That was an usually quick flip-flop for the Bush White House, even by Karl Rove standards. A week ago, the administration was completely opposed to an independent commission to investigate the outrageous intelligence failures that led to the war in Iraq. Today, however, Bush changed course and announced he would appoint an “independent, bipartisan commission” […]
Before the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, Howard Dean spent over $32 million. That may sound pretty bad, especially considering he lost both, but here’s a tidbit that’s even worse: George W. Bush’s campaign spent almost $34 million — and, as Ezra mentioned, he doesn’t have any GOP opponents. I can understand how Dean […]
As you probably know, tomorrow will be a huge day in the race for the Dem nomination with seven primaries in a pretty diverse group of states. Who’s leading depends a bit on which polls you rely on, but Kerry is leading or competing well in all seven. Arizona * A Zogby tracking poll released […]
If there’s one person the Bush White House should be able to count on in blocking gay rights, it’s TV preacher Pat Robertson. Sure, Robertson may be a religious right lunatic who blames liberals for the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and calls for nuclear bombs to fall on the U.S. State Department, but he’s still […]
I try to avoid predictions as much as possible, but I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that Joe Lieberman’s presidential campaign will be done within a week, if not sooner. The Chicago Sun-Times’ Michael Sneed reported last week that Lieberman will officially withdraw tomorrow. That seems kind of unlikely, since […]
Howard Dean and many of his supporters are looking at the up-to-date delegate count and arguing that it is Dean, and not Kerry, leading the race for the nomination. Yesterday, for example, Dean was on Meet the Press addressing the long-term approach to his campaign. He said, “[T]his race is about delegates. As we sit […]
Last week, I mentioned that Georgia Public Schools’ Superintendent Kathy Cox (R) has proposed banning the word “evolution” from the state science curriculum. I wanted to follow up with more details, most of which make this controversy look much worse. First, Cox wasn’t innocently trying to strike some compromise by censoring “evolution,” which she criticized […]