Last September, in an incident Bush administration officials have been very reluctant to talk about, Israeli jets attacked a facility in Syria, destroying what was believed to be a nuclear site, created with apparent support from North Korea. Today, the WaPo had a front-page item about an explosive new video that would have a dramatic […]
There’s probably little point to arguing that much of the political media establishment is embarrassingly in the tank for John McCain, but the Washington Post has been especially frustrating this week. On Monday, for example, reporter Jonathan Weisman noted that McCain is faring well in national polls because he’s been “branded” an “independent maverick.” Suggesting […]
I’ve already done approximately 10 gazillion items about how and why abstinence-only programs — championed by the Bush administration and conservatives everywhere — don’t work, waste money, mislead young people about reality, and undermine public health. This is not another one of those posts. Instead, it’s about Republicans’ reaction to the evidence on abstinence-only programs. […]
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: * In the wake of her success in Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton picked up another superdelegate yesterday, Rep. John Tanner, a Blue Dog from Tennessee. Later in the day, 15 House Dems met at […]
John McCain recently acknowledged, “The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should.” That’s a perfectly accurate self-assessment, but McCain would almost certainly be better off if he didn’t spend so much time highlighting his lack of knowledge on the subject. For example, yesterday, the Republican presidential candidate had the […]
There are a variety of annoying angles to the Democratic presidential race, but one of the more jarring elements is the fact that we’re seeing the same arguments played out, over and over again. Some of these questions have been played out repeatedly, and yet we seem to forget the particulars. At the top of […]
I had hoped Democrats were already on the same page on this one. Fox News is a partisan news outlet, which exists to promote the Republican agenda. The network doesn’t work especially hard to hide its ideology or partisanship, and this isn’t especially controversial anymore. Which is precisely why Terry McAuliffe, chairman of Hillary Clinton’s […]
In a bizarre ruling, a narrow Supreme Court majority decided last year that Americans who face wage discrimination only have 180 days to challenge the initial discrimination in court. In other words, if your employer is paying you less money for equal work, and you don’t find about the discrepancy until seven months after the […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * The Clinton campaign will still trail Obama’s fundraising totals by quite a bit, but this is an extraordinarily impressive one-day haul: “Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) campaign said Wednesday afternoon it was “on track” to raise $10 million in online donations in the 24 hours since the Pennsylvania primary […]
Paul Waldman had a great item yesterday on a subject that never ceases to amaze me: how political reporters choose to cover the presidential candidates and their campaigns. Reporters will choose to write about flag pins. They will choose to write about whether some catastrophic, heretofore hidden character flaw has been revealed by a comment […]