Fred Clarkson picks up on one of my favorite topics today in Salon — Roy Moore’s possible presidential run. (I happen to know Clarkson, so believe me when I tell you he knows of what he speaks.) Clarkson seems to agree with my earlier assessments on this. Moore may not run, but if he does, […]
Sometimes, taking a look at Bush’s dissembling and deceptions is more frustrating than fun. Today is one of those days. As Eugene Oregon noted this morning, Bush was in Michigan yesterday at a campaign rally in which he was asked a series of questions, nearly all of which were obvious set-ups. There was, however, one […]
This just hit the wires: Former U.S. vice president Al Gore plans to announce on Tuesday that he has acquired cable television channel NewsWorld International from Vivendi Universal to launch a new liberal network, a source familiar with the matter said. NewsWorld International currently airs international news broadcasts. Terms of the deal were not immediately […]
Another minor interruption on my self-imposed moratorium on Nader-related news. About a month ago, the Nader campaign held an event in Oregon, one of Nader’s strongest states in 2000, to help him appear on the state’s ballot in 2004. It failed miserably. Ralph Nader continued his long and much-maligned march to win the White House […]
This is a dreadfully bad idea. I may not have been an enthusiastic “Deaniac” during the Dem primaries, but hearing that Howard Dean is considering a new career as a TV talk show host is enough to make me cringe. Love him or hate him (I’ve leaned towards the latter), Dean made a serious contribution […]
When I worked in DC, I used to visit the Supreme Court about once a week. When the justices weren’t hearing cases, it wasn’t unusual to see them outside the building, often with a federal marshal by their side. I thought about this over the weekend when I heard that Justice David Souter had been […]
I think the new Kerry campaign ads border on perfection and I think they’re the ideal part of a new national ad buy the campaign is rolling out this week. While there are a number of positive features to the spots, there’s one point I’d like to emphasize that the ads touch on in a […]
It’s hard to choose the best White House scandal that, in a just world, would be destroying the president’s credibility. There are just so darn many criminal or near-criminal controversies surrounding Bush right now. The Medicare scandal is about to heat up again in a big way. We already know the administration lied to Congress […]
Clinton and Bush are engaged in a little “he said, he said” by way of the 9/11 Commission. Call me crazy, but I think Clinton is getting the better of the end of the deal, no matter which side you believe. While there haven’t been any on-the-record confirmations, media reports indicate that Clinton told the […]
The “Who will be John Kerry’s running mate” game is picking up steam. Jim Johnson has been making the rounds, conducting interviews with possible choices, and avoiding the media like the plague. Some news reports are quoting “insiders” saying the choice could be made by the end of this month. The buzz, at this point, […]