Let’s pause for a moment to take stock of the political landscape as it related to the Plame scandal. Dems on the Hill are expressing outrage and demanding hearings, the White House press corps is berating the press secretary during daily briefings, there are front-page articles running in the major dailies, Karl Rove is a […]
The fact that right-wing critics are leaping to Karl Rove’s defense is not surprising. The lengths to which they’re going to make things up is. The two myths I’ve seen the most often are the idea that Valerie Plame was not really an undercover CIA agent and that identifying Plame is legally permissible so long […]
There’s plenty of speculation about possible Supreme Court nominees and who various constituencies would like to see Bush nominate. But to get a sense of the kind of jurist the far-right GOP base is looking for, consider this: an hour ago, Alan Keyes, Howard Phillips, Stephen Peroutka, and other right-wing activists held a news conference […]
Boy, these circumstances sure sound familiar. [George W. Bush and Karl Rove] came together during young adulthood, when an ambitious former Texas congressman, George H.W. Bush, held the job of chairman of the Republican National Committee. It fell to the elder Bush to investigate allegations that Rove had used dirty tricks in a campaign for […]
Because I find the outrageousness of the Plame scandal so obvious, I’m fascinated by conservative defenses that have been launched in Karl Rove’s defense. Most of the arguments include some combination of misstatement of facts, trivia, and ad hominem attacks on Joseph Wilson. But for the real entertainment, one has to consider today’s editorial in […]
For two full years, no one’s been able to figure out how, exactly, Bob Novak has kept himself out of trouble in the Plame scandal. He’s the one who published Plame’s name, he’s the one who contacted the CIA after getting the leak, and he’s the one who knows all of the relevant details about […]
As many of you may have noticed, my site was down most of the morning because, once again, my server was down. Needless to say, this was more than a little frustrating. With this in mind, I’m hoping readers might be able to give me a hand. Can anyone recommend a reliable hosting company? I’m […]
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: * Rick Santorum continues to trail Bob Casey in advance of next year’s Senate campaign. A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Casey leading, 50% to 39%. Apparently, Santorum’s new book isn’t helping to […]
In case you missed it, yesterday’s White House press briefing included one exchange that was quite revealing. ABC’s Terry Moran noticed that Republican talking points responding to the Rove/Plame fiasco attacked Joseph Wilson with some fairly specific information: Rove’s conversation with Time’s Matt Cooper only lasted two minutes and initially dealt with a separate policy […]
I should know better than to be surprised by anything coming from a Fox News “journalist,” but this one even startled me. When it comes to finding out who was responsible for the Plame scandal, the White House has said, on more than one occasion, that the responsible leakers would be fired. This isn’t particularly […]