A recent CNN poll showed that the number of Americans who approve of U.S. military action in [tag]Afghanistan[/tag] has dropped to a new low (56%), and only about a quarter of the country (28%) believe the United States is winning the [tag]war[/tag] in Afghanistan. But what about the president’s audacious claim that the [tag]Taliban[/tag] “is […]
Donald Rumsfeld’s suddenly-infamous remarks last week to the American Legion’s national convention has been scrutinized and analyzed from just about every angle, but the Defense Secretary’s remarks haven’t been truly put to the test until [tag]Frank Rich[/tag] is done with him. Last week the man who gave us “stuff happens” and “you go to war […]
While the capture of yet another #2 man for al Qaeda is encouraging, this seems like an even bigger story right now. For reasons I can’t quite figure out, the U.S. media isn’t giving the story much attention. The most influential moderate Shia leader in [tag]Iraq[/tag] has abandoned attempts to restrain his followers, admitting that […]
In case you missed it, yesterday’s debate on [tag]Meet the Press[/tag] between Sen. Rick [tag]Santorum[/tag] (R) and Bob [tag]Casey[/tag] (D) wasn’t all that bad. Too often, candidate debates are overly-rigid affairs, with stilted rules, specific time limits, turgid opening and closing statements, and formal questions that don’t allow for any real discussion. [tag]Russert[/tag]’s not great […]
The New York Times’ John Tierney’s most recent column touched on an issue that’s gaining more and more traction of late. Republicans in Washington did not abandon their principles lightly. When they embraced “compassionate conservatism,” when they started spending like Democrats, most of them didn’t claim to suddenly love big government. No, they were just […]
On the one hand, by exposing the problems, flaws, and conservative agenda behind ABC’s 9/11 docudrama “[tag]The Path to 9/11[/tag],” the left runs the risk of driving up interest in the broadcast, which means more people may be inclined to watch the misleading “film,” just to see what all the fuss is about. On the […]
The AP, Washington Post, ABC, and others ran the exact same headline: “Rumsfeld Reaches Out to Democrats.” The lede makes it sound like Rumsfeld took a conciliatory, almost gracious, step in the Dems’ direction. He didn’t. Defense Secretary Donald H. [tag]Rumsfeld [/tag]reached out to [tag]Democrats[/tag] yesterday, opening the door for them to retract their stinging […]
This may be of limited interest outside Washington state, but I thought it was a good example of how not to execute an otherwise-clever campaign strategy. A couple of weeks ago, Republican Senate hopeful Mike McGavick (R), trailing but running a competitive campaign against Sen. Maria Cantwell (D), decided to open up his past and […]
Guest Post by Morbo A recent full-page ad in The New York Times caught my eye. “The World Can’t Wait!” it blared. “Drive Out the Bush Regime!” Oct. 5, I learned, will be a day of “mass resistance.” We’re not supposed to go to work, go to school or do any shopping. Somehow, this will […]
Guest Post by Morbo If you ever look at magazines like “The Ladies Home Journal,” you’ve probably had the misfortune of seeing the incredibly bad art offered therein by Thomas Kinkade. Kinkade calls himself the “painter of light.” His scenes usually feature something like a little cottage nestled in the woods surrounded by beams of […]