GOP Tries To Repeal Obamacare 37th Time…And Counting

Posted: Wed, 05/15/2013 - 21:08 | Posted by: Douglas Bloomfield | Political Insider

House Republicans intend to make their 2,917th futile attempt to repeal Obamacare this week. Why try again when they know it will ultimately fail like all the other attempts? Speaker John Boehner has a unique excuse: he said the new members of the 113th Congress haven't had a chance to vote on it yet.

UN As In UN-believable

Posted: Wed, 05/15/2013 - 20:26 | Posted by: Douglas Bloomfield | Political Insider

Iran named to chair UN Conference on Disarmament.

Israelis Want Peace Talks But Are Pessimistic

Posted: Mon, 05/13/2013 - 19:46 | Posted by: Douglas Bloomfield | Political Insider

At the White House this afternoon, President Barack Obama updated British Prime Minister David Cameron on Secretary of State John Kerry's efforts to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the peace table.

By a bit better than 2:1 margin, Israelis would like to see that happen, but only one in three think those talks would produce peace, and in fact most doubt they'll even get started.

Why Obama's Popularity Is Rising In Israel

Posted: Fri, 05/10/2013 - 20:23 | Posted by: Douglas Bloomfield | Political Insider

Remember when President Obama's approval rating among Israelis was in the single digits? That was August 2009 when it bottomed at 4%. A lot has changed since then, and a Pew Research Center survey released this week showed Obama "enjoys the confidence of 61% of Israelis." Among Israeli Jews, 64% rate Obama favorably vs. 48% of Arabs.

Time For Arab League To Put Up Or Shut Up

Posted: Fri, 05/10/2013 - 10:21 | Posted by: Douglas Bloomfield | Political Insider

Arab League leaders were in Washington last week doing what they do best: talking. Trouble is they're all talk and no walk. This time they endorsed the concept of land swaps as part of an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. They made it sound revolutionary but in fact it was old stuff for the two parties who'd been discussing that for more than a dozen years.