This could be something; it could be nothing. At this point, though, you don’t have to be a cynic to believe the Bush administration no longer deserves the benefit of the doubt. Another big stack of pages is causing concern over at the Senate Armed Services Committee, which is investigating abuses at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib […]
Speaking of polls, the two most important battleground states in the Union — Florida and Ohio — offered more encouraging news for John Kerry over the weekend. First up, Florida (27 electoral votes), where the ever-important Cuban-American vote is moving exactly as I had hoped: away from Bush. Bush’s support among Cuban-Americans in south Florida […]
Bush’s support is still in freefall. I kind of thought it was at its natural floor last week, but apparently, that floor is a little lower than I expected. According to CBS: The war in Iraq continues to tarnish the approval ratings of President Bush. Evaluations of the way Mr. Bush is handling the war […]
Federal investigators exploring the Plame Game scandal have now focused nearly all of their attention on those who received or were offered the leak in the first place: political reporters. Two weeks ago we learned that two Washington Post reporters have been asked to speak to the federal grand jury. That, apparently, was just the […]
I was fooled, at first, by a terribly misleading headline on the front page of yesterday’s Washington Post. It told readers: “President Plans Drive To Rescue Iraq Policy” Silly me, I was momentarily encouraged. Maybe Bush was going to shift gears on a failed policy with some kind of new plan. Better late than never, […]
Last year, in praising Retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, former commander of the U.S. Central Command, President Bush sounded very confident in Zinni’s judgment. Bush told reporters that he and Dick Cheney “both trust General Zinni.” I have a hunch Bush and Cheney would offer a different assessment this morning. Zinni, who served as Bush’s […]