I know the right likes to blame whatever they can on Bill Clinton, but for Chris Matthews to disparage the former president because he “didn’t stop” the Sept. 11 attacks is painfully silly, even by Matthews’ already-low standards. In a discussion with Mark Green, Democratic candidate for New York attorney general, and KT McFarland, a […]
This [tag]Onion[/tag] piece, by way of Michael Froomkin, is unfortunately hilarious. In a decisive 1–0 decision Monday, President [tag]Bush[/tag] voted to grant the president the constitutional power to grant himself additional [tag]powers[/tag]. “As president, I strongly believe that my first duty as president is to support and serve the president,” Bush said during a televised […]
Say what you will about [tag]Charlie Rangel[/tag], but the guy’s willing to put his career where his mouth is. Rep. Charles [tag]Rangel[/tag], a powerful senior Democrat in Congress and the dean of New York’s congressional delegation, said Wednesday that he’ll [tag]quit[/tag] Congress if the [tag]Democrats[/tag] don’t retake control of the House this year. “I’m a […]
[tag]James Dobson[/tag]’s [tag]Focus on the Family[/tag] hosted a forum this week for candidates in Colorado’s 5th congressional district, home to the Focus empire. There was plenty of the usual palaver, but the Republicans’ perspective on the [tag]war[/tag] was particularly troubling. Bentley Rayburn spoke of opening [tag]Iraq[/tag] to the word of [tag]Jesus[/tag]. […] Rayburn, a retired […]
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: * Last month, a Rasmussen poll showed Sen. [tag]Mike DeWine[/tag] (R) leading Rep. [tag]Sherrod Brown[/tag] (D) by seven points in Ohio’s closely watched Senate race. Now, Rasmussen shows Brown taking a narrow lead, […]
National Journal’s Charlie Cook, a non-partisan election analyst for, well, just about everybody, explained in his column this week that Democrats have every reason to be optimistic about the midterms. In the House, where Democrats need a 15-seat gain to win a majority, Republicans have 15 seats that the Cook Political Report currently rates as […]
In March 2003, in the kind of classy diplomacy only House [tag]Republicans[/tag] can offer, Reps. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) and Walter Jones (R-N.C.) took time from their busy schedules to tinker with the menu in Congress’ cafeteria. Frustrated that France withheld support for Bush’s invasion of Iraq, Ney and Jones used their authority to change the […]
Despite claims to the contrary, the Bush White House repeatedly stonewalled the [tag]9/11[/tag] [tag]Commission[/tag] at every available opportunity. Apparently, commission members believe that the [tag]Pentagon[/tag] followed the president’s example — and may have “deliberately [tag]misled[/tag]” investigators. Some staff members and commissioners of the Sept. 11 panel concluded that the Pentagon’s initial story of how it […]
Less than a year ago, a conservative majority on [tag]Kansas[/tag]’ State [tag]Board[/tag] of [tag]Education[/tag] adopted state [tag]science[/tag] standards on how to teach modern [tag]biology[/tag]. Or in Kansas’ case, how to avoid it — the standards adopted by the state board represented the broadest challenge to [tag]evolution[/tag] in the country. [tag]Democrats[/tag] and [tag]moderate[/tag] [tag]Republicans[/tag] organized a […]
A month ago, presidential aide Dan Bartlett told reporters that this summer, Bush was going to do things a little differently. “Every team changes the playbook every once in a while and this is an opportunity to share what’s on his mind but also get a sense of what’s on the minds of the people […]