When it comes to foreign policy, former NYC Mayor [tag]Rudy Giuliani[/tag] recently told a supportive audience, “It’s something that I think I know, I think I know as well as anybody else who’s running for president, probably better than a lot.” Yesterday, Giuliani was even more confident in his background. Rudy Giuliani said yesterday that […]
Goodness, gracious, these guys just don’t know to quit while they’re behind. The right is still trying to take on CNN’s Michael Ware for his already-debunked hijinks at a recent Baghdad press conference. A little background for those just joining us. After John McCain claimed last week that parts of Baghdad were safe for Americans […]
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: * I hardly thought it was possible, but Barack Obama raised $25 million in the first quarter of 2007, just shy of Hillary Clinton’s record-setting $26 million quarter. More than a third of […]
Following the White House’s lead, far-right blogs have been slamming Speaker [tag]Pelosi[/tag]’s visit to Syria with some over-the-top harangues. But the real problem, apparently, is what the House Speaker chose to wear while visiting the country. Wearing a flowered [tag]head scarf[/tag] and a black abaya robe, Pelosi visited the 8th-century Omayyad Mosque, shaking hands with […]
I try not to be overly sensitive about these issues, but these comments struck me as immediately problematic. The United States fears that the next September 11-style attack on America could be launched by Muslims from Britain or Europe who feel “second-class citizens” and alienated by a “colonial legacy”, according to the US Homeland Security […]
This quote was making the rounds a bit yesterday, but I think it’s an important bit of insight into conservative ideology right now. Tapped’s Garance Franke-Ruta, who’s obviously quite a trooper, stopped by by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.’s book party on Monday, celebrating the launch of Tyrrell’s latest anti-Clinton screed. Garance chatted with Grover Norquist […]
The [tag]Bush[/tag] gang’s criticism of Speaker [tag]Pelosi[/tag] for leading a congressional delegation to [tag]Syria[/tag] was exposed several days ago as being misguided and hypocritical. I’d hoped that reality would deter the White House from any additional nonsense on the subject. I should have known better. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Syria on Tuesday for […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * I wrote a piece for The American Prospect on John McCain and the media. Some of the content may be vaguely familiar to regular readers, but everyone should go take a look anyway. * It’s hard not to enjoy the irony of Bush criticizing Congress for taking a week-long […]
Rudy Giuliani’s record when it comes to being … what’s the appropriate phrase … a “power-hungry egomaniac” is pretty well established. But as his presidential campaign unfolds, we’re getting a much more detailed sense of how Giuliani believes an executive can and should wield power. In his case, that’s not at all encouraging. Over the […]
Following up on the last post, one of the benefits of today’s presidential press conference was it offered an opportunity to hear Bush’s pitch. The [tag]House[/tag] and [tag]Senate[/tag] have both approved measures that fund the war that include [tag]withdrawal[/tag] [tag]timeline[/tag]s, and we know it’s going to draw a [tag]veto[/tag]. Today, the [tag]president[/tag] laid his cards […]