You’ve got to be kidding me. To the list of those penning books about the prez add the most authoritative source of all: [tag]President[/tag] [tag]Bush[/tag]. Insiders say that he’s been working on the project for a year. “He’s doing a [tag]memoir[/tag],” one insider says. “He’s keenly interested in it.” As U.S. News explained, our alleged […]
The WaPo ran a solid front-page feature today on the legal arm of the Taliban-wing of the Republican Party: the Alliance Defense Fund. It’s worth reading, in large part because the ADF a) isn’t as widely known as it should be; and b) is pretty scary. These courtroom fights and dozens of others pending across […]
When it comes to the 22nd congressional district, [tag]Texas[/tag] [tag]Republicans[/tag] are in a bit of a jam. [tag]Tom DeLay[/tag]’s attempted stunt to get himself taken off the ballot was rejected by a federal judge last week, and now, after the appeals finish, the GOP is looking at a three-month campaign with a scandal-plagued candidate who […]
For every step [tag]Rudy Giuliani[/tag] takes towards a [tag]2008[/tag] presidential [tag]campaign[/tag], there’s been a nagging concern that he couldn’t possibly go through with it. Sure, he’s leading in several early [tag]polls[/tag] thanks to high name recognition and a 9/11 halo, but Giuliani is to the left of his party on, well, almost everything. And yet, […]
Yesterday, the NYT reported that [tag]House Intelligence Committee[/tag] Chairman [tag]Peter Hoekstra[/tag] (R-Mich.), who hasn’t exactly been assertive — or even awake — when it comes to congressional oversight of the Bush White House, is suddenly a little concerned about the Bush gang keeping lawmakers in the dark. In a sharply worded letter to [tag]President[/tag] [tag]Bush[/tag] […]
Here’s the scenario: a long-serving Senate incumbent is facing a primary challenge from a rival more in tune with the party’s base. The incumbent is frequently willing to break party ranks, even on key political issues, but during the primary, the party establishment rallies behind the incumbent, much to the dismay of the party’s base, […]
Yesterday, Bush held a rare solo press conference in Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. A few hours later, at a fundraiser for Illinois gubernatorial candidate Judy Baar Topinka, the president mentioned how much he liked the museum. “By the way, if you go to the Science Museum, take your kids, it is a special […]
Way back on Jan. 4, Scott McClellan promised reporters a “thorough report” on Jack Abramoff’s [tag]White House[/tag] contacts “very soon.” That, of course, never happened, but we’ve slowly begun to learn about the access the disgraced lobbyist had to the White House anyway. In May, the [tag]Secret Service[/tag] released logs showing just two [tag]Abramoff[/tag] visits […]
What’s with the fascination among Republican leaders about electricity in Baghdad? Yesterday, during his Chicago press conference, Bush said: “We occasionally are able to pop in with great success, like Zarqawi or 12 million people voting. But increasing electricity in Baghdad is not the kind of thing that tends to get on the news.” It’s […]
It was an usually busy Week in God, so let’s get started. First up from the God machine is an update on a story we’ve covered a couple of times. Army Sgt. Patrick D. Stewart was killed in Afghanistan on Sept. 25, 2005, when his CH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down by enemy fire. A […]