It’s practically a running joke by this point. Even Bush’s staunchest defenders have trouble pointing to charges levied by the White House against Iraq before the war that turned out to be true. The “16 words” fiasco have made headlines, but the Bush administration was just as wrong about the aluminum tubes charge, the “45 […]
On Monday night, I was talking casually to a guy with indirect connections to the Dean campaign. The guy, who has known Dean personally for years and has multiple contacts on the campaign staff, mentioned a rumor he’s heard from a lot of people. “Clark and Dean have been talking quite a bit,” the guy […]
As I mentioned this morning, Howard Dean drew applause at last night’s Democratic debate in Baltimore by telling the predominantly African-American audience, “I’m the only white politician that ever talks about race in front of white audiences.” Also as I mentioned this morning, Dean’s claim may have made for good political rhetoric, but it wasn’t […]
In case you missed it, be sure to read the New York Times editorial from yesterday on the “fundamental flaw in the character of this White House.” It’s brilliant, so I thought I’d quote it liberally. “Despite his tough talk, Mr. Bush seems incapable of choosing a genuinely tough path, of risking his political popularity […]
Well, I haven’t written any posts about the former general since Thursday, so I thought I’d share a couple of updates. First, widespread rumors about the Clintons’ support for a Wesley Clark campaign were reinforced by comments from the former president at a dinner party at the Clintons’ Chappaqua home over the weekend. As the […]
As expected, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has called for a third — and probably final — special legislative session to pass Tom DeLay’s absurd re-redistricting plan. All of the Democrats in the Texas Senate who had fled to New Mexico to deny their chamber a quorum indicated that they will attend this session and […]
Just to follow-up, Alabama voters went to the polls yesterday and overwhelmingly defeated a measure to bring their tax structure into the 21st century. With all precincts reporting, 68% opposed the plan and 32% supported it. Gov. Bob Riley (R) knew things weren’t going to work out and conceded defeat for his plan 90 minutes […]
Last night’s CBC debate in Baltimore wasn’t substantively different from last week’s in Albuquerque. Dems who voted for the Iraq war resolution continued to try and explain why they really didn’t mean anything by it, while Kerry and Gephardt still aren’t going after Dean the way the press expects them to. Other random thoughts: * […]
The statewide vote in Alabama on whether to pass Gov. Bob Riley’s (R) $1.2 billion tax plan is today. If any of you happen to be reading this from Alabama, polls close at 7 pm Central time. All recent polls show opposition to the Riley plan is significant and, in all likelihood, will fail. As […]
My beloved Texas Tangle appears to be all-but over. The artists formerly known as the Texas 11 — and for a short while last week, the Texas 10 — are heading home. The remaining Democratic state senators agreed last night to return to Texas for a court hearing on their challenge to the redistricting process. […]