I thought it was a fairly big deal when Rush Limbaugh targeted Michael J. Fox for criticism on Monday, but this seems to have captured quite a bit of the political world’s attention. The plea is as disturbing — and arresting — as a hostage video from Iraq. In a navy blazer and preppy Oxford […]
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 LA Times conducted a series of Senate polls in the five most competitive states, and Dems lead in three of the five. In Missouri, Sen. Jim Talent (R) leads Claire McCaskill […]
Way back in March, Republicans started worrying about Rep. Harold Ford’s (D) Senate campaign in Tennessee. GOP officials unveiled what they called the “Fancy Ford” campaign, complete with a website, created by the NRSC, which included pictures of Ford and expensive restaurants, hotels, cigars, meals, and Playboy bunnies. Ford is African American — and the […]
The Nevada gubernatorial race seemed to be a relatively low-key affair. Rep. Jim Gibbons (R), a popular long-time congressman, has led Senate Majority Leader Dina Titus (D) in most polls, and appeared on-track for a victory in a state that tends to like Republican governors. Last week, however, we learned that a woman called 911 […]
Maybe I’ve let my subscription lapse on Far-Right Talking Points Weekly, but at what point did conservatives get together and decide that the war in Afghanistan is going well? Two months ago, Ann Coulter told Fox News, “Things are going swimmingly in [tag]Afghanistan[/tag].” This week, Bill [tag]O’Reilly[/tag] went even further, saying that the notion that […]
We’re well past the point in which House [tag]GOP[/tag] [tag]scandals[/tag] are embarrassing; we’re now quickly approaching farcical. Federal authorities in Arizona have opened an inquiry into whether Representative Rick Renzi introduced legislation that benefited a military contractor that employs his father, law enforcement officials said Tuesday. The officials said the inquiry was at an early […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * I fully acknowledge the fact that I’m a sucker for Olbermann’s monologues. What’s more, I just keep enjoying them more and more. Last night’s was another gem on the nature of Republican fear-mongering. As with the other special commentaries, don’t miss it. * Roll Call noted this morning that […]
I realize House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) must be a little on edge — he’s about to lose his job, he unexpectedly was forced to talk to investigators about his role in the Mark Foley scandal — but if he doesn’t want people to think he’s desperate, he’ll probably have to tone down the hysterical […]
At one of my previous places of employment, I took great pleasure in preparing analyses of the Christian Coalition’s legislative scorecards. Every year, the CC would pull together 10 to 15 specific floor votes in each chamber, many of which were carefully chosen to help improve Republicans’ ratings. The results were rather predictable — Democrats […]
U.S. and Iraqi officials rolled out the latest in a series of “plans” for the future of the war, but looking over the details, there are some new words, but old substance. Top U.S. officials in Iraq today predicted that Iraqi security forces could be largely self-sufficient within 12 to 18 months and said the […]