If you caught today’s press briefing from White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, you saw the president’s spokesperson in rare form. Unprompted, Snow offered the White House’s official response to the Connecticut Democratic Senate primary (the video is worth watching, just to see the self-righteous earnestness with which Snow delivered his comments). “Take a look […]
If we can take another quick break from Election Land, Slate’s Fred Kaplan had a terrific piece questioning whether the president actually understands his own foreign policy. Monday, the president and Condoleezza Rice held a brief press conference in Crawford about the crisis in the Middle East. Taking the president’s comments at face value, Kaplan […]
As I noted earlier, Rep. Joe Schwarz lost a GOP House primary in Michigan yesterday, punished in large part because of relative centrism in the Republican caucus. I think it’s worth noting, however, the role Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had in the race. McCain not only backed Schwarz, in July, he traveled to the Michigan […]
ABC News ran an item this morning highlighting a very odd offer of political support for Joe Lieberman. (via Hotline) According to a close Lieberman adviser, the President’s political guru, [tag]Karl Rove[/tag], has reached out to the [tag]Lieberman[/tag] camp with a message straight from the Oval Office: “The [tag]boss[/tag] wants to [tag]help[/tag]. [tag]Whatever we can […]
About a week ago, Hartford Courant columnist Kevin Rennie said that [tag]Joe Lieberman[/tag], in anticipation of losing his [tag]primary[/tag] fight against [tag]Ned Lamont[/tag], planned to “shake up his campaign [tag]staff[/tag]” before launching his independent Senate campaign. Spin from the Lieberman camp suggested the senator wants to replace his team with “pungent veterans who will take […]
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: * With former House Majority Leader [tag]Tom DeLay[/tag] (R) stepping aside for a write-in candidate in his Texas district, would-be successors are already starting to position themselves as DeLay’s heir. ABC News reports […]
Let’s shift focus, at least for a moment or two, away from Joe Lieberman and back towards George W. Bush, who seems to have some interesting ideas about the War Crimes Act. The Bush administration has drafted amendments to a war crimes law that would eliminate the risk of prosecution for political appointees, CIA officers […]
I don’t intend to obsess over the results of yesterday’s primary indefinitely, but it is the political story on everyone’s mind, isn’t it? Following up on the earlier post, here are some additional tidbits to consider: * [tag]Republicans[/tag], who have no use for GOP candidate Alan [tag]Schlessinger[/tag], are thinking long and hard about backing [tag]Lieberman[/tag]. […]
Obviously, the Connecticut primary was the race to watch yesterday, but let’s not forget that there were a handful of key races elsewhere. For example, Rep. [tag]Joe Schwarz[/tag], a moderate, pro-choice Republican in Michigan, lost a GOP primary to a far-right former state lawmaker. Republican Rep. Joe Schwarz lost his party’s nomination Tuesday, falling to […]
Sen. [tag]Joe Lieberman[/tag] looked disappointed but content when he told supporters, “The judgment of the voters is now clear…. It is now time to make a difficult but realistic decision. After looking at the returns and speaking with my family, I have decided tonight to end my quest.” No, not last night — that was […]