Capitol Hill police called to deal with partisan brawl in House of Representatives

If you thought the already-acrimonious partisan environment in Congress couldn’t get any worse, then consider what happened Friday afternoon in the House of Representatives. Partisan viciousness reached depths not seen for quite a while. First, a little history. For the last several months, Democrats in the House have seen their frustration bubble up to near-rage. […]

Polls show further drops in Bush’s support

By any objective measure, the Bush White House has had a rough couple of weeks. Niger-gate is making the entire administration look dishonest and incompetent, their Iraq policy appears to be a dramatic failure, the deficit is spiraling out of control, and unemployment keeps getting worse. For a while, Bush was able to maintain relatively […]