Just a few weeks ago, U.S. News reported that the Bush White House is hard at work on what aides described as a “big, big” policy agenda, that the president would unveil in 2007 by way of his budget proposal and State of the Union address. “There will be no cruise control,” one inside said […]
Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) underwent brain surgery yesterday after suffering what’s being described as “stroke-like symptoms.” He is in critical condition. There was no formal announcement of the South Dakota senator’s condition, The Associated Press reported, but a person in the hospital’s media relations office, who declined to be identified, said the hospital was preparing […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Oh to have been a fly on the wall when the Saudis read Cheney the “riot act.” (thanks to E.T. for the heads-up) * The ethics complaints raised by the AP’s John Solomon against Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) have been found to be — surprise, surprise — baseless. The […]
MSNBC is reporting that Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), only 59 years old, suffered a stroke today on Capitol Hill. There is no word, currently, on the Senator’s condition. A call from RAW STORY to Johnson’s office has not yet been returned. Obviously, our thoughts and best wishes are with Johnson and his family. In a […]
For goodness sakes, if Rep.-elect Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Congress’ first Muslim lawmaker, is causing widespread apoplexy among right-wing activists now, before he’s even sworn in, how are they going to be able to deal with him, you know, legislating? When we last left this story, right-wing talk-show host and writer Dennis Prager had just finished […]
In a Democratic Congress, this might even get some much-needed attention. A dozen years after Congress rejected a Clinton administration plan for universal health care, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden is readying a proposal to provide health care coverage to all Americans through a pool of private insurance plans. “Employer-based coverage is melting away like a […]
CNN’s [tag]Jeff Greenfield[/tag]’s lengthy segment on [tag]Barack Obama[/tag]’s casual wear, and its similarity to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s no-tie look, raised quite a few eyebrows over the last couple of days. The good news is Greenfield heard the criticism and chose to respond. The bad news is he missed the point of the criticism. Badly. […]
The Hill published an interesting interview with Tom DeLay today, which included an unexpected observation from the disgraced former House Majority Leader on recent U.S. policy towards Iraq. The Hill: Going back to Israel, what do you think of the Iraq Study Group’s recommendations on Syria and Iran? DeLay: I think it’s just crazy. It’s […]
Have you noticed that Dick Cheney’s been pretty quiet lately? He hasn’t been out in public much, reminding us how things in Iraq are going “remarkably well.” This is not to say, however, that the VP’s opinions are a mystery. Over the weekend, for example, we learned that Cheney supports something called the “80 percent […]
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: * The New York Sun reported on rumors today that Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) would be near the top of John McCain’s list of running mates, should he win the 2008 presidential […]