[tag]Siena College[/tag]’s Research Institute conducted a poll of 744 domestic history and political science college professors to get a sense of [tag]Bush[/tag]’s place in [tag]history[/tag]. He didn’t fare very well. If his presidency ended now, Republican George W. Bush would go down in history as a [tag]failure[/tag], according to a majority of college history and […]
I find it hard to believe [tag]Stephen Colbert[/tag]’s stand-up routine at the White House Correspondents’ Association [tag]Dinner[/tag] over the weekend is still making headlines, but apparently, the president’s aides are still letting reporters know how unhappy they are. Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert’s biting routine at the White House Correspondents Association dinner won a rare […]
This is just sad. Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of the damage from Hurricane Katrina, nearly one-third of young Americans recently polled couldn’t locate [tag]Louisiana[/tag] on a [tag]map[/tag] and nearly half were unable to identify Mississippi. Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 fared even worse with foreign locations: six in 10 couldn’t find Iraq, […]
Last week, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R) took election-year pandering — and attempted bribery — to new depths by unveiling a plan to give most Americans a $100 “rebate check” to help pay for a couple of tanks of gas. Even by Frist’s low standards, this was just embarrassing. Apparently, this was a common […]
Michael had a terrific guest post yesterday on the bizarre controversy surrounding singing the [tag]national anthem[/tag] in [tag]Spanish[/tag], but I thought I’d add to it today by noting that when it comes to this issue, the Republicans have just begun to fight. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) introduced a resolution yesterday calling for “The Star-Spangled Banner” […]
Hotline on Call noted today that Vanity Fair’s Todd Purdum interviewed Dick Cheney for the June issue and explored an important issue that usually generates almost zero attention: the Vice President’s health. “He takes a range of medications that he and his doctors decline to detail. The extent of his atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries, […]
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: * Sen. [tag]Joe Lieberman[/tag] (D-Conn.) has been very nervous about his political future in light of [tag]Ned Lamont[/tag]’s primary challenge, but a new Quinnipiac poll shows Lieberman in fairly good shape. Despite the […]
As you probably heard, the Boston Globe ran a deeply disturbing item a few days ago, which highlighted the fact that the [tag]president[/tag] has “claimed the authority to [tag]disobey[/tag] more than 750 [tag]laws[/tag] enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to [tag]set aside[/tag] any statute passed by [tag]Congress[/tag] when it conflicts […]
Leading the way on the list of “things that will never happen,” Nancy [tag]Pelosi[/tag] suggested yesterday that House Speaker Dennis [tag]Hastert[/tag] help launch an ethics committee [tag]investigation[/tag] into whether two defense contractors supplied Duke Cunningham and other lawmakers with [tag]prostitutes[/tag]. Citing media reports, Pelosi wrote to Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) to urge the House’s top […]
Last week I promised not to report on [tag]Bush[/tag] polls unless they showed him reaching new lows. As it turns out, there are two new national [tag]poll[/tag]s that do just that. First up is USA Today/[tag]Gallup[/tag]. Six months before [tag]Republicans[/tag] try to hold on to control of [tag]Congress[/tag] in the fall elections, a new poll […]