Remember all the heartfelt remarks about Judith Miller principled refusal to cooperate with Patrick Fitzgerald’s Plame investigation? About how Miller was taking the honorable path, choosing incarceration in order to protect a source? Well, all of that’s over now. New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released from jail late yesterday and is scheduled to […]
Ed Kilgore raised a good point yesterday about the importance of considering Tom DeLay’s indictment in a broader context. “Tempting as it is to dwell on the possibility that this self-appointed moral arbiter of the nation could soon be strolling the halls not of Congress but of a Texas correctional facility, we urge Democrats to […]
The investigation into Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s unusually-timed investment strategy has become slightly more serious. The Securities and Exchange Commission upgraded its probe of stock sales made by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist to a formal investigation, giving the agency subpoena power and the ability to review phone records and other documents, according to […]
Yesterday, the president, speaking from the Rose Garden, sounded like he had excellent news. “I asked the Generals to go up to Capitol Hill to brief members of the House and Senate on our strategy for victory, on our operations in Iraq. They updated me on what recently took place in Baghdad, in which Iraqi […]
It’s not unusual for congressional candidates to return campaign contributions once a donor is exposed as controversial. No one, for example, wants to be connected with taking money from a criminal. But what if the contentious donor is your party’s leader in Congress? New Hampshire’s Jeb Bradley (R) may not realize it, but he’s done […]
In July 2003, the president said, “Anytime this nation puts one of our youngsters into harm’s way, we’d better — and we will — make sure they get the best training, the best equipment, the best possible support.” The quote may be a little old, but Bush has said similar things repeatedly ever since. The […]
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: * Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley (D) formally began his campaign for governor yesterday, pledging in an address to hundreds of supporters gathered in a city park “to get Maryland moving again.” O’Malley did […]
Just moments ago, in a vote that surprised absolutely no one, the Senate confirmed John Roberts to the Supreme Court. The final vote was 78 to 22. All 55 Republicans and Independent Jim Jeffords of Vermont voted for Roberts, while the 44 Dems were split right down the middle, 22 to 22. Update: Just to […]
It was just a couple of months ago that Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman was getting serious about political outreach to the African-American community. One problem, however, is that Mehlman characterized the Republicans’ race problems as a thing of the past — and they clearly remain a part of the GOP’s present. Consider, for […]
At yesterday’s White House press briefing, ABC’s Terry Moran was brave enough to ask the question that had to be asked: “Is the President concerned that there’s a stench of corruption around the Republican establishment in Washington?” Scott McClellan, whose briefing began shortly after DeLay’s indictment was announced, was hardly in a position to dismiss […]