I’m having as much fun as the next guy with the nuclear option debate underway in the Senate, but on the other side of the Hill, the chance for a real breakthrough on federally-funded stem-cell research is at hand. Emboldened advocates of lifting current limits on embryonic stem cell research appear within reach of a […]
In case you missed it, Dana Milbank had one of those stories yesterday that’s almost too-scary to contemplate. A sparsely-attended presentation at the Rayburn House Office Building, featuring researchers from opposite ends of the political spectrum, focused on the future of the American economy based on how things are going now. The picture they painted […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * With less than three weeks to go before the Republican gubernatorial primary in New Jersey, a new Quinnipiac poll businessman Doug Forrester leading former Jersey City mayor Bret Schundler, 39% to 33%. […]
I’m not convinced that the New York Daily News is the most reliable outlet in the country, but this anecdote, if true, is of the utmost importance right now: Some Republicans at the White House and on Capitol Hill aren’t sold that Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) has the 50 senators needed to change the […]
It must not have been easy for District Court Judge Joan Lefkow to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, after a psychotic plaintiff killed her husband and mother last month in Chicago, but Lefkow shared an important message that deserves more attention: the anti-judiciary crusade on the right is not without consequences. U.S. District […]
The first sentence of this morning’s AP report on Janice Rogers Brown had a terribly familiar ring to it. Janice Rogers Brown, a sharecropper’s daughter who became the first black and most conservative justice on California’s Supreme Court, is a model jurist for U.S. Senate Republicans fighting judicial filibusters. Swing by Google News are you’ll […]
If there’s ever been a time to embrace widespread reform of Congress’ ethics rules, it’s now. With this in mind, I’m delighted to see House Democrats seize the opportunity. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and Steering and Policy Committee Chairman George Miller (Calif.) are expected to unveil their legislative proposals, some of which have already […]
Looking back over the last couple of months, I really can’t remember the last time I saw polling data that Republicans could find encouraging. Since the inauguration, if not slightly before it, public support for Republican officials and their agenda has slipped — and then slipped again. This week is no exception. The latest Harris […]
The Hill ran an interesting item this week talking about Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) and the resume he brings to the 2008 presidential race. There was one tidbit that jumped out at me, as part of the discussion of Bayh’s two terms as a popular governor of a Republican state. [Doug Richardson, who covered Bayh […]
(Editor’s Note: The Carpetbagger Report, as regular readers know, has joined the Coalition for Darfur, a bi-partisan online initiative created to raise awareness and resources to address the crisis. This is the latest in a series of posts from the Coalition.) The genocide in Darfur began more than two years ago. Since then, more than […]