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: * Tom DeLay may have won his Texas GOP primary two weeks ago, but his Republican rivals are in no mood to come together for the sake of the party. At this point, […]
The president was in upstate New York this week for a scripted “conversation” on the administration’s prescription drug program. Early on, Bush made one of his favorite jokes. Bush: I called upon a fellow named Dr. Mark McClellan to join me in this effort. He’s here. That’s him right there. He is a — (applause.) […]
When Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.) announced before the 2004 election that he would not vote for Bush-Cheney, we got a sense that Rhode Island’s junior senator isn’t the president’s biggest fan. But would Chafee, up for re-election in a very “blue” state, actually support Russ Feingold’s censure resolution? It’s at least possible. Early yesterday, Chafee […]
Things looked bad for Senate candidate Katherine Harris (R-Fla.), but they looked even more distressing for Democrats. Harris suffered weak poll numbers, poor fundraising, and a staff that kept quitting. Then, to complicate matters, she was caught accepting illegal campaign contributions from a corrupt defense contractor. Dems wanted Harris weakened before she took on Sen. […]
The other major national poll released yesterday afternoon came by way of the Pew Research Center. The NBC/WSJ numbers were bad, but the Pew numbers are worse. In the aftermath of the Dubai ports deal, President Bush’s approval rating has hit a new low and his image for honesty and effectiveness has been damaged. How […]
There were two major national polls released yesterday, both with filled with interesting data on the political landscape. I’m going to take these one at a time, starting with the latest from NBC News/Wall Street Journal. The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll might sound like a broken record, but the tune grows louder as […]
The past few days, in the wake of Sen. Russ Feingold introducing his censure resolution, we’ve all seen (and probably felt) some frustration. Here’s a Dem sticking his neck out to take on the president, on an issue in which the White House is quite clearly wrong, and the party is no where in sight. […]
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) is almost always a good little soldier for the White House, but yesterday, he admitted he’d like to see some changes at the White House. “I have some concerns about the team that’s around the president,” said Coleman, a Minnesota Republican with close ties to Bush. “I think you need to […]
RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman sent around an email last night to his list, highlighting his take on Sen. Feingold’s censure resolution. Take a moment to read it, if for no other reason to understand what Dems are up against it. (Keep a bottle of Maalox handy…) This week, liberal Democrat Russ Feingold called on the […]
National Review editor Ramesh Ponnuru is about to publish the right-wing’s new favorite book. It’s called — I’m not kidding — “The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life.” The pitch seems straightforward enough. According to the publisher, Ponnuru’s latest will be “the first book to expose […]