The situation is bleak at the National Republican Congressional Committee. The GOP’s House committee has $1.6 million in the bank, but is $4 million in debt. The NRCC has struggled to convince incumbents to avoid retirements, and its recruiting efforts have largely been busts. Two weeks ago, House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) was […]
I’ve been enjoying pearls of wisdom from The Weekly Standard’s Fred Barnes for quite a while, but this might be the single most entertaining thing he’s ever said. (via Atrios) On the October 6 edition of Fox News’ The Beltway Boys, co-host and Weekly Standard executive editor Fred Barnes claimed that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) […]
New data from the Des Moines Register offers poll watchers plenty to mull over. Here’s how the Dems rank in the first caucus state: Hillary Clinton — 29% (up from 21% in May) John Edwards — 23% (down from 29%) Barack Obama — 22% (down from 23%) Bill Richardson — 8% (down from 10%) Joe […]
It would appear that Rush Limbaugh’s “phony soldiers” flap has largely run its course. When the National Republican Congressional Committee tries to raise money off an incident in which a right-wing blowhard blasted U.S. troops who dare to disagree with him about Iraq, it’s safe to assume Limbaugh isn’t going to lose his audience over […]
The U.S. embassy in Baghdad, nowhere near complete, is a 21-building, 104-acre compound, a chunk of prime real estate two-thirds the size of Washington’s National Mall. It is, according to the International Crisis Group, the largest embassy any country will have anywhere on earth — a fact that has not gone unnoticed by frustrated Iraqis, […]
The caricature of the president’s aides suggests a West Wing full of loyal Bushies who believe their boss is always right, embrace an unnerving denial, and who make their own reality. But what about when some of these staffers leave the White House bubble? The WaPo’s Peter Baker took a lengthy look today at some […]
In response to the latest monthly employment report, the White House released a “fact sheet” yesterday bragging about the president’s record on job creation. It led Paul Krugman to take a closer look at Bush’s numbers as compared to his predecessor’s. Over the whole of the Clinton administration, the economy added 22.7 million jobs — […]
What, if anything, are Democrats to do about Bubba? Bubba, of course, is the name strategists Steve Jarding and Dave “Mudcat” Saunders gave to the white male vote in the U.S., sometimes referred to as “NASCAR dads.” Bubba hasn’t voted Democratic for about a generation (or two), and with 2008 plans in the works, some […]
Following up on a post from a couple of weeks ago, the details are still sketchy, but we know that Israel decided to attack Syria on Sept. 6, hitting a suspected nuclear site that may have been launched with help from North Korea. ABC News reports today that the Bush administration knew about the plans, […]
Having watched the clip, via ThinkProgress, I suspect Bill O’Reilly was kidding, but am I the only one who finds his eliminationist rhetoric kind of creepy? For those of you who can’t watch clips online, Tony Snow mentioned that he’s interested in writing a book about how to deal with the unexpected, building off his […]