Every few months, the GOP will try and convince the public that it really, really wants to boost the party’s weak support in the African-American community. Four years after black voters all but ignored George W. Bush at the ballot box, the Republican Party is still struggling to make itself more attractive to them and […]
When the Sandy Berger story first broke, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellen said he was just keeping apraised by what he saw in the papers. “What we’ve seen is, and what we know is what has been reported in the news media. It is apparently an investigation that is underway, and the questions are […]
Just a month ago, voters learned that the Bush campaign, in its infinite wisdom, wanted church goers to collect directories from their houses of worship for Bush’s benefit. The Bush-Cheney reelection campaign has sent a detailed plan of action to religious volunteers across the country asking them to turn over church directories to the campaign, […]
Here’s what we learned in April: Prince Bandar enjoys easy access to the Oval Office. His family and the Bush family are close. And Woodward told 60 Minutes that Bandar has promised the president that Saudi Arabia will lower oil prices in the months before the election — to ensure the U.S. economy is strong […]
You read that headline right. In a day full of really strange news, the White House’s opposition to a compromise tax cut plan in Congress had to be the most disturbing. House and Senate negotiators had a deal in place that would extend a series of middle-class tax cuts — including an increase in the […]
As the 9/11 Commission’s report goes public, nearly all of the analysis will emphasize the panel’s conclusions and recommendations. That is, of course, how it should be. But watching Bush receive the report this morning and offer his support for the Commission and its efforts is a little frustrating. Most seem to have forgotten that […]
White House Press Secretary Scott McClellen 48 hours ago, responding to a question about the investigation into Sandy Berger: “What we’ve seen is, and what we know is what has been reported in the news media. It is apparently an investigation that is underway, and the questions are best directed at Department of Justice.” White […]
The timing couldn’t be more amusing. Two weeks after Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) took House GOP leaders to task for failing to even consider exercising their oversight responsibilities over the Bush administration, House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis (R-Va.) decided to respond with a vigorous defense. Where abuses have been found, they are being […]
And speaking of holding floor votes open until the GOP gets the results Tom DeLay wants, Mary Lynn F. Jones had a great item this week for the American Prospect about some reform proposals that deserve bi-partisan support, but won’t get any. It’s a sad state of affairs when a lawmaker has to introduce a […]
It seemed like such a no-brainer. The existing budget for military housing is poised to run out of money and without a new infusion of funds, new housing for 50,000 military families would be delayed. Dems pushed a provision yesterday that would add the necessary funds to offset the shortfall. It’s an easy one, right? […]