It’s hard to overstate how interesting this might be. Valerie [tag]Plame [/tag]Wilson, Ambassador Joseph [tag]Wilson[/tag] and their counsel, Christopher Wolf of Proskauer Rose LLP, will hold a news conference at 10 AM EDT on Friday, July 14 at 10:00 AM at the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045, to […]
I’ve seen some fairly amusing explanations for Congress’ inability to govern, and I’ve heard some people rationalize why so many lawmakers seem so dumb, but leave it to [tag]Peggy Noonan[/tag] to offer a unified theory of politicians’ problems: they just can’t keep up. I am thinking about the huge and crushing number of issues we […]
If we were to make a list of the top five nuttiest House Republicans, [tag]Steve King[/tag] would have to be near the top. It was prop time on the House floor Tuesday night when Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), making the case for building a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border, showed a miniature version of a […]
I’m a little late on this one, but if you haven’t read Ezra’s piece in Slate on the “medical malpractice myth,” it’s definitely worth checking out. The Republican answer to runaway health-care spending is to cap jury awards in medical malpractice suits. For the fifth time in four years, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist tried […]
I was talking to someone last week about the Hamdan case at the Supreme Court and my friend mentioned a “fraudulent argument” Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) presented to the court. I hadn’t heard about it, so I assumed the Republicans had made a misleading, Bush-friendly case. As it turns out, when […]
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: * The circus better known as Connecticut’s U.S. Senate race took another bizarre twist yesterday when likely Republican nominee [tag]Alan Schlesinger[/tag] came under pressure from his party to quit the race. Schlesinger is […]
For months, it has been fairly obvious that Sen. Joseph [tag]Lieberman[/tag] doesn’t fully appreciate the factors that have led to the disconnect between him and his party. But for him to even consider the idea that his Democratic critics are [tag]anti-Semitic[/tag] suggests the senator’s campaign is losing touch with reality. The New York Observer reported […]
I have to admit, I’m frequently surprised at what drives the right to apoplexy. Last week, it was a NYT piece about the Maryland town where Cheney and Rumsfeld bought weekend homes. This week, it’s a [tag]DCCC[/tag] web [tag]video[/tag] that laments the crises that [tag]Republicans[/tag] have mismanaged in recent years, and includes an image of […]
I keep an eye on all of the major statewide races, but I have a special fondness for Florida’s Senate race and Georgia’s race for Lt. Gov. because they feature two of my least favorite political figures in the country: [tag]Katherine Harris[/tag] and [tag]Ralph Reed[/tag]. Fortunately, as events this week show, the two are going […]
About a month ago, after the Dems unveiled their domestic [tag]policy[/tag] [tag]agenda[/tag] for 2007, I suggested that Republicans do the same. After all, voters should know about the parties’ legislative priorities for the future before they vote in November, and right now, the [tag]GOP[/tag] appears reluctant to put forward any specific ideas on anything. Even […]