Speaking of interesting Senate campaigns, Illinois Republicans still haven’t chosen a candidate to lose to, I mean, challenge Barack Obama (D) this year. The St. Louis Post Dispatch joked today that a newspaper ad might help: Wanted: Candidate to lead a fractured, scandal-ridden party in a late-starting campaign against a strong, well-financed opponent. Prefer wealthy […]
The Bush-Cheney gang seems to believe that attacking John Edwards as a trial attorney will somehow hurt the Dem ticket’s chances this year. What BC04 probably didn’t consider is how the attacks might hurt their buddy in Florida. In the Senate race to replace Bob Graham, the GOP’s top contenders are former Rep. Bill McCollum […]
A rift is apparently developing within the Nader-Camejo camp over what do with GOP donations. It’s not a good sign for a team that doesn’t have a message anyway. At the outset, let’s acknowledge that the Nader campaign is clearly enjoying support from Bush loyalists. Newsweek reported that one in 10 of Nader’s biggest donors […]
I thought this did a nice job capturing the difference in tone between the campaigns this year. And speaking of good political cartoons, Doonesbury was perfect yesterday, responding the ridiculous right-wing notion that terrorists would prefer a Kerry victory this year. In fact, it turns the argument on its head. Be sure to check it […]
No wonder DeLay has been hiring so many lawyers — he has a very serious legal problem on his hands. In May 2001, Enron’s top lobbyists in Washington advised the company chairman that then-House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) was pressing for a $100,000 contribution to his political action committee, in addition to the $250,000 […]
The emphasis on the Senate Intelligence report over the weekend dealt with the “flawed” intelligence Bush relied on regarding Iraq and the CIA’s responsibility for the debacle. Yet we also are reminded — again — that everything the president said when outlining his casus belli turned out to be false. It creates an awkward conundrum […]
OK, one more thing for the week. You’ll no doubt be hearing plenty over the weekend about the new Senate Intelligence Committee report that shifts blame away from the White House and onto the CIA for the multiple failures regarding Iraq. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) was on the Today Show this morning and, with a […]
It’s time for my every-Friday feature — your favorite and mine — Poll Day. As always, these state-by-state poll results were released within the last seven days. Just as an aside, note that Rasmussen, which has been busy lately, does not include Nader in any of its surveys, even in states where his name will […]
Patriot Act critics in the House, led by Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), had the votes to defeat the most controversial feature of the law — the power of the federal government to see what books people buy and check out at libraries. In fact, Sanders’ proposed change would have kept the power in the government’s […]
For the life of me, I can’t figure out the rationale behind the White House’s decision to decline — for the fourth straight year — the NAACP’s invitation to address its convention. A White House spokeswoman said Bush had a scheduling conflict, but would not specify the conflict with the six-day convention, which is scheduled […]