An Associated Press poll released last night shows Bush’s job approval rating slipping to 47%, a nine-point drop from an AP poll in January and a 12-point drop since December. An equally exciting 50% said they disapprove of his job performance. These numbers are — you guessed it — easily the worst of Bush’s presidency […]
UPI is reporting that federal investigators examining the Plame Game scandal now have “hard evidence of possible criminal misconduct” by two of Dick Cheney’s top aides — John Hannah and Cheney’s chief of staff Lewis “Scooter” Libby. A Justice Department official told UPI that the investigation “could lead to indictments” against the two. The UPI […]
The AP is reporting that the annoying controversy in Georgia over whether to remove the word “evolution” from the state science curriculum appears to be over. Superintendent Kathy Cox has dropped her controversial plan and has agreed to let the word, which she dismissed as a “buzzword” last week, remain. “I will recommend to the […]
The message didn’t mince words: ” The entire race has come down to this: we must win Wisconsin…. A win there will carry us to the big states of March 2 — and narrow the field to two candidates. Anything less will put us out of this race.” That’s the email Dean for America sent […]
Everyone’s favorite blogger, Josh Marshall, has a fascinating new update on the Plame Game affair. Unfortunately, the news raises more questions than it answers. In late-September, we learned that the Department of Justice was launching an investigation into the scandal, in response to pressure from the CIA. Rep. John Conyers, Ranking Member of the House […]
As much as I’ve always liked John Kerry, in the back of my mind, throughout the campaign, I’ve worried just a little bit about how the GOP machine would attack him in the general election — and whether the charges would stick. The last time the Dems nominated a Dem from Massachusetts, it wasn’t pretty. […]
It was pretty clear in November that the White House was having a tough time selling its Medicare plan. Democrats didn’t like it because it was forcing seniors into HMOs and was basically a sop to insurance companies. Republicans didn’t like it because it was going to cost $400 billion at a time when we […]
I was reading an article at Salon yesterday, criticizing what Christopher Farah called the “furious rise of the anonyblogger,” defined as blogs authored by writers who use pseudonyms instead of their real names. All of a sudden, I remembered that I’m an anonymous blogger and this piece was, indirectly, attacking me. Farah’s analysis focuses on […]
Actually, the headline should read: Dems play hardball and win. Just days after media outlets started reporting that congressional Dems were threatening to break a truce over ethics complaints, House Republicans caved and announced that the Ethics Committee will investigate allegations that Rep. Nick Smith (R-Mich.) was offered a bribe in November in exchange for […]
Two weeks ago, administration critics and sensible people everywhere howled upon learning that Dick Cheney joined Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia for a hunting trip at a private camp in Louisiana, just a few weeks before Scalia and the rest of the high court will hear Cheney’s appeal of lawsuits challenging the secrecy of his […]