I offer this one without comment, because I think it speaks for itself. From last night’s Diane Sawyer interview with President Bush: Bush: Well, you can keep asking the question and my answer’s gonna be the same. Saddam was a danger and the world is better off cause we got rid of him. Sawyer: But […]
Kevin Drum noticed yesterday that Jay Nordinger at National Review is livid that Wesley Clark has accused Bush of putting Halliburton’s interest before Iraq’s. Specifically, Clark said that it seemed to him that Bush is “more concerned about the success of Halliburton than having a success strategy in Iraq.” Nordinger considers the remark so awful […]
The big new discussion in the Dem presidential primary is the debate over whether Howard Dean was wrong for saying that the capture of Saddam Hussein does not make the U.S. safer. Leading the charge challenging Dean’s remark is Joe Lieberman, though Dick Gephardt is voicing similar concerns. I think there’s a legitimate Dean criticism […]
Everyone’s favorite theocrat, former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, continues to pursue every possible angle to get his job back. When we last heard from Moore, he was being thrown off the bench by the state’s Court of the Judiciary for violating judicial ethics, stemming from his refusal to abide by a federal […]
Several polls released after Al Gore’s endorsement last week show Howard Dean getting a significant bump in national support. For the first time since this year, Dean is polling above 20%, well above his closest rivals, who tend to be Clark, Gephardt, and Lieberman in these surveys. However, as I’ve said many times, national polls […]
Somehow, I doubt this will have much of an effect on the polls, but Wesley Clark has picked up a key endorsement — from Madonna. Yes, that Madonna. Sure, Clark already enjoys the support of several U.S. senators, House members, and state lawmakers, but really, how many records have they sold? CNN is reporting that […]
Overlooked yesterday with the excitement surrounding the arrest of Saddam Hussein was word from the Supreme Court that it will hear arguments on the case challenging Dick Cheney’s secret energy policy task force. News that the high court will consider Cheney’s appeal sets up a fascinating legal showdown, but it wasn’t necessarily good news. In […]
I noticed, via Kos, a terrific column written by Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and published last week at TomPaine.com. Let’s call this one a must-read. In the essay, Brown explains that the House of Representatives has “never before…operated in such secrecy.” At 2:54 a.m. on a Friday in March, the House cut veterans benefits by […]
Obviously, having a U.S. general testify at a war crimes tribunal for an evil murderer he helped capture is an important development and Wesley Clark’s testimony against Slobodan Milosevic will help put a very bad guy away for good. But looking at this from a purely political perspective, this also looks like a win for […]
Regular readers know that I’m not Howard Dean’s biggest fan. He’s not as far down on my list as, say, Joe Lieberman, but there are at least four other Dem candidates that I’d rather see get the party’s nomination. With this point in mind, I’m certainly not opposed to criticizing Dean honestly and frequently. You […]