Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings According to Henry Kissinger, in an interview today with the BBC as reported by the AP, victory in Iraq is impossible: If you mean by “military victory” an Iraqi government that can be established and whose writ runs across the whole country, that gets the civil war under control […]
Guest Post by Anonymous Liberal Despite the fact that it’s still 2006, there seems to be a new 2008 presidential poll released every few days. The latest, a Pew poll, reports the following results: Republicans Rudy Giuliani……….27% John McCain……….26% Condoleeza Rice…..21% Mitt Romney………..7% Newt Gingrinch…….6% Democrats Hillary Clinton……..39% Barack Obama…….23% John Edwards……..10% Al Gore…………….10% John […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings He’s been wishy-washy on abortion in the past, back in his media-friendly “maverick” days, but now that he’s running for president he’s turning into the social conservative he needs to be to have any hope of making it through the GOP primaries. Yes, Sen. John McCain told ABC’s George […]
Guest Post by Anonymous Liberal Yesterday I wrote about Vice President Cheney’s deeply dishonest speech to the Federalist Society in which he claimed, among other things, that the administration’s warrantless surveillance program rested “on firm legal ground.” When I first read the speech, I assumed it was just another case of Cheney being Cheney. The […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings I hope Steve doesn’t mind, but I thought I’d get a discussion going today. Basically, the question is this: What to do about Iraq? I know, that’s the big question that we’ve all been thinking about, but if you’re like me you’re still wrestling with the specifics. Should the […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings The Post is telling us that “[d]ramatic changes in congressional oversight of environmental issues may pump new life into efforts to fight global warming”. The good news isn’t just that Barbara Boxer (D-CA) will be taking over the chairmanship of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee but that […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings No surprise here: Two years ago, Latino voters gravitated in larger-than-ever numbers toward President Bush, the former governor of Texas, a Mexican border state, and his brother Jeb, the loquacious Florida governor who speaks fluent Spanish… How times have changed. Pollsters generally agree that the same voters abandoned the […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings Congress under the Democrats will likely (and hopefully) be an investigative body as much as a legislative one. The legislative agenda is impressive — a minimum wage increase, stem-cell research funding, lobbying reform, etc. — but we’ve been waiting a long time for the truth about the abuses of […]
Guest Post by Anonymous Liberal At an event sponsored by the Federalist Society on Thursday, Vice President Cheney said the following to a room full of lawyers and law students: We’re confident because the Terrorist Surveillance Program rests on firm legal ground. The Joint Authorization to Use Military Force, passed by Congress after 9/11, provides […]
Guest Post by Morbo While Democrats find themselves wondering if the country is ready for the first female or black president, Republicans face a different dilemma: Is America ready for its first Mormon president? Mitt Romney, the governor of Massachusetts, has definitely thrown his hat in the ring. As a one-term governor of a state […]