Bill Frist hasn’t had a good year, but he continues to maintain the façade that he’s in control, finding success, and well positioned for a presidential campaign in 2008. One of the Senate Majority Leader’s more amusing arguments came over the weekend, when he tried to take credit for the Gang of 14’s compromise over […]
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: * Tomorrow is the big day in the New Jersey GOP gubernatorial primary and a new poll, out this morning, shows the race tightening. Businessman Doug Forrester still leads former Jersey City Mayor […]
For all the talk that Dems are too anxious to oppose every offensive Bush nominee that comes down the pike, let’s not forget that plenty of Republican senators are engaged in some “obstructionism” of their own. A couple of months ago, Sens. Richard C. Shelby and Jeff Sessions, both Republicans from Alabama, blocked the confirmation […]
I imagine it’s difficult to come up with compelling rhetoric for every presidential declaration, but Friday’s proclamation from the White House in honor of “National Child’s Day” included one of those sentiments thought should be banned from our discourse forever. “Children are the future of our country and America’s next generation of leaders.” Really, the […]
Matt Miller wrote a fascinating op-ed column in the New York Times over the weekend that had plenty of blogs buzzing. The premise was simple enough: our political discourse has become so strident and polarized, persuading others with arguments and ideas is no longer possible. Is it possible in America today to convince anyone of […]
One of the more tragic stories from the past couple of days comes from Stars and Stripes on the issue of veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan returning home — and becoming homeless. Advocates for the homeless already are seeing veterans from the war on terror living on the street, and say the government must do […]
The Bush exploitation of late Friday afternoons was, at first, almost amusing. The White House was embracing a long-held practice in Washington: release bad news when reporters are less likely to be working, the night before the week’s least-read edition of the newspaper. But what was comical then became annoying. Then outrageous. Then scandalous. On […]