About 10 days ago, [tag]Ann Coulter[/tag] generated national attention by lashing out at [tag]9/11[/tag] [tag]widows[/tag]. The ensuing controversy lasted about a week and, aside from some support from the sanity–impaired wing of the GOP, the political world had largely moved on. So, naturally, [tag]Coulter[/tag] had to kick things back up again. In an email interview […]
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: * Texas’ bizarre, four-way gubernatorial race is still wide open, with the incumbent in the lead but below the 40% threshold, and three candidates bunched together in second. According to the latest Rasmussen […]
Salon’s Tim Grieve noticed that [tag]Dick Cheney[/tag] appeared on [tag]Sean Hannity[/tag]’s radio show yesterday and received the kind of harsh grilling that only a [tag]Fox News[/tag] personality can provide. Hannity: Well, I got to admit, these are good times for the administration. You got — Zarqawi is dead, revenues are up significantly, the deficit has […]
I’ll have more on the [tag]Kabuki Dance[/tag] on the House floor yesterday a little later, but in the meantime, I can’t help but wonder which of the following Republican statements was the most offensive. They’re all pretty over the top, so I’m having trouble deciding. Choice A: “America’s response started high above a corn field […]
Reporters aren’t usually funny at the White House press briefings, but yesterday, one journalist — unfortunately, it’s unclear which one — delivered a great line during an important exchange with Tony Snow. Q: Isn’t it a bit of a simplification to say that terrorists’ car bombs are obscuring the real picture? … You don’t think […]
The very first lawmaker to appear on The [tag]Colbert Report[/tag]’s “[tag]Better Know A District[/tag]” segment was Georgia Republican Jack Kingston. In the subsequent months, not a single Republican wanted to play along, prompting Kingston to send a note to his colleagues, encouraging them to be interviewed (and at least mildly humiliated). If last night was […]
Remember the congressional Democrats’ slogan for the year? “[tag]Together, America Can Do Better[/tag]”? Well, forget it; as Roll Call reported last night, Dems dropped the slogan after everyone complained. When Congressional [tag]Democrats[/tag] outline their domestic priorities [today], they also will be floating what will be their second attempt at a winning [tag]slogan[/tag] this election cycle: […]
When it comes to tolerating [tag]unethical[/tag], and probably [tag]illegal[/tag], conduct, congressional [tag]Republicans[/tag] will talk the talk, but Dems walk the walk. House Democrats voted on Thursday night to strip a Louisiana congressman [William J. [tag]Jefferson[/tag]] of a key committee position as they tried to avoid any taint of scandal in a year when they want […]
We reached another unfortunate milestone today in Iraq, as the Pentagon announced that the number of U.S. military deaths has reached 2500. White House Press Secretary Tony Snow was asked if the president had “any response or reaction.” Snow responded: “It’s a number, and every time there’s one of these 500 benchmarks people want something.” […]
Foreign Policy, an influential journal published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, did something interesting recently. The journal asked 100 leading American foreign-policy analysts, from both sides of the aisle, for their perspectives on the war on terrorism. The participants were some serious heavy-hitters, including a former secretary of state, former heads of the […]