Despite their grousing about the administration during the Netroots Nation conference, liberal activists and bloggers are relatively happy with President Barack Obama’s performance.
A straw poll conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research showed that 80 percent either approve or strongly approve of the president more than a year before voters head to the polls to decide whether he deserves a second term.
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@TimothyNoah1 FTFY: "Liberals [sic]". @LOLGOP @MarkGaleotti Agree w/ conclusions a bit but should consider the operational tempo in Moscow and regime's fear of success. @themoscownews @edwardlucas Unfortunately Nemtsova's typical travelogue narrative misses most of the salient issues. Symptomatic of that site. Agree with it. “@mbk_center: Fascinating argument from @PowerVertical on Kudrin's campaign of indirect criticism. http://t.co/EB5jmTyCMR” Kudrin-Medvedev pas de deux re Russian economy pt. 27 -- no need to hoard soap, salt, canned meat. http://t.co/HTA2ohQzoh -oil won't hit $50 
A friend mentioned this item on Steve Clemons’ blog citing The Guardian’s correction of President Obama’s claim last night that the Brits didn’t torture. Next we will learn that Mother Theresa coached Bernie Madoff. Still an interesting historical footnote The Guardian explores. The London Cage was used partly as a torture centre, inside which large [...]
Normally/historically, the Stiftung never really cared that much about NIEs. A dirty secret? The old DCIs often parked/shunted aside less than stellar people by detailing them to the National Intelligence Council. NIEs have only become truly sexy and politically potent the last 7 years with a few exceptions. And NIEs (except for the nearly pornographic [...]
Obama’s address to the Army cadets offered the usual laudatory references to American military’s greatness and history. Including the ‘I’m your commander-in-chief but really ok guy’ jokes. Naturally, Obama’s omission of Wolfowitzian unilateral, unchallenged American power gets pundits’ tongues wagging. His embrace of diplomacy as a much needed option for exhausted recourse to military action [...]
________________________ Un homme: Est-ce que nous sommes fou? Autre homme: Oh, mais la philosophie de Condi est plus intéressante que la philosophie existentialiste Obama et les 300! Ils veulent défaite! Nous serons là pour mille ans! Maliki est comme une jeune vierge attendant d’être séduit . . . Tu es d’accord, n’est-ce pas? Homme: Quel [...]
But there are big scary Republicans under your bed! Vote Democrat!
@euskal Priceless.
http://my.firedoglake.com/oneouter/2011/06/20/beyond-netroots-nation-the-progressive-blogosphere-vs-the-democratic-establishment/
“Are we really the kind of fucking retards that will allow ourselves to be used and thrown away twice? “
Was wrong about the Netroots. Turns out they’re just the same battered-spouse syndrome abuse addicts that traditionally populated the Democratic base. They just had cable modems.
Guess that shoots down my idea that Obama’s actively trying to alienate his following. Looks like one still is born every minute.