Less than a month ago, the IRS issued an alert to tax-exempt institutions nationwide, explaining (again) that churches and other tax-exempt organizations cannot legally intervene in partisan campaign matters. The tax agency also announced plans to vigorously enforce the law during this election year. There’s a group of ministries in Pennsylvania, however, that may have […]
Last week, RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman tried to capitalize on the Feingold censure resolution with a rather scurrilous alert to party members, arguing that when it comes to Democrats, “Weakening our national security is their agenda.” Today, Mehlman’s RNC launched a 60-second radio ad in Madison and Milwaukee. If there’s even one honest sentence in […]
I’m very pleased to announce that The Carpetbagger Report is one of the 10 finalists for a Koufax Award in the “Best Blog (non-pro)” category. Readers have been very supportive through the process thus far, and I need you to vote just once more now that the process is nearly complete. I’m a finalist in […]
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: * Voters head to the polls today in Illinois to vote in a number of interesting primaries on both sides of the aisle. Among the races to watch are Illinois’ 6th, where Tammy […]
Two months ago, the president explained the legal advice he received about his warrantless search program. “[T]he FISA law was written in 1978. We’re having this discussion in 2006. It’s a different world. And FISA is still an important tool. It’s an important tool. And we still use that tool. But also — and we […]
I noticed that public high schools in Georgia will be offering an interesting new elective next year: objective study of the Bible. A bill that allows public high schools to offer classes on the Bible sped through the Georgia House Monday, passing overwhelmingly with no debate. The legislation, which passed 151-7, would allow high schools […]
I’m a little behind on this one, but Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.) appears to be well on track to be Congress’ next Duke Cunningham. Josh Marshall has been on covering this for the past several days, and with good cause; it’s quite a story. A week before former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham was sentenced to […]
In January, Bush spoke at Kansas State University and was asked by a student about cuts to federal student loans. The president answered the question incorrectly, and said there hadn’t been any cuts, but he assured the student, “I think I’m right on this. I’ll check when I get back to Washington.” Bush apparently didn’t […]
The truly-absurd Whitewater investigation finally came to an official end yesterday. The seven-year, $70 million Whitewater investigation that toppled an Arkansas governor and dogged Bill Clinton for most of his presidency officially drew to a close Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the last remaining appeal. Former Gov. Jim Guy Tucker had […]
The president’s speech yesterday at the City Club of Cleveland was only mildly newsworthy. Most of the speech focused on military successes at Tall Afar, which in reality, aren’t nearly as encouraging as the president let on. But the important part of yesterday’s remarks came after the speech, when the president invited questions from an […]