When you go bankrupt, you generally get to discharge your debts.

Uncle Sam to assume tort liability (a la 9/11 victim's fund). Maybe that's what should happen.

that he's adopting Bush era secrets claims? Come on, you've got to to better than that.

Obama is a politician, and he's doing what he can get away with most easily.

in every relevant way. And the real reason is that he doesn't give enough of a damn to lift a finger for us.

Nor is it the real basis for the President's decision. The fact that he is carrying over George Bush's policies on state secrets is conclusive proof of that.

I'm feeling a little dispirited on this beautiful sunday afternoon.

"special sauce"  in any given poll, because you have to make educated guesses about the universe you expect to eventually show up on election day. But what I think PPP usually does, and what the pollsters I most respect tend to do, is weight to the census for a given geography and let the interviewed tell you the rest. Everything else is a step above dart throwing.

Weighting by party ID is highly controversial  because party ID is an attitude and not a demographic category. People can and do change their minds about what party they identify with.

you should qualify. The "overall trend" of party ID is not nearly enough support for your claim, IMO.

"PPP's numbers underestimate President Obama's edge at this very early point in the election cycle."

How on earth do you know that?

It's totally obvious that the 180 on Card Check is about a last ditch shot at the Republican primary.

of immigration policy. But since people on the left who do not support liberalizing trade barriers don't really want to argue for cracking down on immigration, they rarely get into the weeds.

People who have differing positions on trade and immigration need to reevaluate their reasoning.

Personally, I'm for opening our borders to people and goods.

I think, as written, this is a good speech with a substantively correct argument.

and Maureen Dowd knows all?

heh.

that the PUMAs are getting real publicity for their stupid hyperbole when he never did.

He's a wannabe Salieri to a "movement" with a name that's a homonym to a big cat.