House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has been up to his ears in scandal of late. After already having been admonished by the House Ethics Committee four times in his career, DeLay is under intense fire for a series of new scandals that have led some congressional Republicans to wonder out loud if he’ll even be […]
Exactly two years ago today, The Da Vinci Code was published. I think it’s fair to say that it’s been pretty successful, which is why I found the latest edict from the Vatican a little odd. OK, so maybe author Dan Brown takes a few liberties. Jesus wasn’t divine, after all; he married Mary Magdalene, […]
Before Senate Republicans can set off the “nuclear option,” they’ll need a Dem filibuster. And before Dems can filibuster, they’ll need an unqualified nominee to reach the floor. Yesterday, we came one step closer to both. The first of President Bush’s blocked judicial nominees advanced to the full Senate on Thursday, setting up a showdown […]
The ongoing drive to prevent the Bush administration from creating publicly-funded fake news segments is continuing unabated, but the president’s critics are a little short on allies. The administration won’t budge, Republicans in Congress won’t hold hearings, and the Justice Department hasn’t exactly leaped into action to investigate. With this in mind, attention now shifts […]
Just to let readers know, I’m aware of the ongoing problems that have led to issues with the RSS feed and Carpetbagger emails. In fact, if you’ve tried to send anything to the usual email address, it’s either bounced back to you or disappeared into the ether. Sorry. Rest assured, I’m working with my “technical […]
Literally one year ago this week, Dems on the Hill were telling reporters that part of their election strategy for 2004 was to taint the entire Republican caucus by demonizing Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Aside from giving Chris Shays (R-Conn.) a tough race, the strategy didn’t really go anywhere. On the surface, it seems like […]
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft had any number of possible places to go in his post-administration life. Think tanks, law firms, lobbying firms — after successfully “securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror,” the right-wing world was his oyster. So, where does the most controversial attorney general in a generation end up? Where […]
Yesterday, Bush urged members of Congress to go back to their communities and “talk to their constituents not only about the problem, but about solutions. I urge members to start talking about how we’re going to permanently fix Social Security.” To be sure, it was an odd thing for this president to say. After all, […]
My new daily feature about campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may nevertheless be of interest to political observers: * Wesley Clark is back with a new website for his political action committee and his stated plans to “stay at the forefront of the national debate.” As for speculation […]
With the “nuclear option” barreling down on the Senate, and the subsequent and inevitable fallout that will follow, I’ve been curious to see “compromise” proposals pop up that would seek to avoid legislative disaster. So far, it’s been pretty underwhelming. The latest tack comes by way of Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson (the chamber’s most conservative […]