I’ve heard that Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) has presidential aspirations for 2008, but I had no idea he’d be willing to try out a Sister Souljah strategy four years early. Massachusetts Republican Gov. Mitt Romney criticized the Bush administration on Wednesday, saying the government engages in wasteful spending and often gives money to ensure […]
I’m as disgusted by Fox News Channel’s brand of “journalism” as the next guy, but even I was stunned by the substance of the leaked FNC memos written by Fox News Senior Vice President. The memos are apparently a major part of a new documentary, Outfoxed, from filmmaker Robert Greenwald, who spoke to many former […]
Today’s must-read article was on the front page of the LA Times, explaining that State Department officials knew that Colin Powell’s powerful Feb. 2003 presentation to the United Nations — which convinced many Americans about the need for a war in Iraq — was wrong when he delivered it. Days before Secretary of State Colin […]
I’m convinced this is the best of both worlds. Dems don’t actually want Dick “Go F— Yourself” Cheney off the Bush ticket; the president could replace him with some qualified person who voters may like and respect. But Dems do want the rumors about Cheney’s departure to reinforce his unpopularity and undermine BC04’s broader message. […]
I’m surprisingly relieved that Mike Ditka isn’t running for the Senate. It’s not that I was concerned he’d be a good candidate; I was just afraid he’d win. When running a campaign against a celebrity with no experience, knowledge, or political skills, everything that matters is thrown out the window. The race is suddenly and […]
To follow up on yesterday’s NYT item on a one-page summary of prewar intelligence in Iraq prepared for Bush — which the White House is refusing to share with the Senate Intelligence Committee — Slate’s Fred Kaplan had a great take on why the document is so important. To be sure, the document would, at […]
Maybe Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) should just stop hosting press conferences altogether. He’s clearly not having any luck with them. Last month, the conservative Republican senator held a Capitol Hill event to showcase accident victims who had been treated with their own stem cells. Brownback ended up asking the injured young women to stand up […]
This seems to be a pattern. Since Bush’s inauguration, there have been consistent instances in which federal agencies, which are supposed to be objective and impartial, have been used for political gain by Bush partisans. Tom DeLay, for example, used civil servants at Bush’s Treasury Department to work up an attack of John Kerry’s tax […]
Speaking of the White House being excessively secretive with materials, the New York Times had a good report today about an intelligence briefing Bush doesn’t want us to see. In light of all the blame directed at the CIA over faulty (read: wrong) intelligence about Iraq, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) thought it’d be interesting to […]
For some inexplicable reason, the Bush campaign seems intent on seeing a tape of a New York fundraiser Kerry held last week. Apparently, Whoopi Goldberg used some profanity and BC04 is worked up about it. Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman repeated his request that the Kerry campaign release a tape of a concert fund-raiser last […]