For far-right Republicans, when nothing else is working in the midst of a political campaign, they always seem to go back to the same thing: the good ol’ red scare. Take Tom DeLay, for example. The former House Majority Leader took time away from his criminal defense — DeLay is currently facing felony counts of […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * This is pretty huge: “The top military and civilian leaders of the U.S. Air Force will be fired Thursday after a critical report regarding the mistaken transport of nuclear-tipped missiles, military sources said. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will ask Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley and Secretary Michael […]
It’s hard not to get the sense that Joe Lieberman is just taunting Dems at this point. Lieberman doesn’t want to just burn the bridge to the ground, he wants to pour salt in the earth around the wreckage. Yesterday, Lieberman joined a conference call coordinated by a right-wing House member to bash Barack Obama. […]
In an interview that will air tonight on ABC, Charlie Gibson asks John McCain about one of the principal criticisms he receives from Democrats in general, and Barack Obama in specific. Though the general election has yet to hit high gear, in the latter stages of his primary fight against Sen. Clinton, Obama did turn […]
If you watched Barack and Michelle Obama at their rally in Minnesota on Tuesday night, you may have noticed a cute moment in which the two had a brief fist-pound (or “dap,” as the kids call it). All things being equal, it wasn’t exactly the most the newsworthy moment of the night. Was it a […]
We’ve been waiting for the Senate Intelligence Committee to report on the misuse of pre-war intelligence for so long, it’s easy to forget what a debacle the endeavor really is. Here’s a quick primer. The Intelligence Committee began a comprehensive investigation nearly five years ago. Initially, the committee was prepared to release one authoritative document […]
It sometimes goes overlooked, but once a presidential candidate wins a party’s presidential nomination, he or she necessarily becomes head of the party. When John McCain became the GOP nominee, he effectively began to call the shots at the RNC. With Barack Obama having secured the Democratic nomination, the DNC is his to do with […]
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: * Yesterday, a variety of House Dems who support Hillary Clinton planned a coordinated effort to pressure Barack Obama to pick Clinton as his running mate. As of this morning, the Dem lawmakers […]
It’s possible that Minnesotans are just nicer and more gracious than folks in other parts of the country, but the MinnPost had an interesting report on the Obama rally at the Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday, and the kind of treatment Hillary Clinton’s supporters found when they got there. Specifically, the head of Clinton’s Minnesota […]
I’m sure it came as something of a surprise to viewers on Tuesday night, but Tim Russert, DC bureau chief for NBC News, proposed something fairly radical in relation to the establishment media’s coverage of the presidential campaign this year. MATTHEWS: What about John McCain perhaps being attended by his bad angels? Some time in […]