"I think the swagger works, as long as he follows it up with his performance."

Does it? Earlier today, I wrote about David Petraeus’ strategy to rebuild his public image by publicly apologizing for the personal scandal that forced him to resign as CIA Director last fall.  The legendary military strategist chose a straightforward path towards atonement, which was an expression of humility and remorse. Tiger Woods and Nike have [...]

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Shared sacrifice?

Last week, I wondered if perhaps the Obama administration would consider factor the optics of the decision to cancel White House tours for the public into their upcoming decisions about the executives’ leisure activities, and whether they’d tone them down a little due to the extra security and funds that they require. Evidently not. Not [...]

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Optics.

It’s that time of year again — the time when the White House starts making preparations for the first family’s summer vacation. They skipped the usual Martha’s Vineyard visit last year in the heat of the campaign, but Politico reports that they’re returning to tradition this year: President Obama and his family are likely headed [...]

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Real talk.

Heh. Allahpundit already explained the motivations behind the White House’s announcement that they’re cancelling all public tours of the president’s residence until further notice; the Obama administration is putting all of their best efforts into making the sequester cuts as painful, visible, and wide-ranging as humanly possible in order to ensure that no ordinary American [...]

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The fierce urgency of now.

I know what you’re thinking but let’s be fair. If he took a break from insinuating that gun-rights supporters don’t care about children getting shot for nothing more than a few lessons with the local club pro, that would be callous. But he’s not. He’s taking a break from those insinuations for lessons with thousand-bucks-an-hour [...]

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Body(-politic) English.

Earlier this week, Matt Lewis reported that a group calling itself the “We Are Golf” coalition had started peppering Republican lawmakers with pleas to stop criticizing Barack Obama for his hundred-plus rounds of golf while unemployment soared.  The letters urged these critics to consider the 2 million people employed by the golf industry and fretted [...]

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Excuses, excuses.

I’ve subscribed to Politico’s Morning Score for quite a long time.  It’s a handy roundup of political stories from around the country, and while much of it never makes it into posts here at Hot Air, I find the background data very useful for context.  I almost never quote directly from the e-mail itself, since [...]

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Doing fine.

Via BuzzFeed, enjoy as one of the masterminds of Hopenchange kneecaps his future self not once but twice in a 61-second span. Turns out it’s a bad idea to try to B.S. the public with economic optimism when they’re not feeling optimistic, and it’s a really bad idea to try to do it when you’re [...]

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Quite a feat!

Today is shaping up to be a Sunday to remember. On the final day of the Masters, South African golfer and former British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen sunk an easy 260-yard iron shot for a “2″ on the 575-yard, par-five second hole at Augusta National golf club. The albatross took him to 10-under and the [...]

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Because not even sports are free from politicization.

Sheesh, is no realm free from politics? We were unable to watch the NCAA championship game without hearing how Barack Obama’s bracket stacked up against the average American’s and now we’re unlikely to be able to enjoy the Masters without having to turn our attention to some attendant political controversy. In this case, what that [...]

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Heh.

Yesterday, Jay Carney actually attempted to make the case that Barack Obama spends more time on official duties than he does campaigning: “I still maintain that the president is still spending a vast preponderance of his time on his official duties. As is everyone who works here,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said at [...]

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Props to Paul Azinger.

Too funny. I’ve always liked Paul Azinger, friend to the late Payne Stewart (who rivaled Greg Norman for the title of my favorite golfer as a child) and Ryder Cup Captain of legend. I really like him now. The 1993 PGA championship winner tweeted this light-hearted slam earlier this afternoon (h/t Elisabeth Meinecke): The guy [...]

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