One angle to the Plame scandal that I’ve always wondered about is what Karl Rove told everyone else at the White House. When Scott McClellan, for example, said he had spoken directly to Rove, and learned he was “not involved” with “the leaking of classified information,” was McClellan lying to the press corps or was […]
So, Social Security privatization is dead, right? Dems won’t stand for it, Republicans are running from it, the political world has moved on to Supreme Court speculation, and the White House lacks the ability to get his plan approach through Congress. Any chance Republicans would be foolish enough to bring a privatization scheme to the […]
It doesn’t happen often, but Bob Novak actually wrote a terrific column today, highlighting the injustice that led Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) to lose his position as chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. During an official Fourth of July celebration at the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey and Secretary of Veterans […]
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: * Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) is considered a key GOP target in 2006 and has enjoyed lukewarm poll support of late, but in a new statewide survey, Granholm’s support appears be rebounding […]
My friend Darrell alerted me to an incredible story that ran over the weekend about House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and his bizarre intervention in a Chicago drug case. At this point, I think it’s fair to say Sensenbrenner has just about lost it. In an extraordinary move, the chairman of the House […]
I was reviewing some old stories about the Plame scandal and came across a quote from The Guardian’s Julian Borger from September 2003. “Several of the journalists are saying privately, ‘Yes it was Karl Rove who I talked to.’ Now, the thing is that the journalists are not going to name Karl Rove publicly because […]
I honestly thought it was over. Even Jeb Bush had resigned himself to the fact that he could no longer exploit the Terri Schiavo matter. But, alas, the Senate’s nuttiest member, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is still pursuing the case. U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn challenged the accuracy of Terri Schiavo’s autopsy Thursday, saying he has […]
To hear Republican lawmakers tell it, the estate tax needs to be completely eliminated, immediately, to help protect the thousands of family farmers. It’s has nothing to do with lavishing more tax breaks on multi-millionaires, they say, only those hard-working planters and cultivators who help keep food on our tables. Like so much of the […]
To follow up on points raised by Digby and John, I think it’s abundantly clear right now that demanding Karl Rove’s immediate resignation is a no-brainer. Whether he’s a felon remains to be seen, but based solely on what we know about his tactics in the Plame scandal, Rove shouldn’t be able to step foot […]
In case you were away from your computer over the weekend, several pieces of the Plame puzzle have started to come together. The newly-formed picture isn’t a pleasant one for Karl Rove. It was 11:07 on a Friday morning, July 11, 2003, and Time magazine correspondent Matt Cooper was tapping out an e-mail to his […]