It’s a rare moment of disagreement with my friend Poppy, but I’m glad to see Howard Dean support Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-Vt.) for re-election in ’06, even though Jeffords isn’t literally a Dem. Poppy argues that the chairman of the DNC shouldn’t endorse non-Democrats. As a general rule, that’s hard to disagree with. But in […]
I know this probably isn’t going anywhere, but it’s good to see the discussion unfold anyway. House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) introduced bipartisan legislation today to repeal the 22nd amendment, which states that “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.” Representatives Berman (D-CA), Pallone (D-NJ), Sabo […]
Nico Pitney raised a great point at Think Progress the other day that I wanted to follow up on. Nico noted the competing and disparate reactions to Ward Churchill, whose comments on 9/11 I found deplorable, and Jerry Falwell, who offered some equally insane reactions to 9/11. On one hand, you have Ward Churchill, the […]
It’s been about a week since NARAL Pro-Choice America offered a bold challenge to abortion-rights opponents — let’s reduce abortions by focusing on prevention. [W]e should agree on an equally fundamental point: America would be a better country if no woman ever faced the difficult choices posed by an unintended pregnancy. What better way to […]
I can appreciate why congressional Republicans are all worked up over the president’s most recent trial balloon about raising payroll taxes, but they shouldn’t be too worried about the White House sticking to any preconceived ideas — they don’t appear to have any. First, an increase in payroll taxes was off the table. “We will […]
You may have seen this elsewhere, but it’s just too hilarious not to mention. For President Bush, Social Security reform tops a busy second-term agenda, but yesterday’s stop on his campaign-style reform push brought little more than a collective ho-hum from Granite Staters. White House aides collected empty chairs in an echoing Pease International Tradeport […]
To hear congressional Republicans tell it, Americans are practically desperate to see congressional Dems line up behind the GOP agenda. “Obstructionism,” they say, will cost Dems dearly. They continue to be wrong. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll (.pdf) shows, once again, that the public wants Dems to stand up to Bush, even if that […]
It seems to me that Maureen Dowd’s column in yesterday’s New York Times offered one of the more intriguing angles of the James Guckert story in a while. In it, Dowd explained how odd it is that Guckert could get into the White House — while she couldn’t. I was rejected for a White House […]
I was planning to try BWS (blogging while sick), but it’s just not going to work out today. Sorry. Check back tomorrow for plenty of long-winded tirades for your reading pleasure.
Howard Dean, to his credit, has made party outreach to faith communities a priority for the DNC. The day before he was elected chair of the Democratic National Committee last week, Dean went to the leaders of different Democratic constituencies outlining an approach that will emphasize outreach to evangelicals and people of other faiths. His […]