February 11th, 2012

Weekend Edition


In his weekend video/radio address, President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend the payroll tax cut to prevent a tax hike on 160 million Americans.

** MAINE UPDATE: ROMNEY EKES OUT WIN, DASHING PAUL’S BEST HOPE FOR A FIRST PLACE FINISH. In the slow-rolling, low-turnout Maine Republican presidential caucuses, begun last weekend and ended on Saturday evening — well, except for the town caucuses that have yet to occur, showing how truly odd this election is — Mitt Romney finished first with 39% of the vote to Ron Paul’s 36%.

Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, neither of whom campaigned there, finished far back with 18% and 6%, respectively.

There was something just over 5000 total votes cast in this awe-inspiring exercise in democracy.

The libertarian icon Paul seemed poised for an upset there, in what was almost certainly his best ever chance to actually win a state. Romney and company, fearing a fourth straight loss, to the oddball Paul, no less, rolled into Maine again yesterday for a series of candidate events Friday and Saturday while family members fanned out across the state.

The result? A 194-vote edge over Paul, whose backers at his election night party in Portland, Maine reacted with anger and disbelief at the outcome.

I’m no fan of Brother Paul and his ideological zealots, but the outcome does seem very odd. Only 83% of the caucuses have been held so far. And one big one, which Paul supporters said they expected to dominate, was canceled today. Because of weather, according to the state party leaders.

This looks like yet another gong show state Republican Party caucus, following in the notorious footsteps of Iowa and Nevada.

You might ask why Santorum and Gingrich didn’t throw their support to Paul, guaranteeing another Romney loss.

Paul is so far off the Republican reservation on national security policy that the idea of him succeeding is simply anathema to them.

** OBAMA THIS WEEKEND. President Barack Obama is in Washington.

Obama has received his intelligence and economic briefings and met with senior advisors in the Oval Office.

He has no scheduled public events this weekend.

Obama has a big week ahead.

Next week he unveils his federal budget proposal, awards national arts and humanities medals, journeys to the Midwestern battleground state of Wisconsin to push his economic revival that lasts / Made in America themes, then comes to California for major fundraisers in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area before heading to Seattle for more economic revival messaging and a fundraiser.

Meanwhile, the scuffling in the Republican Party over who takes him on the general election continues.

Sensing danger in Maine’s week-long caucuses that come to an end Saturday night, Mitt Romney threw on several hurriedly scheduled events in his New England home region state to try to stave off Ron Paul, who has been campaigning heavily there of late in search of his first state victory ever.

While that little drama plays out, Rick Santorum has taken the national lead over Mitt Romney in a brand new Public Policy Polling survey taken Thursday and Friday.

Riding a wave of momentum from his trio of victories on Tuesday Rick
Santorum has opened up a wide lead in PPP’s newest national poll. He’s at 38% to 23%
for Mitt Romney, 17% for Newt Gingrich, and 13% for Ron Paul.

Part of the reason for Santorum’s surge is his own high level of popularity. 64% of voters
see him favorably to only 22% with a negative one. But the other, and maybe more
important, reason is that Republicans are significantly souring on both Romney and
Gingrich. Romney’s favorability is barely above water at 44/43, representing a 23 point
net decline from our December national poll when he was +24 (55/31). Gingrich has
fallen even further. A 44% plurality of GOP voters now hold a negative opinion of him to
only 42% with a positive one. That’s a 34 point drop from 2 months ago when he was at
+32 (60/28).

Santorum is now completely dominating with several key segments of the electorate,
especially the most right leaning parts of the party. With those describing themselves as
‘very conservative,’ he’s now winning a majority of voters at 53% to 20% for Gingrich
and 15% for Romney. Santorum gets a majority with Tea Party voters as well at 51% to
24% for Gingrich and 12% for Romney. And with Evangelicals he falls just short of a
majority with 45% to 21% for Gingrich and 18% for Romney.

The best thing Romney might have going for him right now is Gingrich’s continued
presence in the race. If Gingrich dropped out 58% of his supporters say they would move
to Santorum, while 22% would go to Romney and 17% to Paul. Santorum gets to 50% in
the Newt free field to 28% for Romney and 15% for Paul.

On Monday, Obama will unveil a budget that raises taxes on the rich, promotes infrastructure programs, and largely eschews deficit reduction.

The plan will include funds for a few billion more on R&D on advanced manufacturing, $476 billion on transportation and other infrastructure projects, $350 billion on jobs programs, and $60 billion for schools and the securing of jobs for public safety officers and teachers.

The deficit would increase under the proposed Obama budget, which is obviously pitched to a sense that last year’s frightening stall in the economy shattered an elite consensus for deficit reduction as the paramount concern in a sluggish economy.

Obama is monitoring a variety of geopolitical crises, mostly related to the Arab awakening, AfPak, Iraq, Iran and Israel.

Military Crisis Zone Times: The Arabian Gulf is eleven hours ahead of Pacific time, and Afghanistan is twelve and a half hours ahead of Pacific time.


Governor Jerry Brown’s theme music for his California Democratic Party convention speech, as it was in his 2010 campaign, is “Let the Day Begin.” Northern California rock band The Call’s 1989 hit is played here in a stand of, naturally, redwood trees.

** FROM THE JERRY FILES. Governor Jerry Brown is in San Diego and Northern California.

Brown appeared Saturday morning at the annual California Democratic Party convention in San Diego.

He spoke at a labor breakfast, then delivered a trademark address, sans text, to the convention’s delegates, criticizing “conventional, status quo” thinking.

Brown talked up California’s historic leadership role, especially with regard to innovation and diversity.

He spoke of the excitement of being present for the LA unveiling the other night of Tesla’s latest electric vehicle, noting that the non-polluting SUV is faster than a Porsche. In keeping with his green tech theme, he talked up the state’s pioneering renewable energy efforts, which he pioneered during his first go-round as governor, former chief of staff Gray Davis revived, and former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger enlarged into a signature issue.

He also talked up jobs and education reform.

Brown strongly defended high-speed rail, noting that it won’t be cheap but it is cheaper, and better, than the conventional, old energy economy alternatives in a growing state.

And he spoke of the Dream Act, which he signed into law, which will allow aid to the children of all immigrants, legal or not, who go to college.

He also talked of the need to raise revenue, touching briefly on his own November initiative and sidestepping any controversy about two potentially competing initiatives.

Brown is undoubtedly mindful that this convention, which greeted self-avowed socialist Senator Bernie Sanders’ keynote last year with a rapturous response — when Brown skipped following minor surgery — is filled with activists whose version of red meat is a doppelganger to their market-loving Republican activist counterparts.

And that activists are excited about the “Millionaire’s Tax” initiative, pushed by the smaller teachers union and a coalition of activist groups, which would ratchet up taxes higher than his own proposal on the wealthy, and do it permanently.

“Marching orders,” he said, will be forthcoming, leaving it at that, as he talked of the need to deal with heightened inequality in wealth and income.

Brown got a strong reaction from the delegates, most of whom were waving “We’re With Jerry” signs (backed with “Fighting for California”) as he arrived and spoke, then departed, saying little, as planned, to a diminished press contingent about any dueling initiatives storyline, or anything else.

Aside from some fierce local party endorsement fights, discussed some here on NWN during the week, the convention looks fairly routine.

Incidentally, though I’m feeling considerably more agile these days with a new regimen of decades old martial arts, I, uh, re-learned Friday night that popping over the railing to jump from one level of stairs to the next isn’t always a wise thing to do. Jamming my knee is definitely putting a crimp in things.

Click here for my compendium of articles laying out the re-emergence of Jerry Brown as governor of California.

** RICKROLLED: ROMNEY WILL BE “INEVITABLE” AGAIN WHEN … So, when will Mitt Romney be “inevitable,” again? And why are his weaknesses and failures a constant source of surprise?

Romney will be the inevitable challenger to Barack Obama when and if he walks on stage in Tampa to deliver his acceptance speech. A good start would be winning somewhere with a positive message, rather than the avalanche of negativity he’s relied on so far in taking only three of the first eight states, losing three in embarrassing landslides.

As to why the ever “inevitable” Romney’s repeated belly flops come as surprise, well, chalk it up to a sort of hive media phenomenon.

Romney, naturally, is doing what he always does.

His new move, having lost three states in Tuesday night’s big blow-out, is to attack Rick Santorum. As “an insider.” (Actually, he is a far right neocon fundamentalist.) Like Romney is an “outsider?”

The “outsider” Romney is in Washington Thursday raising money from lobbyists. He’s even designating “Industry Finance Chairs” for the oil and energy, finance, and defense sectors. So much for being an “outsider.”From my February 9th essay.

** NEWTONIAN MOTION, THE BIG NEVADA BUST, THE ROAD AHEAD (AND THE RISE OF RICK?). The bust that was the Nevada Republican presidential caucuses revealed much about brewing Republican swing state problems and the decided limitations of both Mitt Romney’s candidacy and that of his most persistent pursuer, Newt Gingrich. Which in the latest twist may redound to the benefit of the unsung winner of Iowa, Rick Santorum. From my February 7th essay.

** ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT SILVER: HOW NEVADA AND THE WEST GOT SHORT-CHANGED. One of the major untold stories in this wacky election season is how far off plan the Republican presidential primaries have gotten.

The Republican Party planned to copy what the Democrats did in their 2008 election cycle. Stage four early contests, spaced out over time, with one state from each of the major regions, with each of the selected states small enough that prior fame and big money on the part of some competitors would not overwhelm a candidate’s ability to break through.

In the process, the candidates would be forced to learn about regional issues that were not part of the usual Beltway/East Coast “national” media lexicon, and develop a way to appeal to voters in key regions.From my February 3rd column.

** WHAT LIGHT FROM THE SUNSHINE STATE? What light has been shed by the Florida Republican presidential primary? It’s not easy to see how Newt Gingrich wins. And it’s not hard to see how Mitt Romney falls.From my February 2nd column.

** REPUBLICANS LOSE BIG ON REDISTRICTING GAMBLE, BROWN MOVES FORWARD.From my January 30th essay.

** NEWTONIAN MOTION: WILL GINGRICH BLOW IT (AGAIN)?From my January 26th essay.

** NEWTONIAN MOTION: UNDERLYING THE DECIDEDLY UNDEAD.From my January 20th column.

** STATING THE STATE: JERRY BROWN GETS DISCIPLINED AND LAYS IT OUT.From my January 19th feature.

** EXTREMISM IN DEFENSE OF IRONY: BY ROMNEY’S RADICAL DEFINITION HIS OWN CHIEF STRATEGIST IS “ANTI-FREE ENTERPRISE.”From my January 15th essay.

** BOMBING BAIN: HOW DOES THE POLITICS OF WALL STREET GREED PLAY IN THE G.O.P.?From my January 10th column.

** JERRY BROWN 2.0 AT 1.From my January 7th essay.

** FROM GOVERNATOR TO MOONBEAM. From my January 3rd, 2011 feature.

** OBAMA: RIDING WITH HISTORY. (NOTE: As Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States, this column was the featured column on the top of the front page of the Huffington Post.) … From my January 19th, 2009 Huffington Post column.

** 24/7 LIVE TV NEWS FEED FROM AL JAZEERA. With the US entangled in several major military operations in the region, and the Arab awakening underway, it’s valuable to keep up with news and perspectives from the leading Middle Eastern-based TV news network. Based in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar, Al Jazeera is very influential and more than a bit controversial. Click here for a live TV news feed on your computer. The NWN live link to AJ does not constitute an endorsement of the channel’s views. It’s presented as an otherwise unavailable new media window.

** 24/7 LIVE TV NEWS FEED FROM RUSSIA TODAY. Russia has re-emerged as one of the world’s great powers. Click here for a live TV news feed on your computer, bringing you English-language, jargon-free, fast-paced coverage of global and Russian news from the Russia Today channel. You probably already know about CNN International, BBC World, and Al Jazeera. Russia Today, which also features culture, entertainment, and sports, is based in Moscow and is owned and operated by the TV Novosti division of Russia’s state news agency, RIA Novosti. While it’s quite foolish to expect to see, say, criticism of Vladimir Putin on Russia Today, the channel is very interesting nonetheless. With U.S. cable news chattering away as it does, this sort of respite can be informative. The NWN live link to RT does not constitute an endorsement of the channel’s views. It’s presented as an otherwise unavailable new media window.

** TRACK GLOBAL AND NATIONAL ENERGY PRICES IN NEAR REAL TIME VIA BLOOMBERG ENERGY MARKET WATCH. Having crashed over $147 for yet another record on July 11th, 2008, crude oil closed on Friday at $98.67 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Energy markets are closed on the weekend.

This is up about $65 from the low of $34 per barrel prior to enactment of the Obama economic recovery program, reflecting a low point in global economic activity, and down about $15 from the price at the time of the Osama bin Laden raid.

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36 Responses to “Weekend Edition”

  1. Jonas says:

    Good weekend address by President Obama on the payroll tax cut and the Republicans.

  2. Jonas says:

    Good music video of a great song by the Call.

  3. Capitol Boy says:

    Barack is doing a great job of staying on message but why he has to push the Repuglicans to stop a tax increase on 160 million Americans in an election year is UNBELIEVEABLE!!!

  4. Capitol Boy says:

    This is a great song for JB and I’m really happy he is keeping on keeping on like the song says to keep the day beginning forever in our Golden State.

    Jonas says:
    February 11, 2012 at 1:04 pm
    Good music video of a great song by the Call.

  5. Capitol Boy says:

    Ow.

    :(

    BB:Incidentally, though I’m feeling considerably more agile these days with a new regimen of decades old martial arts, I, uh, re-learned Friday night that popping over the railing to jump from one level of stairs to the next isn’t always a wise thing to do. Jamming my knee is definitely putting a crimp in things.

  6. Capitol Boy says:

    This is FANTASTIC!!!!

    :)

    BB: While that little drama plays out, Rick Santorum has taken the national lead over Mitt Romney in a brand new Public Policy Polling survey taken Thursday and Friday.

    Riding a wave of momentum from his trio of victories on Tuesday Rick
    Santorum has opened up a wide lead in PPP’s newest national poll. He’s at 38% to 23%
    for Mitt Romney, 17% for Newt Gingrich, and 13% for Ron Paul.

    Part of the reason for Santorum’s surge is his own high level of popularity. 64% of voters
    see him favorably to only 22% with a negative one. But the other, and maybe more
    important, reason is that Republicans are significantly souring on both Romney and
    Gingrich. Romney’s favorability is barely above water at 44/43, representing a 23 point
    net decline from our December national poll when he was +24 (55/31).

  7. Capitol Boy says:

    It’s crazy so much of last year was about deficit when the economy was dead in the water…

    BB: On Monday, Obama will unveil a budget that raises taxes on the rich, promotes infrastructure programs, and largely eschews deficit reduction.

    The plan will include funds for a few billion more on R&D on advanced manufacturing, $476 billion on transportation and other infrastructure projects, $350 billion on jobs programs, and $60 billion for schools and the securing of jobs for public safety officers and teachers.

    The deficit would increase under the proposed Obama budget, which is obviously pitched to a sense that last year’s frightening stall in the economy shattered an elite consensus for deficit reduction as the paramount concern in a sluggish economy.

  8. Requiem says:

    All due respect Bill, you are a little old for that, aren’t you?

    Capitol Boy says:
    February 11, 2012 at 1:38 pm
    Ow.

    BB:Incidentally, though I’m feeling considerably more agile these days with a new regimen of decades old martial arts, I, uh, re-learned Friday night that popping over the railing to jump from one level of stairs to the next isn’t always a wise thing to do. Jamming my knee is definitely putting a crimp in things.

  9. Requiem says:

    Romney’s negative campaigning is backfiring… That seems familiar.

    Capitol Boy says:
    February 11, 2012 at 1:42 pm
    This is FANTASTIC!!!!

    BB: While that little drama plays out, Rick Santorum has taken the national lead over Mitt Romney in a brand new Public Policy Polling survey taken Thursday and Friday.

    Riding a wave of momentum from his trio of victories on Tuesday Rick
    Santorum has opened up a wide lead in PPP’s newest national poll. He’s at 38% to 23%
    for Mitt Romney, 17% for Newt Gingrich, and 13% for Ron Paul.

    Part of the reason for Santorum’s surge is his own high level of popularity. 64% of voters
    see him favorably to only 22% with a negative one. But the other, and maybe more
    important, reason is that Republicans are significantly souring on both Romney and
    Gingrich. Romney’s favorability is barely above water at 44/43, representing a 23 point
    net decline from our December national poll when he was +24 (55/31).

  10. Bill Bradley says:

    Shocking, positively shocking.

  11. Bill Bradley says:

    It was dumb, I know. I’ll be fine, if I don’t tromp around in classic convention style.

    >Requiem says:
    February 11, 2012 at 2:45 pm (Edit)

    All due respect Bill, you are a little old for that, aren’t you?

    Capitol Boy says:
    February 11, 2012 at 1:38 pm
    Ow.

    BB:Incidentally, though I’m feeling considerably more agile these days with a new regimen of decades old martial arts, I, uh, re-learned Friday night that popping over the railing to jump from one level of stairs to the next isn’t always a wise thing to do. Jamming my knee is definitely putting a crimp in things.

  12. Bill Bradley says:

    It was part of a bizarre media consensus.

    >Capitol Boy says:
    February 11, 2012 at 1:49 pm (Edit)

    It’s crazy so much of last year was about deficit when the economy was dead in the water…

    BB: On Monday, Obama will unveil a budget that raises taxes on the rich, promotes infrastructure programs, and largely eschews deficit reduction.

    The plan will include funds for a few billion more on R&D on advanced manufacturing, $476 billion on transportation and other infrastructure projects, $350 billion on jobs programs, and $60 billion for schools and the securing of jobs for public safety officers and teachers.

    The deficit would increase under the proposed Obama budget, which is obviously pitched to a sense that last year’s frightening stall in the economy shattered an elite consensus for deficit reduction as the paramount concern in a sluggish economy.

  13. Bill Bradley says:

    Even I’m a little surprised by the huge swing.

    >Capitol Boy says:
    February 11, 2012 at 1:42 pm (Edit)

    This is FANTASTIC!!!!

    :)

    BB: While that little drama plays out, Rick Santorum has taken the national lead over Mitt Romney in a brand new Public Policy Polling survey taken Thursday and Friday.

    Riding a wave of momentum from his trio of victories on Tuesday Rick
    Santorum has opened up a wide lead in PPP’s newest national poll. He’s at 38% to 23%
    for Mitt Romney, 17% for Newt Gingrich, and 13% for Ron Paul.

    Part of the reason for Santorum’s surge is his own high level of popularity. 64% of voters
    see him favorably to only 22% with a negative one. But the other, and maybe more
    important, reason is that Republicans are significantly souring on both Romney and
    Gingrich. Romney’s favorability is barely above water at 44/43, representing a 23 point
    net decline from our December national poll when he was +24 (55/31).

  14. Bill Bradley says:

    Indeed.

    >Capitol Boy says:
    February 11, 2012 at 1:38 pm (Edit)

    Ow.

    :(

    BB:Incidentally, though I’m feeling considerably more agile these days with a new regimen of decades old martial arts, I, uh, re-learned Friday night that popping over the railing to jump from one level of stairs to the next isn’t always a wise thing to do. Jamming my knee is definitely putting a crimp in things.

  15. Bill Bradley says:

    He got a bit off course with all the insider moves during the first half of 2011.

    >Capitol Boy says:
    February 11, 2012 at 1:36 pm (Edit)

    This is a great song for JB and I’m really happy he is keeping on keeping on like the song says to keep the day beginning forever in our Golden State.

    Jonas says:
    February 11, 2012 at 1:04 pm
    Good music video of a great song by the Call.

  16. Bill Bradley says:

    The Congressional Republicans are doing a marvelous job of living down to expectations.

    >Capitol Boy says:
    February 11, 2012 at 1:30 pm (Edit)

    Barack is doing a great job of staying on message but why he has to push the Repuglicans to stop a tax increase on 160 million Americans in an election year is UNBELIEVEABLE!!!

  17. larry says:

    Bill, stay off your knee (I know what this injury is), and just sit back and let them come to you.

  18. Capitol Boy says:

    Booo!!!

    ** MAINE UPDATE: ROMNEY EKES OUT WIN, DASHING PAUL’S BEST HOPE FOR A FIRST PLACE FINISH.

  19. Capitol Boy says:

    That was pretty boring…

    Bill Bradley says:
    February 11, 2012 at 3:40 pm
    He got a bit off course with all the insider moves during the first half of 2011.

    >Capitol Boy says:
    February 11, 2012 at 1:36 pm (Edit)

    This is a great song for JB and I’m really happy he is keeping on keeping on like the song says to keep the day beginning forever in our Golden State.

    Jonas says:
    February 11, 2012 at 1:04 pm
    Good music video of a great song by the Call.

  20. Capitol Boy says:

    Hahahah!!

    Bill Bradley says:
    February 11, 2012 at 3:41 pm
    The Congressional Republicans are doing a marvelous job of living down to expectations.

    >Capitol Boy says:
    February 11, 2012 at 1:30 pm (Edit)

    Barack is doing a great job of staying on message but why he has to push the Repuglicans to stop a tax increase on 160 million Americans in an election year is UNBELIEVEABLE!!!

  21. Bill Bradley says:

    He wasn’t keeping up his end of the bargain to be a good story.

    Capitol Boy says:
    February 11, 2012 at 4:48 pm (Edit)

    That was pretty boring…

    Bill Bradley says:
    February 11, 2012 at 3:40 pm
    He got a bit off course with all the insider moves during the first half of 2011.

    >Capitol Boy says:
    February 11, 2012 at 1:36 pm (Edit)

    This is a great song for JB and I’m really happy he is keeping on keeping on like the song says to keep the day beginning forever in our Golden State.

    Jonas says:
    February 11, 2012 at 1:04 pm
    Good music video of a great song by the Call.

  22. Bill Bradley says:

    Thanks, Larry, that is the plan for the most part. That, and getting on a train …

    >larry says:
    February 11, 2012 at 3:58 pm (Edit)

    Bill, stay off your knee (I know what this injury is), and just sit back and let them come to you.

  23. Pat Skipper says:

    Couple of weeks back, Newt was calling on Rick to quit. Now it’s Newt stealing Rick’s votes? After Newt wins Georgia and one or two other Antebellum dog-whistle states on Super Tuesday, I doubt very seriously that he’ll quit. To be blunt, the whole Yankee-boy Catholic deal doesn’t play too well in places like Macon, Gulf Port and Auburn.

    It sure is fun to watch.

  24. Bill Bradley says:

    That it is.

    Very sad news about Whitney Houston. She should have been the biggest star in the world.

  25. Requiem says:

    A great singer and beauty, a sad case.

    RIP

  26. Requiem says:

    When the front-runner has to go to Maine to grovel to “eke out” a “win” over Ron Paul…

    Capitol Boy says:
    February 11, 2012 at 4:47 pm
    Booo!!!

    ** MAINE UPDATE: ROMNEY EKES OUT WIN, DASHING PAUL’S BEST HOPE FOR A FIRST PLACE FINISH.

  27. Capitol Boy says:

    What an incredible tragic waste. So talented and beautiful she was. She had the voice of an angel. I thought she was getting better.

    :(

    Bill Bradley says:
    February 11, 2012 at 5:43 pm
    That it is.

    Very sad news about Whitney Houston. She should have been the biggest star in the world.

  28. sergei says:

    Condolence to American friends for the loss of your great star Whitney Houston one of the world’s greatest music stars. I will always remember her singing your National Anthem in the super Bowl before you repulsed Saddam Hussein from Kuwait.

  29. Bill Bradley says:

    Thanks.

    Here is a clip of that performance, which later became a big hit single after 9/11 …

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupsPg5H6aE&feature=related

  30. Bill Bradley says:

    She seemed to improve and fall back, improve and fall back. Ironically, she is in a big movie coming out this year. She only did three movies in the ’90s, which is so bizarre because she was set to be one of the biggest movie stars after The Bodyguard. Or so I thought.

    >Capitol Boy says:
    February 11, 2012 at 10:42 pm (Edit)

    What an incredible tragic waste. So talented and beautiful she was. She had the voice of an angel. I thought she was getting better.

    :(

    Bill Bradley says:
    February 11, 2012 at 5:43 pm
    That it is.

    Very sad news about Whitney Houston. She should have been the biggest star in the world.

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  32. Pat Skipper says:

    That’s what dopers do. I have total respect for her talent and feel great sympathy for her mother and daughter. That said, having spent my life observing talented artists busting their asses to create something, I have a low tolerance for people who are born with such talent and are afforded such opportunities only to piss it all away on substances. It’s an old story of songs not written, paintings left undone, films that were never shot, novels never imagined because a great talent indulged themselves.

    Bill Bradley says:
    February 12, 2012 at 12:31 am

    She seemed to improve and fall back, improve and fall back. Ironically, she is in a big movie coming out this year. She only did three movies in the ’90s, which is so bizarre because she was set to be one of the biggest movie stars after The Bodyguard. Or so I thought.

    >Capitol Boy says:
    February 11, 2012 at 10:42 pm (Edit)

    What an incredible tragic waste. So talented and beautiful she was. She had the voice of an angel. I thought she was getting better.

    :(

    Bill Bradley says:
    February 11, 2012 at 5:43 pm
    That it is.

    Very sad news about Whitney Houston. She should have been the biggest star in the world.

  33. carole w says:

    Happy Valentine’s Day!
    Love the new Tesla Crossover!

  34. Bill Bradley says:

    It is quite stunning. She had it all at age 25, though clearly she had to practice and polish herself to be that good then.

    I don’t understand the mentality, I suppose.

    >Pat Skipper says:
    February 12, 2012 at 5:25 pm (Edit)

    That’s what dopers do. I have total respect for her talent and feel great sympathy for her mother and daughter. That said, having spent my life observing talented artists busting their asses to create something, I have a low tolerance for people who are born with such talent and are afforded such opportunities only to piss it all away on substances. It’s an old story of songs not written, paintings left undone, films that were never shot, novels never imagined because a great talent indulged themselves.

    Bill Bradley says:
    February 12, 2012 at 12:31 am

    She seemed to improve and fall back, improve and fall back. Ironically, she is in a big movie coming out this year. She only did three movies in the ’90s, which is so bizarre because she was set to be one of the biggest movie stars after The Bodyguard. Or so I thought.

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