One thing I’d like to see Dem groups do more of is develop front groups. That is, the left would probably benefit if we had more phony organizations with impressive sounding names that can pretend to exist and generate attention. The right does it with surprising efficiency. Consider, for example, this item from today’s Washington […]
The unwritten rules seemed pretty clear: if you want to be chairman of the DNC, you should rule out running for president in 2008. Tom Vilsack got the message loud and clear this week. Howard Dean, however, apparently isn’t concerned about the dilemma and seems to want it both ways. Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean […]
To help get around the fact that the president has embraced “tax reform” without mentioning a single detail about his approach, Bush is prepared to move forward on creating a “bi-partisan commission” to study the issue. President Bush’s bipartisan commission on tax reform, whose members will be named early next year, is expected to work […]
Most people move to an area and then consider running for public office there. Alan Keyes is doing it backwards — running in Illinois, then moving there. Look out, Illinois Republicans. Alan Keyes is making good on his pledge to stay here, securing a downtown condominium and working to move two of his conservative organizations […]
It was a devastating charge from a credible, career public servant in a position to know what he’s talking about. Federal drug regulators are “virtually incapable of protecting America” from unsafe drugs, a federal drug safety reviewer told a Congressional panel on Thursday, and he named five drugs now on the market whose safety needs […]
Back in August, private researchers used the National Assessment of Educational Progress to weigh test scores between children in charter schools and regular public schools. The results were discouraging for the charter school movement — their kids were doing worse than comparable students in traditional public schools. The Department of Education blasted the findings, saying […]
G. Gordon Liddy, a popular and nationally syndicated right-wing talk show host, was inspired in his youth by Adolf Hitler. He explained as much in a recent interview with The Independent, a British newspaper. The Fuhrer was G Gordon Liddy’s first political hero. Liddy was a sickly, asthmatic child when he grew up in Hoboken, […]
This really isn’t funny anymore. It’s as if the Bush White House goes out of its way to find the most dramatic incompetents in the federal government — so they’ll know who to promote when key positions open up. The latest is the HHS cabinet slot, which Tommy Thompson is rumored to be leaving. The […]
Public opinion polls are a lot less plentiful (and a lot less interesting) now that the election is over, but a slew of new data does offer insight into one important truth: the public is not on board for Bush’s second term agenda. At a time when the White House has portrayed Mr. Bush’s 3.5-million-vote […]
I guess this was only a matter of time. Republican budget writers say they may have found a way to cut the federal deficit even if they borrow hundreds of billions more to overhaul the Social Security system: Don’t count all that new borrowing. As they lay the groundwork for what will probably be a […]