Latest polling data reflects problems for Bush

There’s been a flurry of polls released in the last several days on Bush’s approval ratings, but none of them are good news for the White House. A Washington Post/ABC News poll was released over the weekend that showed several interesting trends. Bush’s approval rating was down to 59%, and while that’s still relatively high, […]

Another journalist stumps for Wesley Clark

For all you Wesley Clark fans out there — you know who you are — New Republic writer Franklin Foer had an interesting item in the Washington Post over the weekend on the former general. Foer notes that the public, for reasons that escape me, continues to trust Republicans on national security and defense issues […]

Niger-gate isn’t over because Tenet fell on his sword

As you surely know, CIA Director George Tenet accepted blame late-Friday for the Niger-gate scandal, saying that the CIA approved false claims made in Bush’s State of the Union and should have had the “misstatements” removed. Though the White House is desperately hoping that Tenet’s carefully-worded statement will end the controversy, I don’t believe it […]