If the weather-balloon incident in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947 is a big issue for you, Bill Richardson is your presidential candidate. The New Mexico governor hosted a town-hall meeting the other day when a voter asked Richardson whether he’d be willing to get to the bottom of the “mystery.” Not only did Richardson take […]
Great. Now Nader voters are coming around. Right or wrong, people who voted for Ralph Nader get blamed for costing Al Gore the 2000 election. Now, some of those very same voters are throwing themselves into a new – and nonexistent – campaign: Gore 2008. […] Another former Naderite, Northern California author Bill Katovsky, isn’t […]
A week ago, at a debate for the Republican presidential candidates, Fox News’ Wendell Goler asked Fred Thompson about his reputation for laziness. The actor/lobbyist/senator talked a bit about his personal background, and emphasized his career as a federal prosecutor to help prove how hard he’s willing to work. “I was able to be an […]
There a paragraph in today’s front-page New York Times piece on Barack Obama that caught my eye. His senior aides said they were now spending much of their day fielding calls from concerned donors and other supporters asking why Mr. Obama was not challenging Mrs. Clinton more forcefully and warning that he could cede the […]
One need not be a professional pollster to know that most rank-and-file Dems have been disappointed with the new Democratic congressional majority this year. And one need not be a professional political analyst to see why. Dems have done a reasonably good job on domestic issues on which they feel strong: minimum-wage increase, student-loan reform, […]
By now, you’ve probably all heard about the Republican electoral-vote scheme in California. If you’re just joining us, it’s quite a clever little scam: the state GOP, far-right activists, and Swiftboat financiers, under the guise of “fairness,” want to split California’s 55 electoral votes by congressional district, as opposed to the current winner-take-all system. There’s […]
One of the striking things about the debate over retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies is how unpersuasive proponents’ arguments are. There’s just not much in the way of a defense — telecoms turned over access to phone records and emails to the Bush administration without a warrant. That’s illegal. They got caught. And now, the […]
The president is making irresponsible references to “World War III,” and Cheney is dusting off his 2002 speeches to bluster about “serious consequences” for Iran, but the NYT’s David Brooks suggested yesterday we don’t really have to worry about another war. Brooks has read Bush’s “body language” and has come to believe we’ll be fine. […]
FEMA’s decision this week to host a press conference with FEMA employees pretending to be reporters was a massive embarrassment for the administration yesterday, which drew a quick response. Apparently, no one could figure out a way to blame Dems, MoveOn.org, Michael Moore, or George Soros for this one, so they apologized for screwing up. […]
This week, in one of the more striking examples of the culture of fear run amok, the state of Pennsylvania decided not to release a list of state polling places. The rationale was simple: officials wanted to prevent terrorists from disrupting the state’s elections. Thankfully, yesterday, the governor intervened. Gov. Ed Rendell on Friday rescinded […]