Here’s the kind of sentence that sums up the Bush administration’s economic policies nicely. From the Charlotte Observer: Sales of million-dollar homes are on the rise [in Concord, N.C.], but foreclosures have doubled in the last two years. Some are getting ahead in the Bush economy, while others are barely getting by. Guess which ones […]
I know this was everywhere yesterday, but I wanted to mention it and add my two cents. House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) was on Fox News over the weekend, gearing up for the GOP convention. The conversation shifted to independent political ads and Hastert, remarkably, decided to slander a well-known liberal philanthropist. WALLACE: Let me […]
I can’t say I blame the handful of Republican moderates left in the party for feeling frustrated. It must be disheartening to see, for example, Stephen Moore, president of the Club for Growth, who wields enormous influence in GOP circles, admit that his mission is to make moderate Republicans an endangered species. “The problem with […]
For those left-leaning McCain fans… John McCain, last week: “I’m sick and tired of re-fighting the Vietnam War. And most importantly, I’m sick and tired of opening the wounds of the Vietnam War, which I’ve spent the last 30 years trying to heal,” McCain told USA Today. “It’s offensive to me, and it’s angering to […]
Bush campaign official and former Christian Coalition hatchet man Ralph Reed can’t seem to shake a major gambling industry scandal that’s been on his heels the past few months. The Nation had the scoop about two months ago. When Ralph Reed was the boyish director of the Christian Coalition, he made opposition to gambling a […]
There’s rarely any point to linking to Josh Marshall since everyone already reads him, but be made an observation this morning that needs some extra attention. Consider this Bush quote: When asked “Can we win?” the war on terror, Bush said: “I don’t think you can win it. But I think you can create conditions […]
Just to follow up on Friday’s item about the ultra-secretive, ultra-conservative Council for National Policy, the New York Times obtained some information about the group’s convention gatherings and ran an interesting piece over the weekend. (Alas, the article was hidden deep within Saturday’s issue, where it was sure to be missed.) As the article makes […]
One of the more irritating aspects to the Bush administration’s style of governing is the way in which it handles bad news. As a rule, they’re surprisingly effective at hiding it. About two weeks ago, for example, data from the Department of Education appeared to show that students in charter schools are underperforming, especially when […]
There weren’t any major surprises from Rudy Giuliani’s appearance on the Meet the Press yesterday, but the former NYC mayor did offer one bizarre comment that stood out. “As people criticized [Bush], ridiculed him, did everything they could to get him off his agenda [of destroying global terrorism], he’s remained with it and it’s made […]
It turns out the information I relied on last month indicating that Jerry Falwell would deliver the invocation at the Republican National Convention was incorrect. That’s the good news. The bad news is his replacement has an offensive record of her own. As Atrios noted over the weekend, Sheri Dew, a Mormon church official in […]