[tag]ABC News[/tag]’ [tag]Brian Ross[/tag] has what may be a blockbuster scoop. There are, however, some lingering questions. The [tag]Speaker of the House[/tag] of Representatives, [tag]Dennis Hastert[/tag], is [tag]under investigation[/tag] by the [tag]FBI[/tag], which is seeking to determine his role in an ongoing public [tag]corruption[/tag] probe into members of Congress, ABC News has learned from senior […]
Jason Horowitz reports in the New York Observer that John McCain met with an exclusive audience of very wealthy Republicans in New York late last week, shortly after getting booed relentlessly at the New School’s commencement ceremony. The students weren’t terribly impressed, but apparently McCain “saved some of his best material” for the elite crowd […]
The right is hitting the White House for not doing enough on a constitutional amendment on gay marriage, but according to [tag]Insight[/tag] magazine, the president is facing the opposite pressure closer to home. The issue of [tag]gay marriage[/tag] is causing divisions within the Republican Party, including the highest reaches of the [tag]White House[/tag]. The split […]
This seems to be part of a pattern. The [tag]Federal Communications Commission[/tag] will not pursue complaints about the National Security Agency’s access to millions of telephone records because it cannot obtain classified material, the commission’s chairman said in a letter released on Tuesday. Representative Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, had asked regulators to investigate […]
Ideally, I’d like to see the Bush family retreat from the public stage, take anonymous (but no doubt lucrative) gigs on corporate boards, and quietly fade from memory. Alas, when it comes to Florida Gov. [tag]Jeb Bush[/tag], he’s in demand. Could Gov. Jeb [tag]Bush[/tag]’s future be in [tag]football[/tag] instead of politics? While U.S. Secretary of […]
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: * California Gov. [tag]Arnold Schwarzenegger[/tag]’s comeback drive is apparently falling a little short. A new Rasmussen poll shows the actor-turned-politician losing his modest leads over both of his Dem rivals. Schwarzenegger now trials […]
With the political winds blowing against the [tag]GOP[/tag] right now, and a number of [tag]vulnerable[/tag] congressional [tag]Republicans[/tag] feeling a little antsy, there will probably be a sudden urge from a number of GOP lawmakers to start compromising with [tag]Democrats[/tag]. These Republicans are almost desperate to be able to go home and say a) they were […]
Exactly one year ago tomorrow, the [tag]House[/tag] easily passed [tag]bi-partisan[/tag] legislation that would remove restrictions on embryonic [tag]stem cell research[/tag]. The companion measure in the [tag]Senate[/tag] had a filibuster-proof majority, Bill Frist endorsed the bill and vowed to bring it to the floor, and [tag]polls[/tag] showed overwhelming support from the public. Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter wrote […]
It’s common to hear [tag]White House[/tag] [tag]reporters[/tag] criticize the president’s approach to dealing with the press. [tag]Bush[/tag] rarely holds press conferences, routinely gives addresses without responding to journalists’ questions, and when he does interviews, the president prefers to pick reporters from a scripted list and filibuster his way through the discussion to cut down on […]
Arkansas Gov. [tag]Mike Huckabee[/tag] (R) doesn’t hide the fact that he’s seriously planning to seek the GOP presidential nomination in ’08, and as part of his effort to boost his profile, [tag]Huckabee[/tag] sat down with the WaPo’s Chris Cillizza recently to talk about his priorities. One remark in particular stood out. [W]hen it gets down […]