To update a post from last month, you may recall that Bush recently signed a spending bill into law despite the fact that it never actually passed the House. Pesky details. It’s supposed to be a pretty straightforward system. The House and Senate pass the same bill, the president signs it, it’s a law. In […]
The good news is a Republican senator is offering some tough talk when it comes to the president’s [tag]warrant[/tag]less-search program. The bad news is it’s [tag]Arlen Specter[/tag]. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday he might seek to block funding of a domestic [tag]eavesdropping[/tag] program in an effort to force the Bush administration […]
I’ve noticed that a lot of conservative blogs are rallying behind United 93. With this in mind, I can only imagine how they’ll react to this. [tag]Ayn Rand[/tag]’s most ambitious novel may finally be brought to the bigscreen after years of false starts. Lionsgate has picked up worldwide distribution rights to “[tag]Atlas Shrugged[/tag]” from Howard […]
A few weeks back, I mentioned a campaign ad so bizarre, it was hard to believe it was true. The candidate is North Carolina’s [tag]Vernon Robinson[/tag], and if you weren’t paying close attention, you’d swear the guy was a parody of a loony right-wing candidate. Except he’s all-too real. Last month, it was Robinson’s desire […]
When Bush needed someone to head the Small Business Administration, he turned to [tag]Hector Barreto[/tag], a former Republican fundraiser who had no experience or relevant qualifications. The New Republic, with good reason, named him one of the administration’s top “hacks.” As is usually the case with Bush’s partisan cronies, the SBA was mismanaged and slammed […]
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: * Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio), best known for calling decorated veteran John Murtha a “coward,” was reprimanded by the Ohio Elections Commission yesterday for “false statements” — claiming she had a second undergraduate […]
Ordinarily, [tag]White House[/tag] press [tag]gaggle[/tag]s are relatively quick and painless. Yesterday’s wasn’t. Scott [tag]McClellan[/tag] and the Washington Post’s Jim [tag]VandeHei[/tag] had quite an illuminating discussion en route New Orleans, not about Katrina, gas prices, Plame, or Iraq, but about the [tag]television[/tag]s on board Air Force One. Seriously. “It’s come to my attention that there’s been […]
A three-hour server problem? Who would have guessed? Everything appears to be back on track. Sorry for the inconvenience. And now, back to the news….
Is it too early to start calling this one “[tag]hookergate[/tag]”? Just asking. Following up on yesterday’s revelations about corrupt defense contractors bribing former Rep. Duke Cunningham with prostitutes and use of a nearby “hospitality suite,” the question now turns to who else might have taken advantage of the same “services.” Ken Silverstein at Harper’s new […]
Remember all of those months that went by in which we heard practically nothing about [tag]Karl Rove[/tag], [tag]Patrick Fitzgerald[/tag], and the [tag]Plame[/tag] scandal? Well, they appear to be over. MSNBC reported last night that Rove “described his three and a half hour meeting with a grand jury as grueling, and is more worried about being […]