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: * A new poll from Strategic Vision, a Republican firm, shows Rick Santorum trailing Pennsylvania Treasurer Bob Casey (D) by an even wider margin than before. In its latest survey, taken after Santorum […]
Five years ago, during the Gore-Bush race, the Republicans took a firm stand against using government to push ideological social goals. Mr. Cheney also echoed Mr. Bush’s contention that Mr. Gore’s tax cut plan, which would provide relief for those putting money into savings accounts, college tuition, child care and other specific purposes, would serve […]
It seemed like a reasonable request. At least two senior White House officials leaked the name of an undercover CIA agent in order to cover up their lies about a war, leading to an ongoing criminal investigation in which every one in the West Wing, including the president, has spoken to prosecutors. Congressional Dems see […]
Remember the Downing Street Memos? Dems on the Hill do. In fact, despite the odds, a number of House Dems introduced several “resolutions of inquiry” to compel the White House to turn over documents on pre-war meetings and intelligence to Congress, which in turn could shed light on how information was “fixed” to give the […]
Sometimes, there’s room for some kind of compromise or middle ground when Dems and Republicans disagree on an issue. But when it comes to how to scrutinize the response to Hurricane Katrina, there’s just an unyielding difference of philosophy — the GOP believes in a Republican-driven probe in which officials will investigate themselves, while Dems […]
Kevin Drum raised a great point yesterday that bears repeating — we’re seeing the beginning of the end for opponents of gay marriage. The cause? Gay relationships have received legal recognition and the sky has managed not to fall. Massachusetts, for example, began allowing gay marriages last year under court order. Yesterday, state lawmakers were […]
If this were a Republican, I’d probably be apoplectic, so I thought it only fair to mention that Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) appears to have made an awful mistake. Amid the chaos and confusion that engulfed New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck, a congressman used National Guard troops to check on his property and rescue […]
(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.) Some are hailing the inclusion of language regarding a “responsibility to protect” in the […]
As if the victims of Hurricane Katrina didn’t have enough to worry about, sweeping changes to the nation’s bankruptcy laws are poised to make things even worse. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), along with several other House Dems, introduced a measure last week to offer flexibility for victims of natural disasters in declaring bankruptcy. Given the […]
A little over a year after the Supreme Court sidestepped a case challenging the constitutionality of “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, a federal court in San Francisco ruled this afternoon the same way the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals did — the inclusion of religious language in the Pledge is unconstitutional. Politically, this […]