In April 2006, National Journal asked lawmakers on both sides of the aisle whether they believe the evidence shows that global warming is a man-made phenomenon. 98% of Dems said yes, as opposed to 23% of Republicans. Last week, the same magazine asked the same question. The results were not at all encouraging. National Journal […]
Townhall’s Doug Giles noted in his newest column that when it comes to comedy, “Mr. and Mrs. Conservative, you must bow and kiss the Left’s ring. They slay us. You can count on one hand how many conservatives are making a semi-distinct blip on the comedic scene.” In the kind of piece one can only […]
For an investment manager to attack oil-based energy policies is unusual. For a successful investment manager with ties to the oil industry to do so is very unusual. But for Dick Cheney’s own investment manager to do so is kind of shocking. The oil-based energy policies usually associated with Vice President Dick Cheney have just […]
It’s Budget Day in Washington, as the White House unveiled a brand new $2.9 trillion spending plan, which, according to the Bush gang’s rhetoric, will set the nation on course for a balanced budget by 2012. So, how’s it look? Take a wild guess. Bush’s spending plan would make his first-term tax cuts permanent, at […]
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: * Following up on our discussion from yesterday, Ralph Nader told CNN yesterday that he may run yet again in 2008 and will decide later this year whether to do so. He added […]
It’s unfortunate, but whenever I think of John Edwards and Meet the Press, I think of the then-senator sitting down with Tim Russert in 2002. It didn’t go well. Edwards offered some pleasant rhetoric and clever turns of phrase, but Russert kept pushing to pin Edwards down on details and specifics. Edwards was unprepared and […]
Once in a great while, a Fox News exec will slip and acknowledge the network’s ideological agenda. At the Davos conference last week, it was none other than News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch. In a session moderated by Charlie Rose and available via Webcast, Murdoch lamented the fact that big media conglomerates have […]
The WaPo’s R. Jeffrey Smith and Carol Leonnig, Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff, and the Post’s Dan Froomkin have all published compelling pieces over the last couple of days highlighting the way in which Scooter Libby’s trial is “boring in on” Dick Cheney’s role in the Plame scandal. Testimony from last week reinforced long-held suspicions that the […]
It looks like Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is buckling under pressure. The poor guy is projecting his own faults onto his critics. Sen. John McCain yesterday said his colleagues who support a nonbinding resolution opposing a troop surge in Iraq are “intellectually dishonest,” an apparent bid to rally Republican opposition to the resolution, which could […]