For the first time in recent memory, progressive and conservative activists are in total agreement about something — President Obama must go.
And to that end, there are several options available.
The most popular among them seems to be a primary challenge, with outgoing Rep. Alan Grayson, outgoing Sen. Russ Feingold (of McCain-Feingold fame), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and rock star Mike Gravel seen as the most likely contenders.
Unfortunately, history would not be on our side in a primary.
Another option would be impeachment, but in the most recent case, it backfired.
If all else fails, I suppose that we could always seek relief from the Supreme Court.
Morning lineup:
Meet the Press: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Sen. John Kerry (D-MA); Roundtable: David Brooks (New York Times), Thomas Friedman (New York Times), Katty Kay (BBC) and Republican Strategist Mike Murphy.
Face the Nation: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL); Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ); Nancy Cordes (CBS News); Jim VandeHei (Politico).
This Week: Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley Clark; Lt. Col. (ret.) Bob Maginnis (Family Research Council); Executive Director of the Log Cabin Republicans R. Clarke Cooper; Elaine Donnelly (Center for Military Readiness); Director of National Security and Joint Warfare at the Marine Corps War College Tammy Schultz; Roundtable; Former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, Former Ambassador to the United Nations and Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, Sakena Yacoobi (Afghan institute of Learning) and George Will (Washington Post).
Fox News Sunday: Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND); Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX); Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA); Roundtable: Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino, Nina Easton (Fortune Magazine), Sociopath Liz Cheney and Juan Williams (Fox News).
State of the Union: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR); Sem. Orrin Hatch (R-UT); Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY); Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN).
The Chris Matthews Show: Andrea Mitchell (NBC News); John Heilemann (New York Magazine); Susan Davis (National Journal); Andrew Sullivan (The Atlantic).
Fareed Zakaria GPS: Comedian Bill Maher; Harvard Universityn Professor Niall Ferguson; Richard Haas (Council on Foreign Relations); Gillian Tett (Financial Times).
Evening lineup:
60 Minutes will feature: an interview with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke (preview); and, an interview with Facebook Founder/CEO Mark Zuckerberg (preview).
On Comedy Central:
Jon Stewart surveyed the evolution of Sen. John McCain's position on the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".
The Daily Show
Monday: Retired General/Author Hugh Skelton ("Without Hesitation")
Tuesday: Actor/Producer Seth Green ("Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III Special")
Wednesday: Actor Michelle Williams ("Blue Valentine")
Thursday: Actor James Franco ("127 Hours")
And Stephen Colbert – who stepped out of character to answer 11 questions from Reddit users – examined President Obama's slavery shakedown.
The Colbert Report
Monday: Author Gary Trudeau ("40: A Doonesbury Retrospective")
Tuesday: Authors Julie Nixon Eisenhower & David Eisenhower ("Going Home to Glory")
Wednesday: Actor/Author Steve Martin ("An Object of Beauty")
Thursday: Broadway Director Julie Taymor ("Spiderman: The Musical")
Elsewhere:
Ed Rollins, National Director of Ronald Reagan's 1984 campaign, offered some advice to prospective presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
You're a media star and a great curiosity. You were plucked out of political obscurity because of the whim of presidential contender John McCain, who didn't know you and made you into an overnight sensation. You performed well for three weeks in the campaign, did better than expected against Joe Biden in the debate and then you self-destructed.
You clearly weren't ready for prime time, but neither was your running mate. After the election, you quit your day job as governor of Alaska with 18 months left in the term and went out and made a fortune making speeches and selling a book. [...]
If you want to be a player, go to school and learn the issues. Put smart people around you and listen to them. If you want to be taken seriously, be serious. You've already got your own forum. If you want to be a serious presidential candidate, get to work. If you want to be an imitator of Ronald Reagan, go learn something about him and respect his legacy.
If you want to be a gadfly, just keep doing what you're doing.
Rollins can probably expect to be added to Palin's enemy list.
And speaking of enemy lists:
Bristol Palin followed her mother's lead, and took to Facebook to address her critics.
Recently, a left wing commentator named Keith Olbermann attacked me for being a spokesperson for abstinence education and for being an Ambassador for the Candies Foundation, which promotes teen pregnancy awareness and prevention education. He went so far as to call me "the worst person" he knows, apparently, for my efforts to educate teenagers about the real world risks of premarital sex. [...]
I have never claimed to be perfect. If that makes me the "worst person in the world" to Mr. Olbermann, then I must apologize for not being absolutely faultless like he undoubtedly must be.
To Mr. Olbermann let me say this: you can attack me all you want. But you will not stop me from getting my message out about teen pregnancy prevention. And one day, if you ever have a daughter, you may change your mind about me.
Meanwhile:
Hillary Clinton's biggest fan, Christine O'Donnell, also followed Mama Palin's lead and signed a deal to
publish a book of her own.
O'Donnell’s book will take the reader behind the scenes of her race for the Senate, and embody O'Donnell's identification with America's frustrations and concerns with the current political climate.
According to O'Donnell, "The 2010 midterm elections were just the beginning—the first rumblings of a revolution that has not fully erupted. I plan on making my book one of the revolution’s catalysts."
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
- Trix