How can you tell when the Bush administration is lying about Iraq? When their lips move. I have to admit, I found Colin Powell’s February presentation to the United Nations on Iraq pretty persuasive at the time. It was well-argued, thorough, and convincing. Powell didn’t include the most offensive lies from Bush’s State of the […]
I saw (via Tapped) that National Review’s Rich Lowry has bottled up all of his hatred of Bill Clinton and bound it together in one handy-dandy new book, Legacy: Paying the Price of the Clinton Years. After I stopped chuckling over the title (how does a nation “pay a price” for unprecedented peace and prosperity?), […]
National polls are interesting to monitor broader trends and dictate some fundraising, but the Democratic nomination is a state-by-state battle. Campaign insiders pay more attention to what’s going on in the states than they do anything else. With this in mind, the latest poll numbers out of California are very important. Not only is California […]
If you think I’m a Wesley Clark fan, take a look at what Yale Humanities professor Harold Bloom had to say about the General in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. Bloom, known for best-selling books such as Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human and Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds, described Clark as […]
I mentioned yesterday that the Supreme Court will consider an appeal of the controversial “under God” in the Pledge case. I neglected to mention that Justice Antonin Scalia, the high court’s most active and boisterous conservative, announced that he will not be participating in the case. This is not only a surprising turn, but it […]
So you take a look at the Washington Post this morning and notice a lengthy article on page A6 about Bush’s latest poll numbers. At first you’re discouraged, because the headline makes you believe the new data works in the president’s favor. The headline reads, “President rallying support in polls.” The sub-head says, “Rebound sets […]
I know the Republican Party has been trying the last few years, at least on the surface, to appear more accepting and tolerant of minorities. I just don’t think it’s going well. In the last few months, we’ve seen Rep. Cass Ballenger (R-N.C.), admitting to having “segregationist feelings” against African Americans, and then blaming proximity […]
I have a hunch that Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow is going to be a ridiculously huge case. The Supreme Court announced this morning that the high court will consider an appeal of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling that Congress erred by adding “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance in […]
I noticed that yesterday was the first official Wesley Clark for President MeetUp, after months of “Draft Clark” MeetUps. All indications are that the Clark campaign takes these Internet-organized events very seriously, even sending the General himself to the MeetUp in Miami last night. It got me thinking: Who’s winning the MeetUp primary? There is, […]
The world knows that Arnold Schwarzenegger will be taking over as California’s governor soon, but the fact remains that Gray Davis is still serving as the state’s chief executive, leaving Davis about a month to deal with almost 300 bills passed by the legislature currently sitting on the governor’s desk Fortunately, Davis, free from concerns […]