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: * John Edwards announced late on Friday that he will boycott the debate co-hosted by Fox News and the Congressional Black Caucus, scheduled for Sept. 23, though he will participate in the CBC’s […]
For a couple of months, the prosecutor purge scandal has produced a series of disconcerting questions, but the one simmering just below the surface has been about the U.S. Attorneys who weren’t fired. If eight were fired for failing to politicize their offices, what did the other 85 do to keep their jobs? There are […]
If you take a look at Walter F. Murphy’s Wikipedia page, he sounds like an accomplished and impressive scholar. “He won a Distinguished Service Cross for his service as a Marine in Korea,” the page says. “He held the chair of McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton. In addition to non-fiction works on political science, […]
If [tag]Rudy Giuliani[/tag] really wants to convince voters that he’s an expert on foreign policy, I’d like to offer the former NYC mayor a helpful tip: pick up a newspaper once in a while. Giuliani recently told a supportive audience, “It’s something that I think I know, I think I know as well as anybody […]
One of the problems with public perceptions about crazed TV preacher Pat Robertson is that most perceive him as just a crazed TV preacher. He’ll go on his crazed daily television show (The 700 Club), offer crazed commentary just about everything, and then make crazed rationalizations for his lunacy. The media marvels at his madness, […]
The debate of how to fund the war in Iraq, at this point, seems to be a fight over swaying public opinion. I’m not sure who’s winning. Over the last couple of weeks, the White House has been pushing the Bush line about as hard as it knows how. Dana Perino said this week that […]
One of the more inane talking points embraced by supporters of the war is the notion that withdrawal from Iraq is inherently dangerous, because “the enemy will follow us home.” The president and his allies tend to repeat this, mantra like, without ever pausing to wonder if it makes sense. It’s always been a dubious […]
One of the more encouraging political developments of the last few years is the acceptance of universal health care, at least in principle. Americans want to see the system changed, and they want universality to be integral to any reform measures. Politically, this is no longer just a Democratic belief — Republican governors (most notably […]
You know the story by now: John McCain made a series of bizarre-but-categorical comments about how safe Iraq has become since the start of the president’s escalation policy. In just the last two weeks, he’s insisted that parts of Baghdad are safe for Americans to walk around in and that Gen. Petraeus travels the city […]
There’s ample evidence that Republicans in DC are not fiscally responsible, but it appears that GOP lawmakers are having an awful influence on the College Republicans who look up to them. Take, for example, the College Republicans at the University of Vermont, who were driven out of existence by Newt Gingrich. (thanks to N.J. for […]