TV preacher Jerry Falwell claims to have a grand new idea for the latest religious-right powerhouse. I don’t believe him. Seeking to take advantage of the momentum from an election where moral values proved important to voters, the Rev. Jerry Falwell announced today he has formed a new coalition to guide an “evangelical revolution.” Falwell, […]
Way back in the 2000 campaign, Bob Jones University in South Carolina became a lightening rod for controversy when George W. Bush kicked off his campaign in the state by visiting the campus and delivering a speech to the student body. He probably had no idea what he was about to endure. BJU, as you […]
Scott McClellan said something the other day that stood out for me. “In terms of Social Security, the President made it a top priority this campaign. It is something we have discussed for quite some time.” We’re dealing with purely subjective terms here, but this gets back into the whole “mandate” debate. Bush supports a […]
The White House didn’t even wait 24 hours before leaking word about John Ashcroft’s replacement. President Bush is moving swiftly toward naming a successor to Attorney General John Ashcroft, and White House counsel Alberto Gonzales has emerged as the leading candidate. Two administration officials said that Gonzales, a longtime Bush friend who served with him […]
It’s hard to be disappointed with the Washington Times (the ultra-conservative newspaper owned by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon) when expectations are already so low, but a report in today’s edition was worse than usual. A Republican congressman became “enraged” less than one week before the presidential election when the Internal Revenue Service warned that […]
Long-time readers know that I was keenly interested in seeing how Cuban-American voters shifted, if at all, in this year’s presidential election. There was some polling data suggesting the GOP’s historic hold on the community was weakening, to Bush’s detriment, but the only poll that matters is on Election Day. How’d things turn out? I’d […]
The this-will-blow-over strategy isn’t working out for Arlen Specter. The GOP’s far-right base, emboldened by their role in the election, isn’t letting up. Conservative opposition to Sen. Arlen Specter’s (R-Pa.) becoming chairman of the Judiciary Committee has mushroomed, to the dismay of Senate leaders who hoped it would fade, The Hill has learned. Many conservatives […]
Karl Rove on Sunday: “I believe in the principles of the Republican Party. I believe in limited government and the right of the individual to make choices.” Karl Rove’s White House on Tuesday: The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to block the nation’s only law allowing doctors to help terminally ill patients […]
By now you’ve surely heard that Attorney General John Ashcroft formally resigned yesterday. You’ve also probably heard that his hand-written letter of resignation included a few gems for the ages: * “The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved. The rule of law has been strengthened and upheld […]
I keep trying to figure out how the fight over Arlen Specter and the Judiciary Committee is going to end up. The conventional wisdom is that Specter has enough support among his colleagues to hold on, but I don’t think this has been wrapped up quite yet. Roll Call reported yesterday that Specter’s rise “appears […]