Iraq is unraveling… A barrage of car bombs, mortar attacks and missiles battered the Shiite Muslim slum of Sadr City on Thursday afternoon, killing around 200 people and injuring as many more in the single deadliest assault on Iraqi civilians since the start of the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003. The highly orchestrated attacks on […]
Given that control of Congress does not hang in the balance, and certain assumptions that elections in Florida are supposed to be embarrassing failures, not nearly enough attention is being given to the recently-decided House race in Florida’s 13th congressional district. Whether you believe some of the general discussion about Republicans trying to “steal” elections […]
The fact that Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) is not well isn’t groundbreaking news. Neither, for that matter, is the fact that Tancredo is aggressively opposed to the president’s immigration policy. I didn’t know, however, just how far over the edge Tancredo was willing to go. President Bush believes America should be more of an idea […]
I can understand Republicans in DC being upset with the timing of Bush’s dismissal of Donald Rumsfeld. By waiting until the day after the election, the president seemed to have the political calculations backwards. That said, Bob Novak wrote a scathing column yesterday on how Bush handled the Rumsfeld problem, but from an entirely different […]
Like most blogs, The Carpetbagger Report will be honoring Thanksgiving today, and posting will be somewhere between minimal and nonexistent. (I’ll be around, and might add an item if something earth shattering happens, otherwise, not so much.) Tomorrow should be pretty slow, but I might have a few posts. As for the weekend, Morbo will […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Stunning Reuters story: “Iraqi deaths hit a new high in October and 100,000 people are fleeing abroad every month to escape worsening violence that is segregating the country on sectarian lines, a U.N. report said on Wednesday. Painting a grim picture of a population caught in the cross-fire between […]
John McCain is on record, just in the last few weeks, as saying gay marriage should be both allowed and prohibited. It’s early for the 2008 fists to start flying, but if you want a hint of what’s to come, Mitt Romney is showing the way. …In an interview with Bill Sammon in today’s Washington […]
House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has taken quite a bit of heat lately, some of it justified, most of it not. But assuming the media can tear itself away from reporting on the future Speaker’s wardrobe, it’s worth noting that Pelosi has the House well prepared to hit the ground running in January (via Kevin […]
The Senate Employment Bulletin is routinely used by Senate offices to announce job openings, but most of the time, staffers are vague about which senator it is. You’ll frequently see descriptions such as “Midwestern Republicans seeks…” or “Southern centrist Democrat is looking for…” Here’s an actual listing from this week’s Bulletin. See if you can […]
I’ve long been amazed at the consistency which Republicans will refer to the “Democrat Party.” It’s not a new phenomenon — in fact, it dates back about six decades — but it seems that the GOP has used it the last few years with increased frequency. And glee. Part of this is strategic; Republicans don’t […]