We’ve added a few features here at The Carpetbagger Report that I wanted to point out. First, over to the left, there’s a new “Carpetbagger Recommends” button. I’ve set up an account through Amazon.com where I recommend certain books that I think you, The Carpetbagger Report reader, may enjoy. Is this crass commercialism? Of course. […]
Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.), who holds the record for the longest service in the Senate as a “junior senator,” announced yesterday that he will not seek an eighth term next year. As Daschle said yesterday, Hollings has been a “giant” of the chamber for decades and will certainly be missed in the Senate. At the […]
Last week I explained the Bush strategy on overtime rules and how the administration’s proposal would make as many as 8 million working American ineligible for overtime compensation. Today I’ve noticed that John Kerry is taking the lead on challenging the Bush plan and has come up with a clever strategy to capitalize on this […]
For over a year, Bush has said — repeatedly — that because Congress agreed to his plan to cut taxes by trillions of dollars, we experienced “one of the shallowest recessions our country has had.” This is debatable, of course, and probably just wishful thinking on the part of the White House. But if it […]
I’m signed up to receive email updates from most of the presidential campaigns, whether I’m inclined to support their candidate or not. I got one last week announcing some interesting personnel additions. This campaign was alerting its supporters to the fact that two key people had been added to their staff — one in a […]
Most of the major dailies are leading with word that Secretary of State Colin Powell and his deputy, Richard Armitage, would leave their posts if Bush wins a second term. While rumors to this effect have been common for months, it is nevertheless disturbing news when one considers the consequences of their absence. To be […]
I’ve written before about Bush avoiding press conferences like the plague. His discomfort makes sense at a certain level; answering questions is not his strong point. An item in U.S. News & World Report, however, highlights just how worried Bush is before these events. Apparently, when word was released to the media that Bush was […]
By now, the mere mention of Bush’s “16 words” brings to mind Niger-gate and Bush’s since-debunked claim that Saddam Hussein sought uranium for a nuclear weapons program from Africa. What has generated far less attention was the paragraph those 16 words were part of, and the point Bush was trying to get across by explaining […]
It’s the first of the month, so we return, as we do every month at this time, to my completely subjective rankings for the Democrats running for president. As always, these rankings are my impression on where the candidates stand as of today, though not necessarily where I think they’ll end up a year from […]
Since I’m still angry about the Republicans accusing Senate Dems of anti-Catholic bigotry, I wanted to alert you to an excellent op-ed on the issue by Ellen Goodman (which was brought to my attention by a loyal Carpetbagger reader; let’s call her Madre.) Goodman summarized the Pryor attacks nicely: “So it takes an ecumenical group […]