some case, taking their money).

And boy, NYT's sure got it out for the Kochs. Wouldn't want to help tilt a few of those toss-up states into the Democrat column, or anything. Nah.

Dropbox, Unfazed by 'Drop-Dropbox' Campaign, Not Dropping Condi Rice

At Instapundit, "STANDING UP TO THE RACIST BULLIES OF THE LEFT: Dropbox Unswayed By Anti-Condi #DropDropbox Campaign."

Speaking of racist bullies, leftist idiot Tom Hilton is co-blogging at No More Mister Nice Blog, the asshole. He's all down with the thugish campaign against Mozilla, and comes up with the one of the dumbest arguments I've heard on why Eich was an epic homophobic hater in '08 but Obama not so much. (Pay no mind to the crown of sunshine floating above the Lightworker's head, of course.)

Yep, racist bullies and totalitarian thugs. Never cave to these losers, lol.

'CBS Has Just Declared War on the Heatland of America...'

At Mashable, "Limbaugh on Colbert: CBS Has Declared War on the Heartland of America."

Watch it: "Rush Limbaugh Attacks CBS for Hiring Stephen Colbert to Replace David Letterman."

And at NYT, "Colbert Will Host ‘Late Show,’ Playing Himself for a Change."

Sharyl Attkisson on the O'Reilly Factor

Via Legal Insurrection, "The incurious media when it comes to Obama admin scandals."

I knew this was about Attkisson before I even clicked the linked headline at my sidebar. She's an awesome lady.

5 Students Among 10 Dead in Northern California Crash

At the Los Angeles Times, "Bus crash: What caused FedEx driver to veer, cause fiery collision?":

WILLOWS, Calif. -- Investigators combing through the wreckage of the fiery Northern California crash that killed 10 people, including five high school students, said they do not yet know what caused the driver of a FedEx truck to veer across a freeway median and hit the students' bus head-on.

California Highway Patrol Lt. Scott Fredrick said it remained unclear whether the FedEx driver – who officials said was among those killed – had fallen asleep, if his freight truck had some type of mechanical failure or if it was involved in separate collision that preceded the fiery crash.

Fredrick said CHP investigators were being assisted by the National Transportation Safety Board, which sent a team that arrived about 10 a.m. Friday. Investigators would use “sophisticated surveying and mapping equipment,” along with 3-D diagramming, to reconstruct what led up to the crash, he said.

Fredrick said investigators would also consider roadway and weather conditions at the time. But he and others cautioned it could take up to six months for the CHP to complete its report.

More.

White House Retweets Lame Ezra Klein Tweet Stroking Sebelius Retirement

Idiots.

At the Weekly Standard, "WH RT: 'Kathleen Sebelius Is Resigning Because 'Obamacare Has Won'."

At Twitchy, "‘An embarrassment’: White House embraces Voxsplaining in shameless lapdog-stroking retweet."

If a liar RTs a lie... RT @WhiteHouse: RT @ezraklein: Kathleen Sebelius is resigning because Obamacare has won http://t.co/2H73CMXjKQ

— Voting Female (@VotingFemale) April 11, 2014

Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges Dons Hijab for Meeting with Somalian Islamists

Islamization of America.

At D.C. Clothesline, "Sharia Submission: Minneapolis Mayor Proudly Wears Hijab When Meeting Somali Muslims."



Hat Tip: Debra Burlingame.

President Nominates Sylvia Mathews Burwell to Lead Health and Human Services

She's a bureaucratic barnacle.

At the New York Times, "Obama Names Health Pick, Veteran of Fiscal Battles":

WASHINGTON — President Obama said Friday that he was nominating his budget director, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, as the administration tries to move beyond its early stumbles in carrying out Mr. Obama’s health law.

If confirmed by the Senate, Ms. Burwell would succeed Kathleen Sebelius, whose five-year tenure was marred by the disastrous rollout of the federal insurance marketplace that is a centerpiece of the law. Ms. Sebelius’s legacy, though, may well depend on whether Ms. Burwell and her successors can elevate public opinion of the law to a level matching programs like Medicare.

More.

PREVIOUSLY: "Obama Announces Sebelius Resignation."

Obama Announces Sebelius Resignation

At WaPo, "Kathleen Sebelius steps down as HHS secretary; OMB director will take her place."

And at Twitchy, "‘Can’t breathe’: Sebelius’ ‘perfect’ farewell ‘glitch’ is comedy gold [video, Photoshop]."

One last miscue for #Sebelius -- "unfortunately a page is missing" in binder with farewell remarks

— Ed Henry (@edhenryTV) April 11, 2014

Perfect! @Sebelius is missing a page of her farewell speech! Too Much!!

— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) April 11, 2014

Glenn Greenwald Back in the U.S.

Well, I guess the feds didn't nab 'em after all.

At Puff Ho, "Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras Successfully Return to the United States."

Back in the USA: @ggreenwald & @laurapoitras honored with Polk Awards http://t.co/Ndl8ztGkrf pic.twitter.com/ZTx24gurtN
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) April 11, 2014

Also at Mashable, "WikiLeaks Live Tweets Glenn Greenwald's Flight to US."

Communists and rabid anti-Semites. Greenwald's biggest backers.

Republicans More Likely to See #ObamaCare as 'Very Important' to Their Vote

It's interesting how leftists are spinning the Sebelius resignation as a "victory" for #ObamaCare.

But GOP voters are more riled up this year, so they'll turn out in much higher numbers in November's election. They disapprove of the law by a roughly eight-to-one margin.

See Pew Research, "More Republicans See Health Care Stance as ‘Very Important’ to Midterm Vote: Views of ACA Little Changed Following Enrollment Surge":

In looking ahead to this fall’s elections, Republicans are more likely than Democrats to view a candidate’s position on the Affordable Care Act as very important to their vote. A new national survey finds that 64% of Republican registered voters say a candidate’s stance on the health care law will be very important in their voting decision, compared with 52% of Democrats and 45% of independents.

The new national survey by the Pew Research Center and USA TODAY, conducted April 3-6 among 1,010 adults, finds more continue to disapprove (50%) than approve (37%) of the 2010 health care law. Last month, the balance of opinion was similar – 53% disapproved of the law, while 41% approved.

Six-in-ten (60%) voters who oppose the health care law say that a candidate’s stance on the health care law will be very important to their vote, compared with about half (48%) of voters who support the law.

Don't swallow the left's bullshit. The law remains a massive cluster-k. Democrats are going to be crushed at the polls. The writing's on the wall.

'The Second Amendment as Ordinary Constitutional Law'

A quick but fascinating read, from Glenn Reynolds, at Instapundit, "MY LATEST LAW REVIEW ARTICLE..."

Click through at the link.

Woman Throws Shoe at Hillary Clinton During Las Vegas Speech

At iOWNTHEWORLD, "Woman Arrested After Throwing Shoe at Hillary Clinton During Speech."

Nigerian Child Bride Kills Husband and His Three Friends by Lacing Meal with Rat Poison

She was just 14, but did what she had to do to be free.

At Atlas Shrugs, "Child bride forced into marriage poisons groom and three of his friends in Nigeria."

Glenn Greenwald to Return to U.S. to Accept Polk Journalism Award

Well, it's certainly something I've been waiting for. I can't say it wouldn't be amusing to see Greenwald taken into custody.

From Michael Calderone, at Puff Ho, "Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras Returning to U.S. For First Time Since Snowden Revelations" (via Mediagazer):

NEW YORK -- Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, two American journalists who have been at the forefront of reporting on documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, will return to the United States on Friday for the first time since revelations of worldwide surveillance broke.

Greenwald and Poitras, currently in Berlin, will attend Friday’s Polk Awards ceremony in New York City. The two journalists are sharing the prestigious journalism award with The Guardian’s Ewen MacAskill and with Barton Gellman, who has led The Washington Post’s reporting on the NSA documents. Greenwald and Poitras interviewed Snowden last June in Hong Kong as he first revealed himself.

In an interview with The Huffington Post, Greenwald said he’s motivated to return because “certain factions in the U.S. government have deliberately intensified the threatening climate for journalists.”

“It’s just the principle that I shouldn’t allow those tactics to stop me from returning to my own country,” Greenwald said.

Greenwald suggested government officials and members of Congress have used the language of criminalization as a tactic to chill investigative journalism.

In January, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper suggested that journalists reporting on the NSA documents were acting as Snowden’s “accomplices.” The following month, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, claimed that Greenwald was selling stolen goods by reporting stories on the NSA documents with news organizations around the world. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) has called for Greenwald to be prosecuted.

Greenwald said the government has not informed his legal counsel whether or not he could face any potential charges, or if he's been named in any grand jury investigation tied to the NSA disclosures.

Also at the Daily Dot, "NSA reporters Greenwald and Poitras to brave U.S. return Friday." And at NYT, "Polk Award for Snowden Coverage Draws 2 to U.S."

L.A. County Sheriff Deputies Kill Aspiring Producer by Mistake in Hostage Case

My friend Lamby tweeted:

This is beyond horrible. Did you see this @AmPowerBlog? http://t.co/JWPgeR2D6k

— Bossy & Proud of It (@lamblock) April 11, 2014

And here's more at LAT, "L.A. County deputies fatally shoot man by mistake."