I imagine that having a lot of people — senators, state officials, grassroots activists — urge you to run for president starts to have an effect on your perspective. On the Democratic side of the aisle, there are plenty of credible people who feel they are up to the job but have to work to […]
The AP’s Liz Sidoti had an interesting item today about how many working-class Americans hear the Republicans’ talk about a vibrant economy, but for them and their families, the rhetoric rings hollow. It’s a pretty straightforward idea, which we’ve all seen repeatedly of late, about people who are constantly struggling to get by. But there […]
A week ago, the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks clearly dominated the public’s attention. Today, however, is another important five-year anniversary related to the war on terror, which probably won’t generate much in the way of news items, but shouldn’t go overlooked. As Shayana Kadidal and Ari Melber explained in a terrific Baltimore Sun […]
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: * Minnesota’s closely-watched Senate race appears to be increasingly out of reach for Republicans. A new Minnesota Poll shows [tag]Amy Klobuchar[/tag] (D) leading Rep. [tag]Mark Kennedy[/tag] (R), 56% to 32%. Independence Party candidate […]
Shortly before the 2004 presidential election, the Rev. George F. Regas, the former rector of [tag]All Saints[/tag] [tag]Episcopal[/tag] Church in Pasadena, told his congregation about his perspective on the president and the war in Iraq. Regas imagined Jesus participating in a political debate with [tag]Bush[/tag] and [tag]Kerry[/tag] and said that “good people of profound faith” […]
[tag]John Danforth[/tag], a former three-term U.S. senator, Bush’s former ambassador to the United Nations, and an Episcopal minister, has been rocking the GOP’s boat to a surprising degree the last couple of years. In March 2005, Danforth wrote a blistering New York Times op-ed, criticizing what he saw as the transformation of the [tag]GOP[/tag] “into […]
Anyone who has followed the administration’s assault on the rule of law is familiar with the work of John Yoo, the former Justice Department lawyer and current Berkley law professor. Yesterday, Yoo did all of us a small favor: he put his entire twisted approach to the law in a single New York Times op-ed, […]
We’ve known for several years that the Bush administration’s criminal negligence in creating and overseeing the Coalition Provisional Authority, which ran Iraq from April 2003 to June 2004, is as painful a story as any told about Bush’s presidency. And yet, new head-shaking details keep emerging that makes one wonder how, exactly, these guys could […]
Maybe I’m old fashioned, but I always thought the best way for a party to approach an election season is to win as many seats as humanly possible. If you’re in the minority, you’re aiming for the majority. If you’re in the majority, you’re aiming for a bigger majority. To want anything less is not […]
Charles Pierce beat me to a point that I’ve been meaning to mention for days. It’s worth mentioning anyway. The Family Research Council, DC’s most powerful religious right lobbying group, is hosting a major conference this Friday called the “2006 Values Voter Summit.” For a mere $95, attendees can hear three days worth of far-right, […]