For those following the story, it looks like Fox News anchor [tag]Tony Snow[/tag] is poised to accept the White House’s offer to replace [tag]Scott McClellan[/tag] as [tag]Bush[/tag]’s [tag]press secretary[/tag]. The sources said they expect him to announce his decision within the next few days. A source familiar with the discussions said Monday that newly appointed […]
[tag]Kevin Phillips[/tag] recently published a new book, “American Theocracy,” based in part on the idea that [tag]George W. Bush[/tag] is heading “the first religious party in U.S. history,” basing life-and-death policy decisions on the power of “the tens of millions of true believers viewing events through a Left Behind perspective.” If [tag]Bush[/tag] hopes to disprove […]
Over the weekend, we learned that the [tag]CIA[/tag], following an investigation headed personally by Director [tag]Porter Goss[/tag], had dismissed [tag]Mary McCarthy[/tag], a veteran intelligence analyst who until 2001 was senior director for intelligence programs at the National Security Council, for [tag]leak[/tag]ing word to the Washington Post about the CIA’s secret prisons in Eastern Europe. Based […]
Around the web today, you’ll find relatively sincere discussions comparing [tag]Bush[/tag] to Abraham [tag]Lincoln[/tag] in the lead up to the Civil War, to [tag]FDR[/tag], and to a Cold War [tag]dissident[/tag] fighting for democratic values. Perhaps the most insightful comes by way of Arthur Schlesinger Jr., who puts Bush’s approach to foreign policy in a historical […]
Maybe you’ve heard the phrase “net neutrality,” or more likely, you haven’t. But if you care about the way the Internet operates — or, for that matter, if you just like to visit websites — it’s an issue that warrants your attention. The Center for American Progress published a helpful guide to the issue a […]
[tag]John McCain[/tag] used to think that [tag]Grover Norquist[/tag] was a crook and a corrupt shill for dictators. Then McCain got serious about running for president and he reconciled with Norquist. McCain used to think [tag]Jerry Falwell[/tag] was an agent of intolerance, but now candidate McCain has embraced Falwell. It’s an interesting pattern — and the […]
How worried are [tag]Republicans[/tag] about [tag]gas prices[/tag] becoming yet another election-year hurdle? According to a report in Roll Call today, they’re approaching panic. House and Senate GOP leaders will ask the [tag]Bush[/tag] administration to launch a formal investigation into the cause of soaring gas prices this week as part of a renewed push by Republicans […]
Rumor has it that [tag]Treasury[/tag] Secretary [tag]John Snow[/tag] will get the boot any day now. Part of the problem, apparently, is that the White House is reportedly “having trouble” finding someone qualified who wants the job. That’s not a good sign. Bush hasn’t had much luck with Treasury secretaries, historically one of the Big Four […]
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: * Vote totals in New Orleans’ mayoral race, released over the weekend, show that Mayor C. [tag]Ray Nagin[/tag] and his most prominent rival, Lt Gov. [tag]Mitch Landrieu[/tag], will meet in a May 20 […]
The Dems believe there will be fewer abortions if there’s greater access to contraception. [tag]Bob Novak[/tag] thinks Dems are guilty of “fuzzy abortion math.” The widely publicized claim by Senate [tag]Democrat[/tag]ic Leader [tag]Harry Reid[/tag] and Sen. [tag]Hillary Rodham Clinton[/tag] that state-funded contraception aid cuts down abortion as prevention of unwanted pregnancies is contradicted by figures […]