The official Senate investigation into the Republicans stealing Dem memos appears to have wrapped up. Everything we were hearing before was true: the GOP staffers on the Judiciary Committee were stealing thousands of documents for 18 months. As the Washington Post reported: A three-month investigation by the Senate’s top law enforcement officer found a systematic […]
Newsday, which has done a solid job investigating the Plame Game scandal from the beginning, reported today that investigators subpoenaed a variety of White House documents in January as part of their ongoing probe. The federal grand jury probing the leak of a covert CIA officer’s identity has subpoenaed records of Air Force One telephone […]
On Tuesday, explosions killed dozens of people in Iraq as Shiite Muslims gathered for the feast of Ashura, a holiday that Saddam Hussein wouldn’t let Iraqis celebrate. Dick Cheney, in a CNN interview a few hours after the news of the attacks reached the airwaves, seemed pretty sure who was responsible. Cheney: Well, today we […]
Just a month ago, when Bush was on Meet the Press, the issue of job creation was raised. Bush was optimistic. Bush: I’m not suggesting the chart only shows the bad numbers, but how about the fact that we are now increasing jobs or the fact that unemployment is now down to 5.6 percent? There […]
Via the Political Wire, it appears that another Southern Dem is preparing to jump to the GOP. First-term Rep. Rodney Alexander, D-Quitman, is “seriously considering” leaving the Democratic Party because he says the party’s likely presidential candidate is too liberal, and that he might be able to better represent his constituents as a Republican. Alexander […]
Oklahoma Republican Tom Cole started feeling a little heat yesterday afternoon when news reports surfaced explaining that he said a vote against Bush is tantamount to supporting Hitler in World War II. Cole reportedly added, “If George Bush loses the election, Osama bin Laden wins the election.” Cole’s office issued a release yesterday afternoon responding […]
With John Kerry wrapping up the Dem nomination fight this week, the White House hoped to get off the defensive and back into “campaign mode” (as if they ever left) yesterday with the release of three fancy new television ads touting George W. Bush and his leadership. Instead, the Bush campaign is back on the […]
Well, not exactly. But HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson came pretty close — without knowing it — during testimony before a Senate committee yesterday. You may have heard a bit about the 44 million Americans who don’t have health insurance. In the 2000 campaign, Bush said he had a “plan to do something” to help them, […]
Josh Marshall and Atrios are highlighting one of the more disgusting GOP rants I’ve seen in a while. As a radio station in Oklahoma explained: Republican Congressman Tom Cole claims a vote against the re-election of President Bush is like supporting Adolph Hitler during World War Two. It’s what he said recently before a meeting […]
Traditionally, presidential candidates wait to announce their running mates until their party’s national convention. As a matter of history, it’s been a necessity, since the parties weren’t always sure who the nominee would be until the convention chose him. Now, it’s more of an election-year tradition. I strongly believe, however, that it’s a tradition worth […]