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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: * Iraq-war veteran Tim Dunn (D) was poised to be a top congressional candidate this year, but he dropped out of his North Carolina race this week, due in large part to a […]
The White House and its allies have decided that they need to push back against the media is on Iraq. Over the weekend, Dick Cheney said, “There is a constant sort of perception, if you will, that’s created because what’s newsworthy is the car bomb in Baghdad.” Donald Rumsfeld added, “Fortunately, history is not made […]
The University of Minnesota published an interesting study this week on the last minority that Americans really don’t like. American’s increasing acceptance of religious diversity doesn’t extend to those who don’t believe in a god, according to a national survey by researchers in the University of Minnesota’s department of sociology. From a telephone sampling of […]
Reader RM noted that when it comes to fundraising for this year’s Senate campaigns, Dems are not only doing well, they’re far ahead of their GOP rivals. The Republican committee that handles Senate campaigns picked up the pace in fundraising in February but still trails its rival Democratic committee by almost a 2-to-1 margin. The […]
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) raised a few eyebrows a few days ago when he labeled George W. Bush “the worst president this country has ever had.” Would the mini-flap over the comment prompt Reid to back down? Not so much. The next day, Reid was still not holding back. Reid also responded to […]
The controversy surrounding the Washington Post hiring Republican Ben Domenech to be a resident blogger is fueled, in large part, by the fact that the WaPo is yielding to conservative complaints and trying to create an unnecessary “balance” between a far-right activist and a liberal that doesn’t exist. A secondary element of the uproar, however, […]
On Monday, Bush spoke in Cleveland and tried something a little different — he opened the floor to questions from an audience that hadn’t been pre-screened or prepped to stay on message. The results were encouraging, at least in terms of faith in the electorate. As Dan Froomkin noted, Bush “faced a handful of really […]
For a straight-talking champion of reform, John McCain hasn’t had much trouble shifting gears and becoming a more typical Republican presidential candidate lately. For example, reform advocates don’t usually hire aides linked to Tom DeLay’s shady deals. But that doesn’t stop McCain. McCain’s Straight Talk America PAC signed Terry Nelson, political director for the Bush-Cheney […]
At first, this seemed like something that couldn’t possibly be true. Maybe the reporter got confused. Maybe it was a big misunderstanding. Alas, it’s true. The IRS is quietly moving to loosen the once-inviolable privacy of federal income-tax returns. If it succeeds, accountants and other tax-return preparers will be able to sell information from individual […]