Bob Graham’s resume is second to none. Successful two-term governor, admired three-term senator, expertise on national security issues, and most importantly, popularity in the nation’s most important electoral state — Florida. In fact, Graham reminds Dem voters about his home state at every opportunity. “Florida is America’s largest swing state,” Graham says in his stump […]
A week ago, I mentioned a report in The Hill speculating that Al Gore was considering entering the race for the Dem presidential nomination after having ruled it out last December. The widely-circulated article elicited a fresh round of denials from Gore and his confidants. A Gore spokeswoman said last week, “Truly, honestly, he’s not […]
When we last heard from Roy Moore, the theocratic chief justice of Alabama’s Supreme Court, he was suggesting that he may or may not follow federal court orders regarding the removal of his unconstitutional Ten Commandments display in the state judicial building. Moore had, as he put it, “discretionary power.” This week, Moore picked up […]
I should know better than to read the always-conservative Weekly Standard on a regular basis, but despite what the publication does to my blood pressure, it pays to understand what the other side is thinking. Hugh Hewitt, a conservative talk show host, has a Weekly Standard column out today on the argument that Senate Dems […]
Howard Dean was on Larry King last night talking about a number of different issues, but Michael Crowley at The New Republic noticed that Dean’s answers about gay marriage weren’t quite up to the good doctor’s self-described “straight talk” standards. To be sure, Dean has done a great deal on gay rights. As Vermont’s governor, […]
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 […]