This morning, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) unveiled his resolution calling for a congressional censure of Bush over his warrantless-search program. Shortly thereafter, Scott McClellan told reporters what he thought of the idea. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Feingold’s move “has more to do with 2008 politics than anything else.” […] “I think it does […]
A week after South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds (R) signed legislation banning nearly all abortions in the state, reporters keep asking leading Republicans what they think about the development. At this point, the party that never hesitates to present itself as creating a “culture of life,” is remarkably shy. As Ken Mehlman, the chairman of […]
The WaPo ran a curious item today on a White House staff that, apparently, is feeling a little run down. Andrew H. Card Jr. wakes at 4:20 in the morning, shows up at the White House an hour or so later, convenes his senior staff at 7:30 and then proceeds to a blur of other […]
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: * Kate Michelman, former president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, publicly speculated about entering Pennsylvania’s Senate race as an independent, taking on Rick Santorum (R) and Bob Casey (D), in large part because of […]
With the third anniversary of the war in Iraq coming up, the Bush White House has decided to launch a new political offensive with a series of presidential speeches on the conflict. Raise your hand if this sounds kind of familiar. Staff members, many of whom have been with Mr. Bush since he first began […]
When we last checked in with DNC Chairman Howard Dean, party leaders were kvetching almost uncontrollably about Dean’s aggressive spending spree throughout 2005. At the end of the calendar year, the DNC was left with about $7 million in the bank — about a fifth of the RNC’s coffers — because Dean invested heavily developing […]
The drive to revise the Dems’ presidential nominating process is nearing completion and the big loser, at this point, appears to be New Hampshire. Iowa will still be the first caucus state, and New Hampshire will still have the first primary, but the twist is what will happen in between. The Democratic Party’s Rules and […]
The irony of Rep. Katherine Harris’ (R) Senate campaign in Florida is that she’s the Dems’ favorite candidate. There were a handful of GOP contenders for the race, but Harris, with all of her scandals, her inability to generate support from Republican Party leaders, and her controversial past as a state official, was the one […]
In a surprising Sunday-morning bombshell, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) announced on ABC yesterday that he will introduce a Senate resolution today calling for the censure of President Bush. Oddly enough, when I first heard about Feingold’s proposal, my first question was, “About which scandal?” (We’ve reached a point in which Bush could face censure for […]
The New York Daily News’ Thomas DeFrank, who does terrific work covering the White House, made a provocative point a couple of days ago, after the relative collapse of the Dubai Ports World deal, that seems to have become part of the conventional wisdom. Not since Watergate, when GOP congressional leaders told Richard Nixon they […]