When it comes to the politics of the war in Iraq, the Republican approach seems entirely counter-intuitive. Conditions in Iraq are deteriorating (as they have been for years), the vast majority of the U.S. electorate believes it’s time to go, the president’s policy is a failure, and the percentage of the country that buys into […]
Back in December, Paul Mirengoff at Powerline admitted to having a poor memory. “I may be missing someone,” Mirengoff said, “but the only high-profile administration official I can think of who has faced criminal charges or had to resign in the face of scandal is Scooter Libby, who worked for the Vice President and who […]
As part of an apparent pushback against George Tenet’s new book, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hit the Sunday morning talk-show circuit yesterday to, well, it’s not quite clear what she hoped to accomplish. No matter the goal, the result was rather clear: a series of odd statements from the Secretary of State. The real […]