The Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne asked this morning if [tag]John McCain[/tag] is “a maverick no more.” About the same time Dionne’s column was hitting doorsteps, the question was answered. American military hero and Arizona [tag]Sen. John McCain[/tag] will deliver the Commencement message at Liberty University on May 13, at 9:30 a.m., in the [tag]Liberty University[/tag] […]
Editor & Publisher reported today that the president has a new strategy to help win over reporters who’ve been giving him a hard time: a charm offensive. In an apparent effort to mend his relationship with the press, President George Bush has been holding [tag]off-the-record[/tag] meetings with White House reporters for the past few days, […]
Andy Card may have resigned as WH Chief of Staff today, but according to Insight magazine, he wasn’t the White House staffer Republicans on the Hill are worried about. An increasing number of House Republican members are urging President Bush to keep Karl Rove out of the driver’s seat in the 2006 congressional campaign. GOP […]
In response to the upcoming vote on a constitutional amendment to ban [tag]flag burning[/tag], Harry Reid’s office has a pretty good response: this is a ridiculous waste of time. “It’s that time of the year to throw a little red meat to the base,” said Jim Manley, spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid […]
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: * [tag]Katherine Harris[/tag]’ (R) Senate campaign in Florida suffered yet another setback yesterday when GOP advertising guru Adam Goodman, a Harris advisor for more than 12 years, resigned. As the Tampa Tribune reported, […]
The “[tag]War on Christians[/tag]” conference got underway in DC yesterday, and if there’s ever been a larger group of people with an unjustified victim’s complex, I can’t think of it. About 300 attendees were presented with “a gloomy picture of a war by ‘neo-pagans’ against ‘values voters.’” “Let’s not say, ‘Oh, it’s not that bad,’ […]
To follow up on my earlier post on [tag]Andy Card[/tag]’s [tag]resignation[/tag], I think it’s also worth mentioning that his successor, former OMB Director [tag]Joshua Bolten[/tag], is getting a pretty big promotion despite not having much success on the job. The president said this morning: “With me today is Joshua Bolten, who will be the new […]
Time magazine released its latest national poll the other day, which showed Dems with a pretty healthy lead over the GOP in a generic congressional ballot, 50% to 41%. But as Shaun at Upper Left noted, there were some more interesting numbers if you dig through the internals a bit. Which party would do a […]
All the major players — congressional [tag]Republicans[/tag], congressional Dems, and the White House — are making great strides in advancing their own approach to major changes to federal [tag]immigration[/tag] law. And yet, the likelihood of a legislative train wreck seems pretty good. A Senate committee voted Monday to create a path for some of the […]
The religious right, as a political movement, has always had a counter-balance from the progressive religious community, but the “[tag]religious left[/tag]” has never had the power, influence, notoriety, or public profile of its conservative rivals. As Digby noted yesterday, it seems that this rivalry of sorts is in flux. For example, the [tag]United Church of […]