Think Progress found a real gem that warrants a lot of attention. Shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks, many members of Congress received an administration briefing on the threat of another attack. In fact, about three weeks after 9/11, the Washington Post reported: Asked whether more terrorist attacks are inevitable if the United States retaliates, […]
Like Kevin Drum, I find it a little tough to get worked up over yesterday’s flap surrounding Supreme Court nominee John Roberts and whether or not he was a member of the conservative Federalist Society. It showed plenty of unnecessary sloppiness on the White House’s part — first he was a member, then he wasn’t, […]
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: * Despite months of saying that he hasn’t ruled out a presidential bid, Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum said yesterday that he has no “intention” of running in 2008. Santorum said he couldn’t […]
In January 2004, when the White House announced the president had tapped Stuart Bowen to be the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, Bush critics were deeply disappointed. Considering Bowen’s background as a presidential ally, their concerns made sense at the time. Few could have predicted what a tremendous public servant Bowen would turn out […]
At yesterday’s White House press briefing, Scott McClellan had a new talking point — rely on an old briefing. Q: On the leak investigation, does President Bush feel that it was appropriate for there to be an 11 or 12-hour time gap from the time that Chief of Staff Andy Card was notified that an […]
The good part about Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum making the rounds to tout his new book is that it gives us so many new opportunities to hear his “unique” ideas. Last night, Santorum appeared on CNN’s NewsNight with Aaron Brown, who seemed anxious to pin the Pennsylvania senator down on a few points. C&L, […]
The debate over eliminating the Estate Tax has been simmering in the Senate for weeks and Republicans are starting to believe that Dem opposition to a complete repeal of the tax will ultimately derail the bill. But they’re going to schedule a vote anyway, because they want to use the effort in campaign ads next […]
About a week ago, my technical team and I tried to make a few cosmetic changes here at The Carpetbagger Report, just to spiffy things up a bit. Unfortunately, for some readers, the modifications caused difficulties, including ads bleeding over on top of the text. This morning, I think, those problems have been corrected. You […]
At a certain level, it’s perfectly understandable why the right would detest Larry Johnson, a decorated veteran of the CIA and the former deputy director of U.S. State Department’s Office of Counterterrorism. A life-long Republican, Johnson has recently joined the reality-based community — and the only group of people the right hates more than the […]
For two weeks, the White House hasn’t said a word, on the record, about the Plame scandal. Bush, Cheney, McClellan and others have been asked for comment about one aspect of the story or another, but there’s been a wall of silence. No comments about what happened, what was said, what might happen, or even […]