ABC News reported this morning: “[tag]Karl Rove[/tag] Loses Domestic Policy [tag]Duties[/tag].” The headline doesn’t use the word “[tag]demotion[/tag],” but that’s pretty much what happened. [A] senior administration official revealed another move in the ongoing shakeup of Bush’s staff, saying that longtime confidant and adviser Karl [tag]Rove[/tag] is giving up oversight of policy development to focus […]
It’s official. White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Wednesday he is resigning, continuing a shakeup in President Bush’s administration that has already yielded a new chief of staff and could lead to a change in the Cabinet. Appearing with Bush on the White House South Lawn just before the president boarded a helicopter at […]
The centerpiece of Bush’s No Child Left Behind program is testing at the state level, which the administration believes is critical in evaluating school performance. The Associated Press, however, did an interesting analysis this week and found that states — with the Bush administration’s permission — are evading NCLB penalties by not counting test scores […]
Anyone who’s seen the [tag]Fox News Channel[/tag] realizes that the conservative network already operates as a mouthpiece for the Bush administration. CNN reported yesterday, however, that the [tag]White House[/tag] has considered making the arrangement a little more official. Suzanne Malveaux, CNN White House Correspondent: On Monday, his first full day, [new WH Chief of Staff […]
It came as very little surprise yesterday when the [tag]New York Times[/tag] won a Pulitzer Prize for its reporting on Bush’s warrantless-search program. [tag]James Risen[/tag] and [tag]Eric Lichtblau[/tag] of the New York Times won the national reporting prize for their articles on the administration’s domestic [tag]surveillance[/tag] program, and the Times drew criticism from the left […]
[tag]Carl Bernstein[/tag], who has a little experience with White House scandals, has written a hard-hitting piece for Vanity Fair calling for bipartisan hearings investigating the [tag]Bush[/tag] presidency. Which controversy does Bernstein believe requires a congressional investigation? Well, he appears to prefer casting a relatively wide net. (thank to reader M.M. for the tip) [I]t is […]
Last month, [tag]Donald Rumsfeld[/tag] criticized much the national discussion about deteriorating conditions in Iraq, concluding in a WaPo op-ed, “Fortunately, history is not made up of daily headlines, blogs on Web sites or the latest sensational attack.” It wasn’t a new tack for the Defense Secretary, who seems to relish his role as “media critic.” […]
The far-right [tag]Washington Times[/tag] had an otherwise skip-able article today about the White House staff, but there was one key gem in the piece that warrants attention. Mr. Bolten joined Mr. Bush and other administration officials, including Treasury Secretary John W. Snow, yesterday at a business round table in Sterling. Mr. Bush used the occasion […]
On his first day on the job, Josh Bolten, the new White House chief of staff, signaled that fairly significant staff changes are on the way. Today, we saw the president introduce the latest not-so-fresh face. President Bush today selected U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman to be the new director of the Office of Management […]
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: * A new Siena College poll in New York shows state Attorney General [tag]Eliot Spitzer[/tag] crushing his Dem primary opponent, [tag]Tom Suozzi[/tag], 72% to 11% among likely Democratic voters. That is very much […]