The Chicago Tribune’s Steve Chapman posed an interesting question in his column over the weekend about John McCain having a Bill Ayers-like problem of his own. Can a presidential candidate justify a long and friendly relationship with someone who, back in the 1970s, extolled violence and committed crimes in the name of a radical ideology […]
Last week, an NBC/WSJ poll found that voters are far more concerned with John McCain’s closeness with George W. Bush than Barack Obama’s closeness with Jeremiah Wright, despite the media emphasis on the latter instead of the prior. With that in mind, perhaps the results of the new NYT/CBS poll shouldn’t be too surprising. A […]
We learned two weeks ago that an American company is moving forward with a half-billion dollar project: the Baghdad Zoo and Entertainment Experience, a “massive American-style amusement park that will feature a skateboard park, rides, a concert theatre and a museum. It is being designed by the firm that developed Disneyland.” Baghdad’s “Entertainment Experience” will […]
I have to admit, watching the race for the Democratic presidential nomination the past several days has been slightly less annoying. It’s been far from perfect, of course, but Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been talking more about actual policy differences, and less about nonsense (take your pick: flag pins, Wright, Ayers, bitter, etc.) […]
I’d heard that John McCain is superstitious, but I had no idea it was this important to him. Don’t try to pass a salt shaker to John McCain. He won’t take it from your hand because it’s bad luck. The Arizona senator also won’t throw a hat on a bed — it means death will […]
Remember, conservative activists are convinced that CNN is unfriendly territory for Republicans. That is, except for all the ones the network keeps hiring. (via TP) Frances Fragos Townsend will be announced tomorrow as a CNN contributor, joining former colleague Tony Snow. Townsend was assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism and is a […]
After writing five posts in five days on the increasingly-ridiculous debate over a “gas-tax holiday,” I was prepared to let the subject go. Really, I was. The NYT had an interesting item about the role of the gas-tax idea within the broader context of Clinton’s and Obama’s economic perspectives, but I read it thinking, “Must […]
On Wednesday, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) tried to give his Republican caucus a major-league pep-talk — complete with a PowerPoint presentation — emphasizing his perspective on why the GOP can gain seats in November. At the Republicans’ weekly conference meeting, Boehner’s presentation was called, “Why We Can Win.” Reporting on the gathering, Roll […]
For the past several weeks, John McCain and his campaign have been enraged by the emphasis on his willingness to leave U.S. troops in Iraq for up to 100 years, and the audacity of Democrats to tell voters about his views on the issue. To hear them tell it, misrepresenting a rival’s stated policy position […]
In March, the first big contest of 2008 was a special election in Illinois’ 14th district. Republicans felt good about their chances — the district had been represented by former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R), Bush won the district twice by double digits, and Republicans have held the seat for decades. But when voters headed […]