I don’t mean to belabor the point about Bush lying to reporters on keeping Rumsfeld around — the president got caught in a whopper, but it’s a personnel question, where whoppers are largely expected — but there’s one last point to consider here: ongoing credibility problems. Bush had told the AP that he wanted Rumsfeld […]
The midterm elections were, let’s see, six days ago, and the results rocked the political landscape. We’re still trying to digest what happened, why, and what it all means. Everyone, on both sides of the aisle, is slowly beginning to make plans for the lame-duck session, and then figure out what happens come January. There […]
I suppose the first clue that Sen. Joe [tag]Lieberman[/tag] (I-Conn.) was going to cause some heartburn on Meet the Press yesterday was when, fairly early on, the senator smiled and compared himself to former Sen. [tag]Harry Byrd[/tag] (I-Va.), who left the Dems in the 1970s, became an independent, but caucused with the party anyway. It […]
I believe it’s important that Americans appreciate the democratic process, but this seems to have “soft bigotry of low expectations” written all over it. From yesterday’s presidential radio address: One freedom that defines our way of life is the freedom to choose our leaders at the ballot box. We saw that freedom earlier this week, […]
Now that Dems have reclaimed the majority in Congress, one of the many questions to consider is how the party will run the show. The outgoing Republican majority didn’t exactly offer a model of efficacy. It is no big scoop that the majority party in Congress has always found ways of giving the shaft to […]
The other day, I highlighted what I considered some of less-sane, more-unhinged reactions to the midterm elections from some of the right’s leading bloggers. In the interest of fair play, I think it’s only reasonable to be evenhanded and highlight another leading conservative blogger for his reasonable, even patriotic, take on the latest terrorist propoganda […]
Was it the youth vote that propelled Dems to their big midterm victory this year? I’m afraid the data is a little confusing. Kevin Drum has spent much of the week reporting on trends, or lack thereof, available in the exit polls. He describes the youth vote this year as “a fizzle.” In 2004 Dems […]
Because Karl Rove is, well, Karl Rove, many of us have been waiting to hear his no-doubt positive spin on the Republicans’ disastrous midterm elections. Other than being teased publicly by the president, Rove has kept a relatively low profile since Tuesday, but thankfully, he sat down for a chat with Time’s Mike Allen, during […]
The God machine was a little distracted by the major political events of the week, so this week’s stories have a decidedly political bent. First up, did the “God gap” between Dems and Republicans narrow this year? Well, maybe a little. The front page of the WaPo today notes, “Democrats Win Bigger Share of Religious […]
Guest Post by Morbo A few weeks ago, I wrote about Right Wing Happyfunland, that magical place where far-right wishes supplant reality. What is it like there these days, in the wake of Tuesday’s elections? I can assure you everything is just peachy-keen, as is always the case in Right Wing Happyfunland. In Right Wing […]