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 Politico reports today that former Sen. Fred Thompson’s (R-Tenn.) advisors have “begun exploring a range of staffing options,” including talking to potential campaign managers, in advance of an increasingly likely presidential […]
ThinkProgress highlights this disturbing item from yesterday’s Nelson Report: [S]ome big money players up from Texas recently paid a visit to their friend in the White House. The story goes that they got out exactly one question, and the rest of the meeting consisted of The President in an extended whine, a rant, actually, about […]
The National Review’s William F. [tag]Buckley[/tag] has generally bucked his far-right brethren on the [tag]war[/tag] in [tag]Iraq[/tag]. A year ago, Buckley labeled the war in Iraq a failure and concluded, “There will be no legacy for Mr. Bush. I don’t believe his successor would re-enunciate the words he used in his second inaugural address because […]
As a rule, Law Day, a ceremonial holiday since 1958, goes by largely unnoticed. It was established as a Cold War counterpart to May 1, the biggest day on the socialist calendar. Ever since, presidents have issued proclamations that go by largely unnoticed and unread. But this year seems a little different. Bush issued a […]
We haven’t had any blockbuster revelations on the prosecutor purge scandal in a while, but National Journal’s Murray Waas and the LA Times have certainly shaken things up with revelations about a March 2006 memo in which Attorney General Alberto Gonzales delegated power to hire and fire senior political appointees at the Justice Department to […]