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: * Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist will announce his campaign for governor in the next couple of days, making him the first Republican to officially do so. Crist will likely face Florida’s Chief […]
For almost five years, Bush aides have been effective and efficient in shielding the president from any and all dissent. The president may be aware of the fact that there are some people who disagree with him, but he doesn’t have to see them and — perish the thought — he certainly doesn’t have to […]
The New York Times’ Anne Kornblut had a provocative piece over the weekend, noting Tom DeLay’s extensive network that has kept him afloat during times of crisis. The descriptions of DeLay’s system of patronage was helpful, but I wonder if Kornblut’s central point is off-base. Politicians are not always the most courageous lot. The first […]
If you missed it, the Washington Post ran an excellent item over the weekend on a religious-right player a lot of Americans have probably never heard of, but who’s influence is definitely on the rise. In his home town of Pearland, Tex., Baptist minister Rick Scarborough was tireless in promoting his conservative Christian way of […]
If you’re going to issue a statement in recognition of a holiday, you probably should know what the holiday is. When it came to Cinco de Mayo and the House Republican Conference, this clearly wasn’t the case. The GOP Conference created a sample press release saying, “Congressman ____________ today marked Cinco de Mayo with the […]
By now, nearly everyone has probably heard about Harry Reid calling the president a “loser.” I’d like to take a moment, however, to do a quick compare-and-contrast for some of my friends on the right who believe Reid’s comment is serious and a sign that the Dems’ rhetoric has gone off the deep end. Reid […]