I can’t understand it, or relate to it on any level, but I realize there are probably a few pro-choice Democrats who supported Hillary Clinton and are looking for some rationalization to justify voting for a conservative Republican who opposes abortion rights and has vowed to overturn Roe v. Wade. Columnist Froma Harrop seems anxious […]
The most common comparison John McCain faces is, of course, to Still-President Bush. The problem for the Republican presidential hopeful is that the similarities are pretty overwhelming — they agree on practically everything; they’re both conservative Republicans; and neither seems to have any intellectual curiosity or tolerance for competing ideas. The McCain campaign seems to […]
Considering how worked up John McCain gets if anyone confronts him with his “100 years” comments on Iraq, it’s odd that he continues to articulate a policy of indefinite war. The Jed Report highlighted this clip from last night’s NBC Nightly News: For those who can’t watch clips online, Brian Williams asks, “The videotape clip […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * If only this had come out sooner: “The White House had stronger ties to disgraced superlobbyist Jack Abramoff than it has publicly admitted, according to a draft congressional report released Monday. President Bush met Abramoff on at least four occasions the White House has yet to acknowledge, according to […]
I just find it hard to believe we’re still talking about this obvious nonsense. With gas prices reaching a national average of four dollars a gallon — a record high — John McCain is planning to resurrect his call for a national gas tax holiday, which became a staple of his stump speech in late […]
Remember when one of the big concerns about Barack Obama was whether he was “too nice” to withstand the Republican Attack Machine? That his above-the-fray style might not be assertive enough for a rough-and-tumble general election campaign? Those questions look almost amusing in hindsight. Two weeks ago, Obama went after John McCain pretty aggressively on […]
It’s Monday, and that can only mean one thing: highlighting the errors of fact and judgment in Bill Kristol’s latest New York Times column. Today, Kristol argues — get this — that the surge policy in Iraq was a great idea, and he prefers John McCain to Barack Obama because of it. Discussing the surge […]
For quite a while, conservatives have embraced an annoying strategy — trawl through liberal blogs’ comments sections in the hopes of finding intemperate remarks. The right then takes these comments to “prove” that the left is made up of unhinged radicals. The practice has always been rather self-defeating. In fact, about a year ago, Kevin […]
Long-time readers may recall that I wrote a Washington Monthly piece two years ago about the apparent double standard the media applies to politicians’ marital difficulties. Bill Clinton’s personal difficulties dominated the media landscape for more than a decade — indeed, in some instances, his alleged proclivities are still of interest, 16 years after reporters […]
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: * A new two-week tour kicks off today: “Sen. Barack Obama will kick off a two-week ‘Change That Works for You’ tour to highlight his economic plans. ‘The middle class has always been […]