On Thursday night, the Senate approved the war supplemental, which included the expansion of the GI Bill, sponsored by Sens. Jim Webb (D-Va.) and Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), and approved with broad, bipartisan support. This morning, the president signed it into law. For those of you who can’t watch clips online, Bush said, “…I want to […]
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 mid-July, Barack Obama will be making an overseas trip to Europe and the Middle East. Though, for security reasons, there’s been no announcement about visiting Iraq, one assumes it will be […]
The widespread confusion about Barack Obama’s religion, background, and patriotism continues to vex me. The WaPo has a front-page item on the subject today that didn’t make me feel any better. The piece focused on a small town in Ohio called Findlay. On his corner of College Street, Jim Peterman stares at the four American […]
Auto-correct can be a very helpful feature of any word-processing program. But when conservatives use it, they run the risk of embarrassing themselves. Some far-right sites that subscribe to the Associated Press feed, for example, will use auto-correct to change “Democratic Party” to “Democrat Party.” This, of course, is because they have the temperament of […]
It’s been a couple of weeks since a high-profile conservative argued that al Qaeda could take over Iraq, so it was disappointing (though not surprising) to see Joe Lieberman on “Face the Nation” yesterday, rehashing the old GOP talking points. “The surge was implemented by President Bush,” Lieberman said. “It’s now working. Senator Obama unfortunately […]
We learned a couple of weeks ago that several Western oil companies — Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total, Chevron, and BP — are putting the final touches on no-bid contracts with Iraq’s Oil Ministry to service Iraq’s largest fields. More than 35 years after Saddam Hussein rose to power and threw the companies out, the Oil […]
Perhaps because of the four stars on his shoulder, retired Gen. Wesley Clark is bolder than most when it comes to criticizing John McCain’s efforts to connect his military experience with his presidential qualifications. Indeed, Clark has been pretty tough in pushing back against the Republican nominee’s pitch. Clark, for example, spoke with the Huffington […]