I’d love to hear a coherent explanation of what, exactly, is the criteria of the Bush Doctrine. The phrase has been tossed around for a couple of years now, and at this point, I’m afraid it’s lost all meaning. After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Bush divided the world along clear lines: “You’re either […]
It seemed like only a few days ago, Howard Dean was putting his whole presidential campaign on the line with a bold ultimatum. “The entire race has come down to this: we must win Wisconsin,” Dean told his supporters. “A win [in Wisconsin] will carry us to the big states of March 2 — and […]
The Washington Post and New York Times have detailed stories — both on the front page — about the latest developments in the Plame Game investigation. From the reports, it sounds as if investigators are closing in on the leakers and that indictments are just around the corner. Going over both articles, we learn that […]
Over the last couple of days, I’ve noticed that the president has treated the WMD-in-Iraq question a little differently than he did before David Kay’s now-infamous testimony. Specifically, Bush now seems willing to acknowledge — in the most passive, oblique way imaginable — that the intelligence he used to justify the invasion was wrong. On […]
It’s hard for me to even imagine the possibility that Bush would dump Cheney from the GOP ticket. Not only has Bush relied on his vice president, whom he has nicknamed “Vice,” to effectively run his administration, but a change of this magnitude on the ticket would suggest that the White House was in full […]
Atrios raises a small but important point — that can’t be emphasized enough — about Bush’s National Guard record. No matter what details remain unclear about whether Bush reported for duty in Alabama and Texas, one thing we know for sure is that the president lied in his autobiography about his Guard service. (I know […]
Tomorrow, two key Southern states — Tennessee and Virginia — will host delegate-rich primaries (151 delegates between them). Since Kerry emerged as the frontrunner, I’ve considered Feb. 10 something of a firewall for Edwards and Clark, assuming that Kerry would have limited appeal in the region. If the polls are any indication, Edwards and Clark […]
There was a fascinating article in the Washington Post over the weekend, comparing CIA warnings about the Iraqi threat with White House interpretations of that information. The article was one of the most hard-hitting reports I’ve seen in recent weeks and, for reasons that escape me, the Post decided to run the piece on page […]
There were a handful of interesting moments in Bush’s Meet the Press interview, but the exchange I was most interested in was the one over Bush’s alleged service in the National Guard during Vietnam. This was the one burgeoning scandal that Russert, apparently, couldn’t ignore. Bush’s response came as close to making news as anything […]
Bush’s appearance on Meet the Press has been summarized, analyzed, and scrutinized by just about everyone by now, so I’m afraid I don’t have anything unique to add. As a matter of substance, I’d strongly recommend you read two reports. First, the Center for American Progress prepared a “claim vs. fact” sheet, comparing what Bush […]