About two years ago, Dick Cheney told a national television audience, “[S]ince I left Halliburton to become George Bush’s vice president, I’ve severed all my ties with the company, gotten rid of all my financial interests,” Cheney said. “I have no financial interest in Halliburton of any kind and haven’t had now for over three […]
I noticed that Wesley Clark was in Alabama yesterday, speaking at a local party rally and a state Dems’ fundraiser. According to a news report of the event, Clark was very well received, but more importantly, I think he used language that can resonate in the region. Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, former and possible future […]
Last week, in a bid to smooth over right-wing outrage over Harriet Miers Supreme Court nomination, the Bush gang invited several leading conservative activists to the White House for what turned out to be tense closed-door meetings. At one point, White House adviser Ed Gillespie suggested that some of the unease about Miers “has a […]
As the what-did-Rove-tell-Dobson-about-Miers controversy works its way towards a second week, and the Focus on the Family chief is poised to get himself subpoenaed to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee what “confidential” information he knows about this nomination, Dobson claims to be ready to set the record straight. At least, that is, on his terms. […]
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: * A poll conducted late last week in Alabama highlights the inherent difficulty in taking on an incumbent governor in a primary. Gov. Bob Riley (R) may have some political troubles, but in […]
Love him or hate him, filmmaker Michael Moore seems to have a knack for making conservatives nervous, angry, and usually both. Moore hasn’t been in the spotlight very much of late, but as it turns out, it’s because he’s found a new target and is already working on his next project. Any information about a […]
Now that Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt has said the likelihood of a human flu pandemic is “very high,” I thought it might be worthwhile to check back with The New Republic’s latest article on Bush’s “Hackocracy” — a fairly comprehensive review of the administration, looking for the next Mike Brown (incompetent crony […]
Because Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers has practically zero public record, any documents reflecting her professional background become all the more significant. If senators are to understand her expertise and qualifications for a lifetime position on the nation’s highest court, they’ll have to scrutinize what limited materials are available. One wonders, then, what the Senate […]
A top United Nations envoy returned from the Darfur region of Sudan recently and had discouraging news: the calamity is actually getting worse. “I found the situation much more dangerous and worrisome than I expected it to be,” said [Juan Mendez, special adviser to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan], who just completed his second visit […]
I try not to include too many personal anecdotes here on the site, but in this case, I’m willing to make an exception. In 2001, I attended the Christian Coalition’s annual national conference, covering the event for my employer at the time. While chatting with some reporters in the lobby of the Washington Hilton, a […]