The results of the Wisconsin presidential primary will certainly be big news tonight, but the real excitement will be in watching the results from a special congressional election in Kentucky. In November, Ernie Fletcher (R) left his House seat to run successfully for governor, creating a vacancy. After a very short campaign cycle, a special […]
I really wonder what it would take for Senate Dems to take a good look at Sen. Zell Miller (D-Ga.), consider his record, and boot him the hell out of the caucus. I know the guy is retiring, and he’ll probably be replaced by a real Republican in November, but in the meantime, he’s becoming […]
The New York Times ran an encouraging report today on the ongoing investigation into a Tom DeLay fundraising scheme that is before a Texas grand jury and may lead to some indictments pretty soon. In recent months, a criminal investigation has swirled around DeLay’s role in using corporate funds to help state GOP lawmakers in […]
USA Today ran a thorough report today on the AWOL controversy, detailing many of the unanswered questions. It’s definitely worth reading; there are some areas of the controversy discussed here that I haven’t seen explored in detail elsewhere. Bush was a proficient pilot, as the available records clearly show. With this in mind, however, USAT […]
I know guessing Kerry’s running mate is a silly DC parlor game, especially since Kerry isn’t officially the nominee yet. But I’ll admit — it’s a parlor game that I thoroughly enjoy and spend too much time thinking about. Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack generated some much deserved attention on Friday, delivering a hard-hitting critique of […]
Knight Ridder is reporting that Ralph Nader is “poised to declare that he’s running again this year.” The only difference between this year and his previous presidential campaigns would be a party switch — he ran in 1996 and 2000 as the Green Party’s candidate, but this time he’ll run as an independent. “I think […]
After weeks of controversy and fruitless searches for someone — anyone — who saw George W. Bush perform Guard duty in Alabama, a name has turned up. The good news for Bush is that John B. “Bill” Calhoun says he clearly remembers Bush on base and that the two hung out together at Dannelly. The […]
Steve Grossman jumped on the Howard Dean bandwagon before there was a bandwagon. In the fall of 2002, when Dean had virtually no staff, no website, no money, and no name recognition, Grossman signed up as chairman of Dean for America. It was a pretty gutsy move for Grossman — as a Boston-based Dem who […]
Like a lot of other people, I heard on Friday afternoon that the White House was finally going to release George W. Bush’s full service record, presumably to settle the AWOL controversy once and for all. Unfortunately, that isn’t what happened. The first clue that something was amiss was the timing. The White House released […]
If this were a fight, the ref would have stopped it by now. In case you missed the results from this weekend’s caucuses, here they are. They weren’t close contests. DC* Kerry — 47% (9 delegates) Sharpton — 20% (4 delegates) Dean — 18% (3 delegates) Edwards — 10% (0 delegates) Kucinich — 3% (0 […]