Iran

Obama Defends Iran Policy, Takes On Familiar Foe

(CBS)
As the tension over the contested Iranian elections and subsequent grass roots protests continues to simmer, President Obama took the opportunity to hit back at criticism from Republicans that he was being too soft on the mullahs and hard-liners in Iran over the apparently rigged election and brutal crackdown on protesters. The president’s words […]

Obama Comments On Iranian Election

With a hotly contested election in Iran still undecided amidst “unprecedented” turnout and claims of victory from both Ahmadinejad and his challenger, President Obama took time to offer his carefully worded thoughts on the landmark election and any role his own victory and his recent trip to the Middle East had to play in the […]

Obama Wins Iran?

On the heels of his successful trip to Europe and a game-changing visit to Baghdad, President Obama may have scored another important foreign policy victory today as Iran makes noise about their new willingness to sit down with the U.S. for “honest” one-on-one talks.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s overtures to the Obama administration were cautious […]

Vanishing Bush: Obama Wants “Direct” Talks With Iran

President Obama’s journey to apparently make it appear as if eight years of George W. Bush never even happened (with the tiny exception of Iraq and Afghanistan…) rolls on.
Last week was Gitmo and torture. Monday morning brought directives to allow states to cap vehicle emissions and federal measures to increase fuel efficiency.
Something that occurred later […]

NPR Iowa Debate: More bad news for Hillary?

The virtually ignored Democratic debate in Iowa, broadcast by NPR and Radio Iowa, provided both a solid 2 hours of tantalizing discussion and plenty of snores. At least that’s what PB herd secondhand: Who has the time to glue their ears to the radio at 2 PM?
The debate format - no audience and absolutely no […]

The Buzz

 Apologies for the intermittent posting on the site. PB will be on semi-vacation until Monday, November 5. We will update the site, but not as frequently as our loyal readers are used to. Thanks for the patience…

It’s happening. The Democratic presidential race is becoming as much of an important and vital issue as the ongoing […]

Iran weighing down Hillary?

How much discomfort has Hillary’s ambiguous stance on the Iranian problem put her in? Well, it certainly doesn’t help when Obama gets a clear pass to namelessluy blast Hillary as being in line with President Bush as he warns of “World War III” and the antsy liberal blogosphere incessantly hounds HRC on her “yes” vote […]