I’ve been torn about Tim Russert for a long time. While I know many libs who consider him a useless GOP shill, I go back and forth on whether he has biased or just overcompensating for the fact he used to be involved with Dem politics in the ’60s. During the 2000 campaign, Russert interviewed […]
I was in DC when the anthrax mailings were scaring the hell out of everyone in 2001. In fact, my office mail was going through Brentwood, the same post office that the anthrax letters went through, and there were some questions about cross-contamination. With that in mind, I’m not prepared to joke about poisonous toxins […]
I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a little confused. I’ve read CIA Director George Tenet’s speech defending the intelligence community now that the White House and congressional Republicans are holding the agency — and just the agency — responsible for getting Iraq’s WMD completely wrong. Part of my confusion is about what, exactly, Tenet […]
I’ve been reading a lot over the last week about the Bush AWOL story and have started to write about it several times, but find that there’s just too much to it. All of the posts quickly become interminable. There’s one specific point that I’ve been meaning to explore and then discovered that Salon’s Eric […]
I know talking about the presidential race is fun, but there’s still plenty to consider in the way of Senate campaigns. For a while, it looked like it would be a very long, and very unsuccessful, year for the Dems in terms of the Senate. Five key Southern Dem incumbents announced their retirements and the […]
I’ve noticed that several of the Dem presidential campaigns have drawn on the results from the 1992 primaries to show that Kerry hasn’t locked up this year’s nomination. It’s not a bad approach, but it suffers from one very serious flaw. Those hoping to see Kerry’s campaign falter have accurately noted that Bill Clinton fared […]
It seemed so unambiguous. I couldn’t find a hint of wiggle room. Howard Dean sent an email to campaign supporters with a straight-forward message yesterday. It explained, “The entire race has come down to this: we must win Wisconsin.” The email went on to explain, “A win [in Wisconsin] will carry us to the big […]
An Associated Press poll released last night shows Bush’s job approval rating slipping to 47%, a nine-point drop from an AP poll in January and a 12-point drop since December. An equally exciting 50% said they disapprove of his job performance. These numbers are — you guessed it — easily the worst of Bush’s presidency […]
UPI is reporting that federal investigators examining the Plame Game scandal now have “hard evidence of possible criminal misconduct” by two of Dick Cheney’s top aides — John Hannah and Cheney’s chief of staff Lewis “Scooter” Libby. A Justice Department official told UPI that the investigation “could lead to indictments” against the two. The UPI […]
The AP is reporting that the annoying controversy in Georgia over whether to remove the word “evolution” from the state science curriculum appears to be over. Superintendent Kathy Cox has dropped her controversial plan and has agreed to let the word, which she dismissed as a “buzzword” last week, remain. “I will recommend to the […]