Last week, [tag]Joe Lieberman[/tag] formally announced that he would run as an independent if he lost to Ned Lamont in Connecticut’s Democratic primary next month. Yesterday, Lieberman officially got the ball rolling. Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman filed paperwork Monday that will allow him to collect signatures to petition his way onto the November ballot […]
[tag]Bush[/tag] is going to host a [tag]White House[/tag] event today to announce some [tag]budget[/tag] numbers that, on the surface, appear encouraging. Thanks to unexpected tax receipts, the federal budget [tag]deficit[/tag], which broke a record recently when it topped $400 billion, will be considerably smaller this year, shrinking to about $300 billion. So, what’s the problem? […]
Since Bush took office in 2001, North Korea has grown progressively more dangerous. Kim Jung Il has removed weapons inspectors from the country, developed more nuclear weapons, and ignored international demands and test fired missiles on the 4th of July. As noted on Meet the Press yesterday, the Institute for Science and International Security estimated […]
Garance Franke-Ruta had an item today on an issue that’s just waiting for more attention. Funny how we’ve only had one elevation of the national threat level since President Bush was re-elected, and how the last such alert based on “new and unusually specific information about where al-Qaeda would like to attack” was lowered on […]
As part of my never-ending drive to understand why, exactly, the [tag]right[/tag] is apoplectic about [tag]immigration[/tag], reader NeilS alerted me to an item from National Review’s John [tag]Derbyshire[/tag] that sheds some light on the subject. Derbyshire points to a series of “possible downsides to mass immigration” that might resonate with the public. One stood out: […]
[tag]Karl Rove[/tag] sat down for an interview at the [tag]Aspen Ideas Fest[/tag] with moderator Walter [tag]Isaacson[/tag], president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, who had the good sense to ask some important questions. The exchange about the Plame scandal was particularly noteworthy (via TP). As for the [tag]Plame[/tag] affair, Rove stumbled and then refused to […]
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: * In an encouraging sign of party unity, [tag]Paul Hackett[/tag] (D) will extend his formal endorsement to [tag]Sherrod Brown[/tag]’s (D) Senate campaign in Ohio today at a “unity rally” in Cincinnati. * In […]
You’ve got to be kidding me. To the list of those penning books about the prez add the most authoritative source of all: [tag]President[/tag] [tag]Bush[/tag]. Insiders say that he’s been working on the project for a year. “He’s doing a [tag]memoir[/tag],” one insider says. “He’s keenly interested in it.” As U.S. News explained, our alleged […]
The WaPo ran a solid front-page feature today on the legal arm of the Taliban-wing of the Republican Party: the Alliance Defense Fund. It’s worth reading, in large part because the ADF a) isn’t as widely known as it should be; and b) is pretty scary. These courtroom fights and dozens of others pending across […]
When it comes to the 22nd congressional district, [tag]Texas[/tag] [tag]Republicans[/tag] are in a bit of a jam. [tag]Tom DeLay[/tag]’s attempted stunt to get himself taken off the ballot was rejected by a federal judge last week, and now, after the appeals finish, the GOP is looking at a three-month campaign with a scandal-plagued candidate who […]