I finally got around to reading Ron Brownstein’s piece from a couple of days ago, and he subtly points to a political reality that, for reasons that escape me, has gone largely unnoticed. Shays and Graham embody the two forms of dissent from the dominant conservative orthodoxy in the modern Republican Party. In one category […]
For a man who no one seriously believes should be Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales seems to be acquiring more power, not less. Two weeks ago, under the administration’s FISA “fix,” the AG’s office obtained new auditing authority over warrantless surveillance. This week, the AG’s office is poised to get the authority to “fast track” death […]
Human Events, a ridiculously-conservative political magazine, recently reported, “Quietly but systematically, the Bush Administration is advancing the plan to build a huge NAFTA Super Highway, four football-fields-wide, through the heart of the U.S. along Interstate 35, from the Mexican border at Laredo, Tex., to the Canadian border north of Duluth, Minn.” It’s hard to understand […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Most of the Democratic presidential campaigns issued statements noting Karl Rove’s resignation from the White House, but John Edwards’ campaign had the shortest, most direct response: “Goodbye, good riddance.” That was literally the entire statement. Nicely played. * PoliticsTV put together a video montage of Rove’s “greatest hits.” It’s […]
From time to time, I’ve taken issue with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews for all kinds of on-air comments, all of them political. But this clip, from Friday’s Hardball, had less to do with politics and more to do with misogyny. (via Melissa McEwan) This is more than just creepy, it’s possibly even sexual harassment. Erin Burnett […]
Back in 2001, Republican activist Linda Chavez was Bush’s first choice to serve as Secretary of Labor, looking out for the interests of working people nationwide. She ran into a little trouble when the White House learned that Chavez failed tell the Bush gang about housing a Guatemalan woman whom she hired illegally to clean […]
I found Howard Kurtz’s WaPo column today quite frustrating. Rudy Giuliani has appeared on only one Sunday talk show this year: “Fox News Sunday.” Fred Thompson has made eight television appearances in 2007, all on Fox News, six of them sit-downs with Sean Hannity, who sometimes campaigns for GOP candidates. Mitt Romney has chatted on […]
After noting the oddities of Roger L. Simon’s latest piece on why the “War against Islamofascism” leads him to support gay marriage, Glenn Greenwald raises an important point that I think often goes overlooked. Every now and then, it is worth noting that substantial portions of the right-wing political movement in the United States — […]
In early May, at the very first debate for Republican presidential candidates, The Politico’s Jim VandeHei opened up a question about modern biology to the entire field: “I’m curious, is there anybody on the stage that does not agree — believe in evolution?” The camera didn’t show the 10 candidates for very long, but three […]
Following up on this morning’s item about Karl Rove’s alleged genius, Bush and Rove made a brief public appearance this morning to note the departure. “Karl Rove is moving on down the road,” Bush said, appearing grim-faced on the White House’s South Lawn with Rove at his side. “We’ve been friends for a long time […]