Way back in February, while the United Nations was still debating the appropriate course of action in Iraq, the Bush administration was making it clear to our allies that this was our show and we weren’t particularly interested in anyone else’s opinion. A senior diplomat from a country on the Security Council quoted a U.S. […]
National polls are interesting, but the race for the Dem nomination remains a state-by-state battle. Last week, I went over the latest polls out of Pennsylvania and California, so today I thought I’d update you on recent data from a number of other key states — Arizona, New Hampshire, Iowa, Michigan, and Alabama. First up […]
Speaking of Clark and Lieberman (see below), both have announced that they will not compete in January’s Iowa Caucuses. I think this makes perfect sense for both campaigns. Lieberman has found almost no support in Iowa, where voters have largely disliked his hawk-like approach to foreign policy and his ultra-moderate domestic policy priorities. Had Lieberman […]
Maybe it’s something about the Far East. Last year, Bush was in Japan meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. At a press conference to express his support for Koizumi’s economic policies, Bush said he appreciated the fact that the prime minister had placed equal emphasis on “non-performing loans, the devaluation issue and regulatory reform.” It […]
Because I’m a political junkie who is easily obsessed with such silly things, I sometimes wonder about 2008. Yes, I know, the 2004 election is next year and it will be incredibly important. At this point, no one knows if Bush can beat the Democratic nominee, nor for that matter who in the world the […]
I can appreciate the fact that Joe Lieberman is in a difficult position. By any reasonable measure, his campaign is failing. Just three years ago, Lieberman was on a Democratic ticket that generated more votes than any Dem ticket in U.S. history. Now he’s struggling to persuade anyone to vote for him. Outside of his […]
The story surrounding Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin’s record for religious extremism has taken a few twists and turns since it first broke late last week. It now appears Boykin will keep his job as deputy undersecretary of defense of intelligence, but he’s nevertheless had to endure some well-deserved criticism. If you’re just joining us, […]
Time magazine seems to think it’s uncovered damaging evidence of Wesley Clark supporting George W. Bush. I think Time is wildly overstating its case. Over the weekend, Time reported that it had received a copy of a Clark speech in Arkansas from January 2002 in which Clark said, “I tremendously admire… the great work done […]