To hear some of John McCain’s media admirers tell it, “McCain, whether you agree with him or not, has been entirely consistent about the war.” To hear his campaign tell it, “John McCain has mainted [sic] a consistent record on Iraq since the very beginning.” But pesky little details like reality keep getting in the […]
So far, Rudy Giuliani’s scandalous personal life has been largely ignored by major media outlets. One of these days, that’s going to change, and today may be the day. Giuliani is the first thrice-married serial adulterer to ever even run for president, a fact that most reporters have ignored entirely. When the Village Voice reported […]
I’ve heard John Edwards, on several occasions, emphasize that he’s not interested in winning the votes of racists and/or misogynists. As the former senator put it in one recent debate, “If you don’t vote for Hillary because she’s a woman, or you don’t vote for Obama because he’s black, I don’t want your vote.” Among […]
It’s still early in the process, and a lot can happen in the next few weeks, but it’s getting increasingly difficult to see how Rudy Giuliani’s campaign survives a series of early (and humiliating) defeats. In Iowa, Giuliani has gone from first to third, and he’s not done dropping yet. In New Hampshire, Giuliani is […]
I can appreciate the fact that Virginia Republicans are nervous right now. They’ve lost the last two gubernatorial elections, they lost last year’s U.S. Senate race, they’re about to lose next year’s U.S. Senate race, they lost their majority in the State Senate, and there’s some evidence that the national Dems consider the state in […]
It’s worth remembering, from time to time, that for those truly overcome with Clinton Derangement Syndrome, there are no depths. For these poor, unhinged critics, concepts like “limits” and “decency” have no meaning at all. Take, for example, Mickey Kaus, the in-house blogger for the Washington Post-owned Slate. Last month, Kaus pushed a baseless rumor […]
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: * AP: “Democrat Barack Obama, confronting claims that he’s light on foreign policy, surrounded himself Tuesday with heavyweights who said his differences with rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and others are just what the […]
By any reasonable measure, outgoing Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) hasn’t exactly been a moderate. Lott was forced out of his Majority Leader seat in disgrace in late 2002, after heralding the segregationist platform of former South Carolina senator Strom Thurmond. Speaking at a Thurmond’s 100th birthday bash, Lott said, “When Strom Thurmond ran for president, […]
Way back in April, the Office of Special Counsel launched a broad investigation into Karl Rove’s political activities, with particular attention on the prosecutor purge, RNC emails, and fairly obvious Hatch Act violations in which Rove’s office politicized various federal agencies. “We will take the evidence where it leads us,” Scott Bloch, head of the […]
Dennis Kucinich is generally not taken seriously as a credible presidential candidate, and is generally invited to participate in presidential debates because organizers can’t think of a rationale to block a sitting member of Congress. A lot of observers are under the impression that Kucinich is running just to run — a presidential campaign, even […]