"I am just mystified by these people telling me I would think Obama was doing a great job if his skin contained less melanin."
- Jonah Goldberg
"The dismaying truth is that birtherism is part of a larger pattern of rejection of reality that has taken hold of intimidating segments of one of the two political parties that alternate in power in o..."
- Hendrik Hertzberg
"When Republicans recently charged the President with promoting 'class warfare,' he answered it was 'just math.' But it's more than math. It's a matter of morality.Republicans have posed the deepest mo..."
- Robert B. Reich
"Proximity to power has an unsurprising ability to mutate a politician's spinal cord into bright yellow jelly."
- Tariq Ali
"The great cause of the new Republican intake is the reduction of the deficit but to anyone seeking evidence of sincere attempts at deficit-reduction the evidence is baffling. The Republicans showed be..."
- James Fenton
"New Rule: Never underestimate the ability of a tiny fringe group of losers to ruin everything. We've all been laughing heartily at the wacky antics of the "birthers"--the far-right goofballs who claim..."
- Bill Maher
"The American people are fed up...with political posturing.' True, but also an example of political posturing."
- James Taranto
"Because of racism, he can't govern effectively' is not a great argument for re-election."
"It's easy to see why conservatives would be salivating at the thought of a Hillary primary challenge. Presidents who face serious primary challenges—Ford, Carter, Bush I—almost always lose. The last p..."
- Peter Beinart
"The absence of even rough agreement on the facts puts every opinion on equal footing and therefore eliminates the basis for thoughtful compromise. It rewards not those who are right, but those - like ..."
- Barack Obama