Last week, reporters were insisting that John McCain’s work on steroids would propel him presidential bid in 2008. This week, it’s his maverick streak that helps his ambitions. John McCain is back. In the six weeks since the end of a campaign in which he wholeheartedly promoted President Bush’s reelection, the Republican senator from Arizona […]
In case you missed it, the Washington Post reported on Saturday about a House Republican who appears to be trying to buy his way into a key committee chairmanship. Do I hear $16 million? Rep. Harold Rogers (R-Ky.), seeking the powerful post of House Appropriations Committee chairman, wrote to Speaker J. Dennis Hastert this month […]
This LA Times editorial should give the Dems another valuable line of attack against Bush’s scheme to kill Social Security. President Bush is setting out to convince the nation that the danger is imminent and can be addressed only with bold action. Sound familiar? The White House is deploying the strategy it used to sell […]
All that speculation last year that disgraced former Alabama judge Roy Moore might run for the Senate never made a lot of sense to me. Moore doesn’t want to move to DC to be one of 100; he wants to be in charge, enjoy broad power, and stay in Alabama. With this in mind, it […]
Remember all of those Republican “revolutionaries” from the 1990s, who arrived in Congress under strict term-limits pledges? The number of them who have since realized how ridiculous the idea is keeps growing. The list may not be distinguished, but it’s certainly long. The latest is Rep. Zack Wamp (R-Tenn.) who told voters in 1994 that […]
Of all the lists of possible ’08 candidates I’ve seen, there hasn’t been much talk about Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold (D). That may soon change. According to a report in WisPolitics.com last week, several party leaders “expect Feingold to do some national traveling and make some preliminary explorations” of the White House idea. They agree […]
Less than two months ago, Dick Cheney insisted that the ongoing war in Iraq is a “remarkable success story.” He, apparently, is the only one who thinks so. The CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the State Department have warned President Bush that the United States and its Iraqi allies aren’t winning the battle against […]
It’s entertaining when life imitates art, particularly when the art is Seinfeld. Gather around the Festivus pole and listen to a tale about a real holiday made fictional and then real again, a tale that touches on philosophy, King Lear, the pool at the Chateau Marmont hotel, a paper bag with a clock inside and, […]
Posted by Morbo A recent Associated Press dispatch focused on right-wing outrage over the use of the phrase “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas.” An actual organization has been formed to promote the use of the latter because clearly, there is an effort afoot to undermine America’s Christian foundation! Morbo can think of one good […]
Posted by Morbo The Religious Right enthusiastically backed the re-election of George W. Bush because, movement leaders said, Bush is a man of faith and values. But the effort to create a new moral tone in Washington apparently needs some help — starting at the White House. For proof, just look at the flap over […]