As I noted the other day, Republicans in Washington and Illinois are still trying to identify the best candidate to run for the U.S. Senate seat soon to be vacated by incumbent Peter Fitzgerald (R). The early money was on former Gov. Jim Edgar (R), yet despite heavy lobbying from the White House, he declined. […]
I continue to review the Democratic presidential primary field, consider the polling data, and think about the potential candidacy of Retired Gen. Wesley Clark. I haven’t written in earnest about him in nearly three months, and after re-reading what I said at the time, I may have been overly harsh and too quick to dismiss […]
As the Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne explained very well today, George W. Bush has developed a reputation for being an honest man, while Bill Clinton and Al Gore were branded as liars. It’s a reputation Bush clearly hasn’t earned. Dionne detailed a handful of Bush administration whoppers, including untruths surrounding the necessity of taking a […]
I know this could happen to anyone, and I’m the last person who should be criticizing others for typos, but I thought this was comical. Just as the Senate was preparing to debate and vote on its massive tax cut legislation, they discovered a minor error that will delay the whole process. Senate Republicans put […]
The political process gets really fun when politicians do things that are so extraordinary, that you can hardly believe it’s true. For this reason alone, I found the wild events in the Texas Legislature yesterday to not only be surreal, but also to be incredibly amusing. The Texas House, under GOP control this year for […]
I know Secretary John Snow got into some trouble yesterday after making some ill-advised comments about the value of the dollar, but for me, Snow deserves criticism for something else entirely. If you missed John Snow’s appearance on Meet the Press on Sunday, you missed a troubling interview for a man in an unenviable position […]
As you’ve probably noticed, Carpetbagger’s amazing wife, just weeks after improving the appearance of this here weblog, has added a Google search feature to the site. You can search just The Carpetbagger Report, or the whole web. Many, many thanks to my wife, let’s call her Evening, for setting this up for me. (Also, thanks […]
I got an email today from a cousin of mine, let’s call her Jennifer, who wanted to know if an email she received about Social Security is true. Assuming that she wasn’t the only one to receive it, I thought I’d explain why the content of the email is completely bogus. The email included all […]
President Bush will be heading to Nebraska later this week as part of a continuing effort to fool as many people as possible into believing his administration has a plan to create jobs and spur economic growth. Unfortunately, however, over 300 factory workers will lose all or part of a day’s pay as a result […]
Remember last week when I mentioned that Senator and presidential candidate John Kerry would love to speak to Bob Jones University? Yeah, that’s not going to happen. BJU spokesperson Jonathan Pait said, “Is he crazy?” The Kerry campaign has reiterated that the candidate would welcome the opportunity to address the students and faculty and “challenge […]