Alabama’s Court of the Judiciary will probably announce this afternoon whether Roy Moore will get to keep his job. The ethics panel will convene at Noon eastern and is scheduled to announce its findings after having heard arguments from both sides yesterday. In order to remove Moore from the state Supreme Court, the panel would […]
Hearst Newspapers’ Eric Rosenberg did a great job over the weekend pulling together some of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s statements (and misstatements) on Iraq. It’s definitely worth reading. “In the lead-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said U.S. forces would be welcomed by the Iraqi citizenry and that Saddam Hussein […]
Every time Howard Dean says something controversial and faces criticism, he seems to get backing from those whose help he doesn’t want. In September, Dick Gephardt began aggressively criticizing Dean’s record of hostility for Medicare, noting that Dean sided with Republicans in the mid-1990s when congressional Democrats were fighting Newt Gingrich’s proposed Medicare cuts. As […]
The long-awaited trial for everyone’s favorite theocrat, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, begins today in Montgomery. If the pre-trial arguments are any indication, this should be loads of fun. On Monday, Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor recommended that Moore be removed from his position on the state high court, arguing that Moore’s decision […]
As many of you have probably already heard, U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) hinted last week that she may run for the U.S. Senate now that Bob Graham has announced that he will not seek re-election. “I’m still testing our temperature,” Harris told reporters, calling it a tough choice for her and her family. “My […]
A new Des Moines Register poll of Iowa Democrats reinforces the results of other recent polls from the state — Gephardt is pulling ahead and Dean’s Iowa lead is gone. Polling Iowa Dems likely to participate in the Jan. 19 caucuses, which are just 69 days away, the Register’s poll results largely mirror the results […]
This may be the first time in modern campaign history when a party’s three leading presidential candidates have each replaced their campaign managers before a single vote is cast. As all of the papers report today, Kerry has fired Jim Jordan as his campaign manager and replaced Jordan with Mary Beth Cahill, chief of staff […]
If you’re ever in DC, be sure to stop by the Lincoln Memorial to watch an 8-minute video shown to tourists about the groups and movements that have used the landmark over the last few decades. In fact, go see it this month, because it’s about to get worse. Since 1995, the video has featured […]