Way back in March, I noted that Reps. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.) and Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) were pushing some wacky new scheme called the “Reaffirmation of American Independence Resolution.” In case the name didn’t give it away, it’s the latest in a long line of right-wing attacks on the federal judiciary. This one addresses the conservative […]
For all the talk about Kerry supporting a “defeat and retreat” approach, it was Bush who suggested yesterday that “the world would be better off if we did leave.” The Washington Post’s estimable Dan Froomkin noted that Bush was in Derry, N.H., yesterday, and offered one of the crystal-clear sentiments that proves that this president […]
You’ll have to forgive my ongoing obsession over Bush’s weakening support among Cuban-American voters in South Florida, but I continue to believe the split in the community may ultimately decide which candidate wins Florida, and in turn, wins the election. The LA Times had the latest report on the division, noting today that Bush’s support […]
As if Bush’s troubles with Republican senators this week weren’t enough, Rep. Porter Goss (R-Fla.), Bush’s choice to head the CIA, raised some surprisingly interesting concerns during his Senate confirmation hearing about the White House’s use of intelligence before the war in Iraq began. Representative Porter J. Goss, the nominee to become director of central […]
I’ve been wondering where all these so-called “undecided” voters are. Apparently, there’s at least one in the U.S. Senate. Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee said Monday he plans to support his party in November but may write in a candidate instead of voting for President Bush. The Rhode Island lawmaker, known for moderate views that often […]
I don’t have anything intelligent to add to this, other than to note that this is what we’re up against in this campaign. Vandals set fire to signs and wrote pro-President Bush messages on the front of Lafayette’s Democratic Party Headquarters, the second time the office was hit by vandals. The remnants of a small […]
The more I think about John Kerry’s speech on Iraq policy, the more I love it. Everything about it was on target — it was a sober assessment of the disastrous Bush policy, it held the president responsible without blaming the military or undercutting the troops, it looked ahead to what he could do better […]
I hate to admit it (OK, maybe I don’t), but Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is looking and sounding increasingly unhinged lately, after a nice respite away from the spotlight. The White House, apparently concerned about Rumsfeld’s growing unpopularity among voters, kept the Pentagon chief safely out of view for most of the summer. Now he’s […]
To hear the Bush campaign tell it, they’d be absolutely thrilled to make the remaining six weeks of the campaign a debate over Iraq. White House communications director Dan Bartlett said that when the public compares Bush and Kerry on Iraq, they consistently put their faith in the president. As such, Bartlett said, the White […]
Because of my personal background with televangelists, I found the LA Times’ detailed expose of TV preacher Paul Crouch absolutely fascinating. If you’re interested in the subject, be sure to read the whole thing, which spans a couple of days. The key point from the Times’ research is the notion of the “prosperity gospel.” Like […]