May 17, 2012
Jason Linkins

Jason Linkins: Senate Unanimously Rejects a Budget Offered by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.)

Editor, Eat the Press

I predict that the news cycle is going to characterize a bit of legislative maneuvering this week as a defeat for some "Obama Budget." The vote on a Potemkin "Obama Budget" is not intended to be taken seriously. It's a stunt designed to get a slag into the news cycle, and they tend to work. What happens is a Republican legislator presents a "budget proposal" that's designed to be a satirical presentation of an "Obama budget," and Democrats don't vote for it, because they recognize that it bears no resemblance to their budgetary preferences. This is all stuff that should be pretty easy for adults to penetrate and demystify. But how many times are we going to hear about the "Obama budget's" ignominious defeat in the Senate on this weekend's Sunday talk shows? I'm going to guess: "many times."

GOP Super PAC Considers Bringing Back Jeremiah Wright Attack

Obama Veterans Support

Group Wanted To Paint Obama As 'Metrosexual, Black Abe Lincoln'

GOP Draws Battle Plans For After Obamacare Ruling

Supreme Court

More Politics
Clinton vs. Obama.. Mitt, Rick Agree On Pee.. 'Dangerous' GOP Bill.. Tea Party Nightmare.. Birther Rant

More JPMorgan Losses

Jamie Dimon

Bank Played By Different High-Risk Rules.. Nobody Knows How Big Losses Will End Up Being

Romney Announces Massive April Haul

Romney Bain Capital Priorities Usa

Jon Stewart vs. Fox News Pundits On 'The Daily Show'

Jon Stewart Fox News

More Comedy
Sykes Mocks Romney.. New 'Anchorman' Poster.. Jagger 'SNL' Promos.. Time Wasting Sites

Obama Campaign Calls 'B.S.' On Karl Rove

Obama Campaign

$1.5 BILLION?

Pinterest

More Tech
Google Upgrade.. Verizon's Bad News.. Facebook IPO.. Pirate Bay Down.. Burned By Zuck

Mary Kennedy Reportedly Hanged Herself

Mary Kennedy Dies

Mladic War Crimes Trial Suspended 'Indefinitely'

Mladic Tribunal

More World
Vatican Kidnap Mystery.. Assad's Foreign Mercenaries.. Epic Time Lapse.. Whooping Diamond

GOP Lawmaker: Obama Is 'Just Not An American'

Mike Coffman Obama

Judge's Heartbreaking Plea For Medical Marijuana Legalization

Marijuana

BLOCKED: Federal Judge Reins In Indefinite Detention

Homeland Battlefield Act

Judge: Law Has 'Chilling Impact On First Amendment Rights'

Questions Loom About Facebook Ahead Of IPO

Facebook Advertising

More Business
Facebook Fear.. Tragic Foreclosure Photos.. Ford Vs. Toyota.. Super-Rich's Friends

U.S. Requests Help To Pay For Afghan Army

Afghanistan

WATCH: Newsweek Editor Defends Controversial Cover

Tina Brown Newsweek Gay Marriage

Scott Walker Investigation Becomes Democratic Point Of Attack

Scott Walker Investigation

Trayvon Martin's Autopsy Results Released

Trayvon Martin Plaque

More Black Voices
Home HIV Test.. Fight To Free O.J... Celebs Stand By Obama.. Fired Writer's New Racist Rant

Guess Which State Led The Nation In Workplace Discrimination Complaints

Eeoc Workplace Discrimination Texas

Wildfire Near Historic Mining Town Nearly Triples In Size

Arizona Wildfire

Mass Exodus At Baptist University Over Anti-Gay 'Lifestyle Statement'

Shorter University

More Religion
Syrian Christians.. Respect Everyone.. Music And Holiness.. Psalms And Evil

James O'Keefe FAIL

James Okeefe Voter Fraud

Police Make Shocking Discovery At Site Of Plane Crash

Cocaine

Greece Gets Temporary PM

Panagiotis Pikrammenos

Congressman Says Zombie, Comatose Man Key To Middle East Peace

Arafat And Sharon
FOLLOW US

PHOTOS: The Most Daring Dress Ever ... No, Seriously

Micaela Schaefer

More Style
I'm On A Boat.. Princess Parties With Mom.. Skechers' $40 Million Fib.. Alba Gets Airbrushed

Children's Band Splits After 21 Years

The Wiggles

More Entertainment
Kids React To Dubstep.. 'Prometheus' Secrets.. 'Anchorman 2' Buzz.. Cannes News

Customer Finds Nasty Surprise Under Her Car After Oil Change

Walmart Satanic

7 Things Women Really Want From Sex

Sex Addict Pic

More Women
'Hysteria' Director Talks Vibrators.. Reasons To Love Paul Rudd.. Most Sexist Car Ad?

Anti-Gay Pundit Who Claimed Obama May Be Gay Admits Attraction To Men

Paul Cameron

More Gay Voices
Pastor's Bizarre Starbucks Protest.. Is Asexuality Part Of LGBT?.. Teaching About Trans Kids

The Naked Women Who Defied Hitler

Windmill Theatre History

More Books
'50 Shades' Condo For Sale.. Famous Authors' Near-Death Experiences.. Most Well-Read Cities

Kris Jenner Explains DNA Test Request

Kris Jenner Today Show

More Celebrity
Hayden's Sexy Look.. TSwift's Donation.. Lea & Cory's PDA.. Snooki's Sweet Tweet.. Jen's New Ad

Rocks From Beach Set Fire To Woman's Pants

Rocks Set Fire In Pocket

Rays Player Collapses After Getting Hit By Pitch

Will Rhymes

More Sports
Lakers Collapse.. Preakness Odds.. ESPN Under Fire.. Pacquiao Controversy.. NHL Playoffs

WATCH: Nicki Locks Lips With Rapper

Nicki Minaj Right By My Side

PHOTOS: The New Wave Of Underwater Hotels

Julesinterior

More Travel
New Asia Hot Spot?.. Atlanta's New Terminal.. Rooftop Bars.. Barcelona.. Best Beaches For BBQs

7 Ways To Make Over Your Memory

Marilu Henner

More Fifty
Lessons From My Unplugged Son.. Boomer Marketing Bombs.. What Rwanda Taught My Kids

Man Found Guilty Of Killing His Fiancée During Sex

James Leopold

15 E-Cards That Will Make Your Ex's Jaw Drop

Someecards

More Divorce
Tiger's Ex On Market.. Deion Sanders Pays Up.. Spouses Hiding $?.. Crazy Sh*t Celebs Say

LOOK: 9 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Models-Turned-Actresses

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit

Tiger Woods' Ex Is Back On The Market

Elin Nordegren

QUIZ: How Well Do Your Know Your Celebrity Runaway Brides?

Runaway Brides

More Weddings
WORST Wedding Guests.. 'Disgusting' Bride.. How To Prevent Divorce.. Crazy Pet Weddings

LISTEN: 911 Call Released In Mother's Alleged Murder Of 4 Kids

Tonya Thomas 911 Call

More Crime
10 Lbs. And Clinging To Life.. Son's Buttocks Sewn Shut.. Man Stabs Pregnant Wife

LOOK: Incredible Photographs Taken By Children Living With Cancer

Pablove Shutterbugs