At last week’s American Enterprise Institute McCain-Lieberman Neocon Fest 2007, at which the two senators explained how great troop escalation in Iraq will be, Lieberman concluded with an appeal to stand behind the president as he unveils so called “surge” policy. “He needs our support,” Lieberman said, adding, “He needs the support of the people […]
Harriet Miers wasn’t enough of a “street fighter” to keep her job as White House counsel, so who will the Bush gang tap as her replacement? Meet Fred Fielding. (via Paul Kiel) In a signal that he could be open to working more closely with congressional Democrats rather than stonewalling, President Bush plans to name […]
I often find the White House’s thinking on Iraq to be totally lacking in logic and coherence, but this one is just odd, even for the Bush gang. With his big speech on Iraq expected this week, President Bush’s strategists say he has a lot more latitude in setting a new policy than his antiwar […]
I noted last week that the conservative side of the blogosphere has fallen on hard times of late. First there was Cliff May’s email from a Marine about Iraq and the media, which conservatives jumped all over, which turned out to be wrong. Then there was a picture of John Kerry in Iraq that was […]
Cintra Wilson recently wrote a piece on GOP presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, whom she described as a “narcissist” and “hubristic bully.” As if to prove the point, it appears the former New York mayor has gone so far as to trademark himself. Rudy Giuliani never shrank from defending his image as mayor, but as a […]
Everyone’s heard the now-famous exchange between Gen. John Abizaid and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) from November, during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing about sending more troops. What’s sometimes overlooked, however, was the second part of Abizaid’s comments. The general told McCain, “I met with every divisional commander, General Casey, the core commander, General Dempsey, […]
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: * Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) will officially enter the presidential race in about two weeks. “He will be fully announcing on January 20 in Topeka, Kansas,” Brian Hart, the senator’s spokesman, said Friday. […]
Nearly four months ago, the New York Times reported that the Bush administration had embraced a new strategy for Iraq that included specific milestones, or “benchmarks.” What would happen if Iraqis failed to meet the benchmarks? Administration officials hadn’t figured that out yet. They still haven’t. President Bush’s new Iraq policy will establish a series […]
Religious right groups and their members have been in a funk for a couple of years now. After the 2004 election, the Dobson wing of the GOP thought it finally would get everything it wanted from Washington, which would be dominated by its like-minded allies. Two years later, the movement’s to-do list had very few […]
During a Face the Nation interview yesterday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested she has not ruled out repealing some of the White House’s tax cuts, particularly for the very wealthy. “It may be that [repealing] tax cuts for those making over a certain amount of money, $500,000 a year, might be more important to the […]