Earlier this week, I mentioned that the Bush administration would be releasing this year’s national poverty statistics on Friday, as opposed to the usual Tuesday or Thursday, so as to minimize bad publicity. (It’s part of an ongoing trend that prompted The Liquid List to start a contest.) Well, sure enough, the Census Bureau data […]
Just as only Nixon could go to China, only a Republican can get away with cutting federal spending on the military, right? Maybe not. In yesterday’s Democratic presidential debate, host Brian Williams asked each of the candidates to articulate one feature of their respective platforms that would be right but unpopular with the public. Wesley […]
It’s rare when one article can capture another person’s sentiment so perfectly that one finds himself nodding almost uncontrollably while reading it. The New Republic’s Jonathan Chait has written just such an article. It’s called, “The Case for Bush Hatred.” If the headline isn’t enough, consider Chait’s first paragraph. “I hate President George W. Bush. […]
Bob Graham’s presidential campaign couldn’t be going much worse. He’s in the low-single digits in national polls, other candidates are having better luck campaigning in Florida than he is, he was the only candidate to register 0% in a statewide poll this week in Wisconsin, he came in dead last in a statewide poll released […]
Fox News Channel ruthlessly published Tucker Carlson’s home phone number yesterday, but it turns out the network had a pretty good reason to do so. During yesterday’s episode of CNN’s Crossfire, Carlson, one of the show’s two conservative hosts, took the unpopular decision of defending telemarketers. After prodding from co-host Paul Begala and a Crossfire […]
Yesterday’s Democratic presidential debate in New York was far livelier than the events in Baltimore and Albuquerque. Watching the previous events, one got the impression the candidates were carefully trying not to make any mistakes. Last night, the gloves came off and the candidates came out fighting, mostly going after Dean. Despite polls showing Wesley […]
As I mentioned last week, Congress is on the verge of passing a $13 million voucher plan for the District of Columbia. Under the plan, about 1,700 low-income students will get vouchers worth $7,500 to be spent as tuition at a religious or other private school. The House already passed the plan by the closest […]
I’m sure there’s a temptation on the part of some to consider leaving the United States sometimes. Sure, most people realize in their heart of hearts that we live in the greatest country in the world, but on those days when things seem really bad — when it appears neo-cons, televangelists, and supply-siders will have […]
I realize that there was probably far more interest in last night’s gubernatorial debate in California, but another widely anticipated debate is on tap for this afternoon. The second of six “officially” sanctioned Democratic National Committee presidential debates will be today in New York City. The focus of the debate, sponsored by CNBC and the […]
Forget the polls for a minute. If you want to know if the public is beginning to tire of Bush and Cheney, take a look at Americans’ interest in directly hearing what the two have to say. I noticed (via TBogg), for example, that Cheney was in New Hampshire this week for a Republican fundraiser […]