MSNBC is reporting that Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), only 59 years old, suffered a stroke today on Capitol Hill. There is no word, currently, on the Senator’s condition. A call from RAW STORY to Johnson’s office has not yet been returned. Obviously, our thoughts and best wishes are with Johnson and his family. In a […]
For goodness sakes, if Rep.-elect Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Congress’ first Muslim lawmaker, is causing widespread apoplexy among right-wing activists now, before he’s even sworn in, how are they going to be able to deal with him, you know, legislating? When we last left this story, right-wing talk-show host and writer Dennis Prager had just finished […]
In a Democratic Congress, this might even get some much-needed attention. A dozen years after Congress rejected a Clinton administration plan for universal health care, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden is readying a proposal to provide health care coverage to all Americans through a pool of private insurance plans. “Employer-based coverage is melting away like a […]
CNN’s [tag]Jeff Greenfield[/tag]’s lengthy segment on [tag]Barack Obama[/tag]’s casual wear, and its similarity to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s no-tie look, raised quite a few eyebrows over the last couple of days. The good news is Greenfield heard the criticism and chose to respond. The bad news is he missed the point of the criticism. Badly. […]
The Hill published an interesting interview with Tom DeLay today, which included an unexpected observation from the disgraced former House Majority Leader on recent U.S. policy towards Iraq. The Hill: Going back to Israel, what do you think of the Iraq Study Group’s recommendations on Syria and Iran? DeLay: I think it’s just crazy. It’s […]
Have you noticed that Dick Cheney’s been pretty quiet lately? He hasn’t been out in public much, reminding us how things in Iraq are going “remarkably well.” This is not to say, however, that the VP’s opinions are a mystery. Over the weekend, for example, we learned that Cheney supports something called the “80 percent […]
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: * The New York Sun reported on rumors today that Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) would be near the top of John McCain’s list of running mates, should he win the 2008 presidential […]
Silly me, I never thought the administration would take John McCain’s call for thousands of additional troops in Iraq seriously. And yet, here we are. As President Bush weighs new policy options for Iraq, strong support has coalesced in the Pentagon behind a military plan to “double down” in the country with a substantial buildup […]
For the last couple of weeks, all we’ve heard from the White House is about the “new way forward” in Iraq that the president will present to the nation before Christmas. Bush is going through the motions — meeting with all the right people, especially those who agree with him more than the Iraq Study […]
Following up on an item from yesterday, there have been several new national polls released, all of which show remaining support for the war in Iraq evaporating quickly. I’ve often wondered what the Bush gang thinks about results like these. Yesterday, we got a hint. At yesterday’s White House press briefing, there were plenty of […]