A bunch of blogs are all over this, and I was prepared to blow if off because I don’t think it’s going to happen. Since the story is making the rounds, I figure I’ll just tell you, my dear readers, so you know what the rumors are and you can decide for yourself whether to […]
I’ve always thought the fight between the General Accounting Office and Dick Cheney’s office over the vice president’s secret meetings with energy company officials was a lot of fun. For me, this has been the Great White House Scandal That Couldn’t. As you may know, shortly after getting inaugurated in 2001, Bush placed Cheney in […]
Just to follow up on a post from earlier this week, I continue to be amazed at the lack of media interest in the controversy surrounding Joseph Wilson, the outing of his CIA agent wife, and the White House. As I mentioned on Tuesday, Wilson believes that White House political svengali Karl Rove was responsible […]
Ryan Lizza, whose work I always enjoy at The New Republic, has an article about John Kerry’s campaign that will not make the junior Massachusetts senator very happy. Lizza used the one word that no campaign ever wants to hear — freefall. “The Kerry campaign looks a little bit like a 1990s tech stock whose […]
Roy Moore’s Ten Commandments monument may have been moved from its spot in the rotunda of the Alabama Judicial Building, but Moore’s minions are still hard at work. In addition to filing a laughably frivolous lawsuit, theocrats gathered in Montgomery yesterday for their biggest pro-Moore rally to date. While the event featured many predictable speeches […]
I noticed that The New Republic’s campaign blog praised John Edwards for a recent decision not to answer a question about his son who died in a car accident several years ago. TNR is right and I wanted to offer kudos of my own. Earlier this week, Edwards was hosting one of his many town […]
Occasionally, I’ll find an op-ed or a column that’s just brilliant. I don’t have anything interesting to say about it, or have any insights to add, it’s just great and I mention it because I think you might like it too. Today’s must-read recommendation is a column from Michael Tomasky, in which he debunks the […]
I know magazines do subjective rankings and lists to serve as “conversation pieces” instead of meaningful analyses, but the Washington Monthly published a poll this week on presidential lying that I found both fun and fascinating. As Washington Monthly explained, the magazine assembled a “nominating committee of noted journalists and pundits to pick the most […]
I went two whole days without mentioning Gen. Wesley Clark’s potential presidential campaign, so I’m returning to the topic with several important updates. First, the New York Times reports today that the general has decided that he wants to be a candidate. “It’s safe to say he wants to run,” said a longtime friend who […]
As I mentioned earlier this week, the Senate is precariously divided going into the 2004 races. Before Dems can think about regaining the majority of the chamber, they first have to worry about defending incumbent senators that the GOP is targeting for defeat. I think it’s fair to say that the three most vulnerable incumbent […]