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: * One of the Dems’ key Senate pick-up opportunities continues to look encouraging. In the latest Rasmussen poll, former Rhode Island Attorney General [tag]Sheldon Whitehouse[/tag] (D) leads Sen. [tag]Lincoln Chafee[/tag] (R), 44% to […]
I had hoped to avoid discussing today’s announcement about the thwarted terrorist plot in any kind of political context, but after seeing one too many far-right voices connect the plot with Ned Lamont’s campaign, I’m afraid I can’t help myself. Will Bunch had the exact same reaction I did in response to today’s news. Makes […]
Given that this was supposed to be the day that changed history, the defining date of the era, it’s a little disconcerting that so many Americans have forgotten key details about the [tag]9/11[/tag] attacks — such as which [tag]year[/tag] it happened. Some 30 percent of Americans cannot say in what year the September 11, 2001 […]
There’s no shortage of Senate [tag]Democrats[/tag] who have [tag]endorse[/tag]d [tag]Ned Lamont[/tag]’s Senate campaign, some enthusiastically. But there’s one thing we haven’t heard from any elected Dem official since the primary: a specific call for [tag]Joe Lieberman[/tag] to step aside. [M]ost Democrats said they would not pressure Mr. Lieberman to step aside for now, saying he […]
This doesn’t appear to be one of those cry-wolf situations. The United States on Thursday raised its terror threat level after British police said they had arrested more than 20 suspects in a major terrorist plot to blow up passenger jets flying between the United Kingdom and the United States. The foiled plot was “intended […]
If you caught today’s press briefing from White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, you saw the president’s spokesperson in rare form. Unprompted, Snow offered the White House’s official response to the Connecticut Democratic Senate primary (the video is worth watching, just to see the self-righteous earnestness with which Snow delivered his comments). “Take a look […]
If we can take another quick break from Election Land, Slate’s Fred Kaplan had a terrific piece questioning whether the president actually understands his own foreign policy. Monday, the president and Condoleezza Rice held a brief press conference in Crawford about the crisis in the Middle East. Taking the president’s comments at face value, Kaplan […]
As I noted earlier, Rep. Joe Schwarz lost a GOP House primary in Michigan yesterday, punished in large part because of relative centrism in the Republican caucus. I think it’s worth noting, however, the role Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had in the race. McCain not only backed Schwarz, in July, he traveled to the Michigan […]
ABC News ran an item this morning highlighting a very odd offer of political support for Joe Lieberman. (via Hotline) According to a close Lieberman adviser, the President’s political guru, [tag]Karl Rove[/tag], has reached out to the [tag]Lieberman[/tag] camp with a message straight from the Oval Office: “The [tag]boss[/tag] wants to [tag]help[/tag]. [tag]Whatever we can […]
About a week ago, Hartford Courant columnist Kevin Rennie said that [tag]Joe Lieberman[/tag], in anticipation of losing his [tag]primary[/tag] fight against [tag]Ned Lamont[/tag], planned to “shake up his campaign [tag]staff[/tag]” before launching his independent Senate campaign. Spin from the Lieberman camp suggested the senator wants to replace his team with “pungent veterans who will take […]