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: * Comedian Al Franken is following through on earlier promises and moving back to Minnesota, probably to take on Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) in 2008. As part of the shift, Franken will move […]
The subtext for the ongoing fight over judicial nominees is, of course, how the Senate will consider a Supreme Court vacancy, should one come up during the 109th Congress. With Chief Justice Rehnquist ailing, the White House has not only prepared a shortlist of possible nominees, it’s also reached out to conservative activists to survey […]
In many occasions, Bush will host one of his carefully-orchestrated, sycophant-only events and we’ll see him in a conversation so formulaic, you’d swear the whole thing was straight out of Central Casting. As it turns out, that’s absolutely right. The LA Times obtained a White House memo highlighting the lengths the president’s staff goes to […]
The final vote on the nuclear option, if there is a vote, remains too-close-to-call. Frist still seems a little short of the 50 he needs, but some of the lawmakers who’ve been listed as “on the fence” seem to be falling. Oregon’s Gordon Smith, for example, is now officially on board with Frist’s scheme. Sen. […]
The fact that Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum compared Dems to Nazis yesterday from the Senate floor did not go completely unnoticed by political reporters. As far as I can tell, there were no stand-alone reports on Santorum’s slur, but his remarks were included in many stories about the ongoing fight over judicial nominees. The […]
As Blogenlust noted yesterday, Powerline’s John John Hinderaker, Time’s “Blog of the Year,” recently explained his belief that comparisons between conservatives and Nazis have become a mainstay of progressive political rhetoric. “I, personally, would like to see a moratorium on all references to Hitler, the Third Reich, Nazism and the Holocaust in the context of […]
A few random Carpetbagger-related items to pass along: * I’m offering a new “contact page” for readers who don’t have email, are reading The Carpetbagger Report at a library, etc. If you’ve emailed me before, don’t worry, the old email address still works fine. * I added a couple of blogs to the blogroll last […]
Unfortunately, the rumors are true. Here’s the transcript of what Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum said, just a couple of hours ago, on the Senate floor, during the debate over the nuclear option: “Some are suggesting we’re trying to change the law, we’re trying to break the rules. Remarkable. Remarkable hubris. “I mean, imagine. The […]
The political connections between the latest Star Wars movie and the Republicans in DC have already been the subject of widespread discussion. It’s about to get much funnier. The New York Times’ A.O. Scott, for example, noted that George Lucas is “clearly jabbing his light saber in the direction of some real-world political leaders” with […]
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 […]