In the unlikely event you haven’t heard… [tag]Rush Limbaugh[/tag] was detained for about 3 1/2 hours at Palm Beach International Airport after authorities said they found a bottle of [tag]Viagra[/tag] in his possession without a prescription. The 55-year-old radio commentator’s luggage was examined by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after his private plane landed at […]
In less than an hour, the Senate is scheduled to start debate on the weakest culture-war fight of them all: a [tag]constitutional amendment[/tag] to [tag]ban[/tag] [tag]flag[/tag] “[tag]desecration[/tag].” At this point, the measure has 66 supporters in the Senate. If it gets a 67th, the [tag]amendment[/tag] will go to the states where it almost certainly will […]
Many congressional [tag]Democrats[/tag] have backed a plan for Iraq that calls for significant troop withdrawals by the end of the year. Gen. George W. [tag]Casey[/tag], the top American commander in Iraq, has a plan that calls for the same thing. Today, [tag]White House[/tag] Press Secretary [tag]Tony Snow[/tag] was asked to explain why the Dems’ plan […]
There were some interesting rulings from the Supreme Court handed down this morning, but perhaps the most important development wasn’t a ruling, but an announcement about a case that the justices agreed to hear. The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether the Bush administration must regulate carbon dioxide to combat global warming, setting up […]
The LA Times’ [tag]Peter Wallsten[/tag] and [tag]Tom Hamburger[/tag], who have a new book coming out, mentioned the kind of anecdote yesterday that speaks volumes about how the [tag]Bush[/tag] gang approached public [tag]policy[/tag]. Or, in every possible instance, doesn’t. Perhaps more than any other administration, the White House of George W. Bush has mastered the art […]
I mentioned a few weeks ago that some of the less-sane members of the GOP base are openly considering a [tag]constitutional convention[/tag] because of the Senate’s failure to pass an [tag]amendment[/tag] banning [tag]gay marriage[/tag]. Unfortunately, talk of such a ridiculous idea seems to be increasing, not decreasing. Two weeks ago, the far-right Family Research Council […]
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: * Missouri’s back-and-forth Senate race has swung back in the Dems’ direction. According to the latest St. Louis Post-Dispatch/KMOV poll, state Auditor [tag]Claire McCaskill[/tag] (D) is ahead of incumbent Sen. [tag]Jim Talent[/tag] (R) […]
Last week, Sen. Rick [tag]Santorum[/tag] (R-Pa.) and Rep. Peter [tag]Hoekstra[/tag] (R-Mich.) caused quite a stir when they held a press conference to announce, “We have found [tag]weapons of mass destruction[/tag] in [tag]Iraq[/tag].” The were a few flaws in the claim. OK, more than a few. As Michael J.W. Stickings explained in a guest post last […]
In January, at the height of the [tag]Abramoff[/tag] [tag]scandal[/tag], House [tag]Republicans[/tag] stepped up to show they were serious about curtailing the influence of lobbyists on Capitol Hill. Sure, there were some pretty serious loopholes, and it was likely that the House GOP plan was worse than the status quo, but those pesky details aside, the […]
In a way, veteran CIA officer [tag]Tyler Drumheller[/tag]’s revelations about pre-[tag]war[/tag] [tag]intelligence[/tag] aren’t news anymore, but at the same time, they never really generated the attention they deserved when the first came to the public’s attention. In a very real way, [tag]Drumheller[/tag] should be a household name — it’s his perspective that utterly and completely […]