Thursday Night News and Notes

Hola. Que pasa? I guess in lieu of today's epic speech by The One I should have said it in Arabic as he did but couldn't bring myself to do it.

Anyway, here's what's new:

A six pack of the water below costs $15 (not sure American of Aussie) but still $15. You've got to be friggin' kidding (via Tim Blair who notes "It’s sort of like a bargain, except … it’s just water with Barack Obama’s picture on it":



-Countrywides Angelo Mozillo is about to be indicted. I hope "friend of Angelo" Chris Dodd follows close behind.

-Strip clubs can be dangerous places, dude.

-More buyers remorse? Don't blame me, I voted for Palin.

-Non-union, non-stimulus money grubbing Wal-Mart keeps right on rolling.

More Buyers Remorse in Obamanation

This time it's not some New York Times writers her were reduced to teenagers at the mere sight of Thne One. Oh no, this time it's the sober Economist who had backed Obama and is wondering where all that Hope and Change (TM) has gone:

HILLARY CLINTON’S most effective quip, in her long struggle with Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination last year, was that the Oval Office is no place for on-the-job training. It went to the heart of the nagging worry about the silver-tongued young senator from Illinois: that he lacked even the slightest executive experience, and that in his brief career he had never really stood up to powerful interests, whether in his home city of Chicago or in the wider world. Might Mrs Clinton have been right about her foe?

...But at home Mr Obama has had a difficult start. His performance has been weaker than those who endorsed his candidacy, including this newspaper, had hoped. Many of his strongest supporters—liberal columnists, prominent donors, Democratic Party stalwarts—have started to question him. As for those not so beholden, polls show that independent voters again prefer Republicans to Democrats, a startling reversal of fortune in just a few weeks. Mr Obama’s once-celestial approval ratings are about where George Bush’s were at this stage in his awful presidency. Despite his resounding electoral victory, his solid majorities in both chambers of Congress and the obvious goodwill of the bulk of the electorate, Mr Obama has seemed curiously feeble.

That's a stunning indictment of President Obama and one of the more overt pieces I've read about the complete lack of trust the left now has in Obama. Yes, he will still have his die-hard supporters who will never admit they were wrong in backing such an amateurish candidate, yet every day we are seeing another major backer question whether or not Obama is up to the job.

By throwing in a Hillary quote they throw a little salt in the wound as well by showing that not only us on the right were correct in our assessment but that they had a perfectly viable candidate and unceremoniously dumped her for the flavor of the month who turned out to be an amateur on nearly every issue.

It's too late to say this but while the left-wing echo chamber was feeling thrills up and down their collective legs, we on the other side were pointing out the inconvenient fact that he's a lightweight and not nearly ready to ascend to the Oval Office.

Commentary's Jennifer Rubin has more.

Update: More also at Hot Air.

Monday Morning News and Notes

Happy Monday.

Here's what's new:

-Obama continues to lose the goodwill of his supporters and, well, everyone.

-About that Economic Recovery Advisory Board that Obama touted as being so important--they've yet to meet. The One seems to be really working hard at this recovery.

-John Murtha is shameless, but you knew that. How did the people he labeled "racists" re-elect this clown?

-The Orlando Tea Party rally was 4,000 strong. Something is building, folks.

-The IRS has decreased audits on millionaires. I'm guessing Obama doesn't want to reduce his pool of potential advisers or something.

Libs Turning on Dodd

When the uber liberal and, at times, anti-Semitic Tony Auth turns on you, it's time to give it up, Senator Dodd:

Here's another example.