To his credit, Howard Dean, like all of the Dem presidential candidates, has said that he’ll support the eventual party nominee against Bush, even if it isn’t him. There’s just a little bit of doubt lingering about how much he means it. In an interview with L.A. Weekly that’s being widely circulated in Dem circles, […]
For months, Bush could rely on Gallup polls to give him comfort. I’m not accusing Gallup of having a partisan bias — I certainly don’t think that’s the case — but even when several survey outlets showed Bush’s approval ratings dropping over the summer, Gallup didn’t. In mid-July, for example, Newsweek had Bush’s approval rating […]
I’ve never been a Trent Lott fan. He and I share almost nothing in common and, like most people, I found his praise for Strom Thurmond late last year as a racist declaration in support of segregation. That being said, I have to admit that I’m pleased to see Lott showing a bit of a […]
I’m sure most of the Democratic presidential candidates are looking for all the support they can get. However, when it comes to Newt Gingrich, I suspect most of them would prefer that the former Republican House Speaker attack their campaign, not defend it. Nevertheless, Gingrich spoke out aggressively last week, leaping to — of all […]
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) seems to have generated quite a firestorm with a hard-hitting interview last week about the White House and the war in Iraq. Good for him. The senior senator from Massachusetts didn’t pull any punches. “There was no imminent threat,” Kennedy said. “This was made up in Texas, announced in January to […]
The USA Patriot Act has enough controversial provisions to keep civil libertarians up at night, but I’ve always found one part of the legislation particularly troubling: the federal government’s new-found authority to seek records from libraries and bookstores on what Americans are reading. Specifically, Section 215 of the Patriot Act gives the government the power […]
I think it’s safe to say military chaplains have had a rough few months. Yesterday we learned that Capt. James Yee, a Muslim Army chaplain stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is being held in a Navy brig in South Carolina after getting caught with classified documents about the Arab detainees being held at the base. […]
Newsweek is first out of the gate with a national poll that includes Wesley Clark as a Dem candidate, and the former general will certainly be pleased with the results. According the poll, Democrats and self-identified independents who lean Democratic were asked which of the Dem candidates they’d like to see get the nomination. The […]