I know it’s not going to happen, and I know it doesn’t have the votes to pass, but it’s nevertheless striking to hear a Republican lawmaker use the “I” word in reference to the president. (via TP) “The president says, ‘I don’t care.’ He’s not accountable anymore,” [Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.)] says, measuring his words […]
OK, one more follow-up on Coulter’s latest outrage and then I’ll stop mentioning it. In this case, I feel compelled to mention the funniest of all possible responses. Now, the right has offered a variety of defenses for Coulter having referred to John Edwards as a “faggot,” but Concerned Women for America’s J. Matt Barber […]
I’ve come to expect the Washington Post’s editorial board to be misguided when it comes to the war in Iraq. It was wrong before the invasion, it’s been wrong ever since. I’m no longer disappointed because I no longer have high expectations. But today’s editorial on Scooter Libby’s guilty verdict is just embarrassing. Media Matters […]
One of the missing elements of the prosecutor purge scandal is the overwrought GOP defense. Anytime one of these scandals pop up involving the Bush White House, there’s a coordinated and aggressive defense involving Republican lawmakers on the Hill, Fox News, talk radio, and the blogs. They let conservatives know that the questions, no matter […]
It took all of a couple of minutes after Scooter Libby was found guilty of perjury and obstruction of justice for attention to shift to the possibility of a presidential pardon. The assumption is that White House critics don’t want to see one, while White House allies are practically demanding one. That’s largely accurate, but […]
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]Rudy Giuliani[/tag]’s family “issues” have made his presidential campaign unacceptable to at least one high-profile religious right leader. [tag]Richard Land[/tag], head of public policy for the Southern Baptist Convention, said evangelicals believe […]
The New York Times ran an article this morning about Barack Obama and some investments the Times believes are suspicious. Since the piece ran on the front page, and it wasn’t written by John Solomon, I read it expecting to find something relatively damaging. But after going through it a couple of times, it seems, […]
The past couple of weeks haven’t been kind to John McCain’s presidential campaign. He not only was the only GOP presidential hopeful to snub the Conservative Political Action Conference, he fared poorly in the CPAC straw-poll (he came in fifth) and his name was widely booed when mentioned. This comes as McCain’s Letterman announcement was […]
Some Constitution huggers have raised concerns about the White House engaging in an unprecedented power grab that violates Americans’ privacy rights. Don’t worry, the president’s own privacy board has looked into these questions and found that everything’s just fine. (Thanks to reader W.H. for the tip.) A White House privacy board is giving its stamp […]
Further helping demonstrate the seriousness of the prosecutor purge scandal, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has published an op-ed in USA Today, which denies nearly all of the assertions those of us who’ve been following the scandal know to be true. Gonzales calls the controversy “an overblown personnel matter,” and, once again, insists that the U.S. […]