If you’re a Carpetbagger regular, you know the drill. If you’re new, welcome; I do this every Friday. It’s time for my round-up of statewide presidential polls released over the last seven days — a little something I call “Poll Day.” Also this week, we have the 11th installment of the Zogby Interactive/Wall Street Journal […]
Back in March, the Bush campaign was having a grand time with John Kerry’s assertion that multiple foreign leaders would prefer a Kerry administration to a Bush administration. Dick Cheney, for example, chided the candidate and suggested sinister behind-the-scenes deals. “Senator Kerry said that he has met with foreign leaders, and I quote, ‘who can’t […]
It’s been kind of a shame to see Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) deteriorate to the point of incoherence lately, but it’s hard to feel too sorry for him since he refuses to acknowledge his bizarre behavior is a problem and insists that he should continue serving in the Senate. It’s also been odd to see […]
Four years ago, when one of the closest races in history was nearly over, BC00 announced that Bush was taking a break. In fact, while common sense dictated that the candidate work on shoring up last minute support, Bush took a day off. And this year, he’s doing it again. The presidency may be hard […]
There’s a perfectly good reason for this. Clad in camouflage clothing, a 12-gauge double-barreled shotgun under his arm, Senator John Kerry and three fellow hunters emerged from an eastern Ohio cornfield Thursday morning with four dead geese and an image his aides hope will help shore up his macho bona fides among rural voters. This […]
The Washington Post ran a front-page story today on how the administration shifted its attention from Afghanistan to Iraq in 2002. This may seem like well-covered ground, because it is, but this story really deserves to be read. It’s a breathtaking, behind-the-scenes look. In particular, the piece looks at Bush’s approach to destroying al Queda. […]
Bush is back to the one issue he really cares about. “The effects of the litigation culture are real in the state of Pennsylvania…. The quality of life is deteriorating because of the junk lawsuits.” Does he mean cases like this one? In 1999, Rick Santorum testified in his wife’s $500,000 medical malpractice case against […]
I wish it happened more, but much of the mainstream media deserves some credit for taking on tepid fact-checking responsibilities this election season. There are still far too many stories resembling glorified transcripts — one side said this, the other said that — but I think it’s fair to note that fact-checking seems to be […]
Remember when Tom DeLay’s office orchestrated a scheme whereby federal officials were used to track down Texas Democrats breaking a quorum? There’s an ongoing lawsuit over the affair — and there are a few questions DeLay will have to answer under oath. Lawyers for a Texas state representative this week subpoenaed House Majority Leader Tom […]
You’ve got to be kidding me. [The Bush campaign’s new ad] shows a dense forest from above. Scurrying is heard as the camera plunges deeper into the woods and pans sunlight-speckled trees. Shadows move through the brush before animals are seen amid the forest. Then, the ad reveals the type of animal: a pack of […]