As soon as the religious right political movement started making real inroads in the ’80s, the movement’s groups and leaders have envisioned circumstances in which they’d play the roll of kingmakers, particularly at the presidential level. If a candidate planned on getting the GOP nomination, the Christian conservatives thought, they’d have to jump through the […]
On April 28, during a rare prime-time press conference, Bush sounded intent on staying above the fray. “I felt that people could work — work together in good faith. It’s just a lot of politics in the town. It’s kind of a zero-sum attitude…. I’ll continue to do my best. I’ve tried to make sure […]
Speaking of bills Bush doesn’t want to see on his desk, it sounds like we’ll be seeing progress on federal funding for stem-cell research in the Senate fairly soon. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Wednesday he hoped to have a vote within a month on the controversial issue of expanding federal funding for […]
Last year, the House voted on a proposal to curtail the FBI’s ability to seize library and bookstore records. There had been dozens of reports of agents visiting libraries, asking for reading records, and defending their methods by hiding behind the Patriot Act. When lawmakers were given the chance to undo the measure, Dems and […]
At this point, I think it’s safe to say we’re seeing the beginning of the end of Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham’s (R-Calif.) career. Considering what we’ve learned this week, the guy’s toast. First we learn that Cunningham sold his house to a military contractor with business before his committee for an inflated price, ultimately leading […]
(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.) There can be no doubt that, relatively speaking, the crisis in Darfur has generated […]
My friend Poppy at Patridiot Watch started crunching some budget numbers yesterday and noticed that the costs of the war in Iraq, right now, add up to about $700 for every man, woman, and child in the United States. Since his household has three people, that means $2,100 for his family. And based on the […]
I hate to say “I told you so” (does anyone really hate to say that?), but I’ve been saying for months that this constitutional amendment on flag burning is cause for concern. Now, it appears supports of this effort are actually starting to make serious progress. The Senate may be within one or two votes […]
It was, predictably, soft-ball city when Dick Cheney sat down with Fox News’ Sean Hannity this week, but I have to admit, there was actually a good question in there. Hannity probably didn’t mean it to be, and the merit behind the question was purely accidental, but it’s a good question that deserves a good […]
The New York Times had a report last week on the CIA having to turn away large numbers of Arabic-language linguists, despite their critically important skills, because of security threats, specifically the fact that some of the specialists have relatives in Middle Eastern countries. Of course, this would be less of a problem if the […]