Yesterday afternoon, a TPM reader asked what may soon be the most common question of the campaign season: “If the GOP can’t even keep a bunch of 15 year olds safe, how can they keep America safe?” As a substantive matter, there’s a qualitative difference between counter-terrorism and covering up a congressman/sexual predator’s “problem,” but […]
Digby offers a key reminder to all of us: “In the midst of all the excitement over the GOP congress’s under-age cyberstalking, I hope that we don’t lose sight of the other white meat — Woodward’s astonishing revelations in his new book ‘State of Denial.’” It’s an important point. At least as far as public […]
Given the circumstances of the [tag]Mark Foley[/tag] scandal, I naively assumed Republicans would want literally nothing to do with him for the rest of their lives. But then this tidbit from the New York Times caught my eye. Mr. Foley, who served on the House Ways and Means Committee, was a prolific fund-raiser. His campaign […]
The revelations about the Mark Foley sex scandal, and the possible cover-up by congressional Republicans, have been coming at a near-constant clip over the last three days. Today’s Republican Party has, in general, become rather accustomed to dealing with serious and embarrassing scandals, and their vaunted political/communications machine is supposed to kick in rather quickly […]
Let’s take a moment to consider what Americans learned about their government over the last six days. On Sunday, we learned that the National Intelligence Estimate, the most complete intelligence report completed by all available agencies, argues, in the words of one American intelligence official, “[T]he Iraq war has made the overall terrorism problem worse.” […]