A new poll from Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research shows that the public doesn’t want any cuts to Social Security and Medicare, and that they are just as interested in investment in jobs as deficit reduction. In fact, deficit reduction can be seen as a stand-in for jobs and economic recovery, if you read into the poll.

The Republicans in my state must be getting tired of being out-crazied by the South Carolina variety, because this just might be the most awesome piece of wingnuttia I’ve seen in years.

BBC is reporting Thursday that Iraq’s highest ranking army officer has said that his country is not ready to take responsibility for its own security.

It should be kept in mind that the myth of training Iraqi forces to take over their own security is a product of General David Petraeus’ long history of spinning the media.

The Washington Post’s Matt Miller doesn’t get it. Forcing austerity on the states would have the EXACT SAME EFFECT as the budget cuts they have to make in the absence of state aid. States already have rigorous budgeting constraints due to not being able to print money and run deficits. They really don’t need any more.

I’ll leave it to the ethics wonks to decide whether Bauer can do the job — on ethics — well or not. But I am worried about what this says about the Administration’s focus on two other critically important functions. You see, when Bauer took over for Greg Craig, he was hailed as the kind of guy who could solve two problems Craig had failed to: judicial confirmations and closing Gitmo.

Voter approval of the Republican Party is now at an all-time low. According to a new WSJ/NBC poll (PDF) Americans’ esteem for the Republican Party is at the lowest level ever found in the 16 years this question has been asked.

US District Court Judge Vaughn Walker will issue a ruling today on whether same-sex couples can immediately marry in California, or whether they will have to wait for the outcome of an appeal to his ruling overturning Proposition 8.

They are employees of mine and on my payroll, but I am not their boss, I am Obama’s boss and it annoys me that his employee has insulted mine, especially when their primary goal is for President Obama’s success.

Yeah, this isn’t helping, Bozo.

Dan Quayle’s son would like to remind you, he’s running for Congress and he’s against Affirmative Action.