1-28-09

Rick Moran: Fallout continues from Barack Obama’s interview with Arab TV with many objecting to the apologetic tone while others worried that the American president wasn’t assertive enough.

WSJ: “Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it’s an opportunity to do things you couldn’t do before.” So said White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in November, and Democrats in Congress are certainly taking his advice to heart.

Matt Drudge: Democrats may have eliminated provisions on birth control and sod for the National Mall in the “job stimulus” — but buried on page 147 of the bill is stimulation for prevention of sexually transmitted diseases!

Amir Taheri: By appointing Mitchell without informing (let alone consulting) the Quartet partners, Obama has in effect called for the resignation of the Quartet’s peace envoy, British ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair.

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