Today was supposed to be a court-imposed deadline for the White House to produce emails from the first couple of years of Bush’s presidency. Just a few minutes before midnight, the White House came up with a new rationale for failing to cooperate — it deleted the emails and taped over the backups. The White […]
Among the many, many controversial things Mike Huckabee has said in recent years, he’s still facing questions about his belief that wives should “graciously submit” to a husband’s “leadership.” If you’re just joining us, in 1998, Huckabee was one of 131 signatories to a full page USA Today Ad which declared, “I affirm the statement […]
The NYT’s Adam Nagourney captures the current state of the Republican landscape pretty well today. Can anyone bring the Republicans together again? The convincing victory by Mitt Romney in the Michigan primary on Tuesday means three very different states — with dissimilar electorates driven by distinctive sets of priorities — have embraced three separate candidates […]
In last night’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas, John Edwards, in one of his strongest moments of the event, highlighted how often military veterans are left behind after they serve. “Tonight across this country, 200,000 men and women who wore our uniform and served this country patriotically, veterans, will go to sleep under bridges and […]
The AP’s Ron Fournier, one of the more influential voices in the political media establishment, has a surprisingly pointed piece today, taking on Mitt Romney on the issue of “authenticity.” Mitt Romney’s victory in Michigan was a defeat for authenticity in politics. The former Massachusetts governor pandered to voters, distorted his opponents’ record and continued […]
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: * Barack Obama picked up a somehwat helpful endorsement in Nevada today, earning the backing of the Las Vegas Review Journal. The state’s largest newspaper wasn’t exactly complementary to any of the Dems […]
As recently as the summer, Rudy Giuliani was leading the field in Michigan’s Republican primary. As recently as early December, a Rasmussen poll showed him within two points of first place. Yesterday, the former mayor finished a distant sixth, with a pathetic 2.8% of the vote. Consider this: Giuliani not only had well under half […]
Last year, the DNC was not at all pleased when Michigan blew off the agreed-upon rules and moved its presidential primary to January 15. As part of its drive to maintain the integrity of its calendar, the DNC punished the state by stripping it of its delegates. In keeping with their commitment to play by […]
While political observers are understandably divided about who “won” last night’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas, it seems everyone who watched can come together in agreement on one underlying point: the moderators were truly awful. About a half-hour into the debate, an angry man started shouting, interrupting the event while security personnel intervened. Usually, these […]
The Democratic presidential primaries have, in recent weeks, taken an ugly, often acrimonious, turn. There have been some unusually bitter disputes about race, gender, unions, history, abortion, and the media, and one couldn’t help but wonder if perhaps the campaign would get too nasty for the candidates’ own good. With that in mind, I imagine […]