I have to admit, I didn’t see this one coming. I’d long assumed that if there were one thing the left and right could agree on, especially when it comes to foreign policy and counter-terrorism, it’s the pursuit of al Qaeda terrorists. With this in mind, Barack Obama’s pronouncement in August hardly seemed controversial. He […]
Since the expiration of the poorly-named Protect America Act, the White House and its allies have gone to great lengths to argue that we should be absolutely terrified. Those mean ol’ Democrats in Congress have refused to give the president everything he wants, and the consequences, they’ve claimed, will likely be catastrophic. Congressional Republicans even […]
Because some things are as predictable as the sunrise. This morning on Fox News Sunday, New York Times columnist Bill Kristol recommended that Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) employ the “politics of fear” to attack Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL): “[Obama’s] riding a wave of euphoria. She [Clinton] needs to puncture it. The way you puncture euphoria […]
I used to think, years ago, that there was a difference between right-wing lawmakers and right-wing activists. They shared common goals and worldviews, but those who were actually elected to public office had to be, by virtue of their professional duties, a little responsible. When they spoke, they were speaking for hundreds of thousands of […]
As yesterday’s spirited offensive should have made clear, Hillary Clinton is not about to fade away. The race for the Democratic nomination clearly isn’t going her way right now, and her overall chances may be slipping, but there’s no way in the world the senator is going to just fade away. The NYT notes today, […]
From email smears to misleading pictures making the rounds, Barack Obama’s critics have tried, with varying degrees of subtlety, to argue that the Illinois senator somehow lacks the requisite patriotism to be president. Yesterday, the AP’s Nedra Pickler tackled the charges. Sen. Barack Obama’s refusal to wear an American flag lapel pin along with a […]
As expected, a certain third party candidate announced his fourth presidential campaign this morning on “Meet the Press.” (Apparently, the results of the first three weren’t quite clear enough.) Ralph Nader is launching a third-party campaign for president. The consumer advocate made the announcement Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” He says most Americans are […]
Hillary Clinton, hoping to utilize an untapped area of attack, unloaded on Barack Obama today. The subject: a couple of direct-mail pieces. In one of her sharpest attacks of the 2008 race, Clinton blasted two mailings Obama’s campaign has put out criticizing Clinton’s views on health care and trade, accusing him of “using tactics that […]
I usually don’t care for conservative humor, but I have to admit, Armstrong Williams had me with this one: On the February 22 edition of MSNBC Live, conservative radio host and columnist Armstrong Williams said of a February 21 New York Times article about Sen. John McCain’s relationship with a telecommunications lobbyist, “I think what […]
John McCain’s website tells visitors, “Too often the special interest lobbyists with the fattest wallets and best access carry the day.” That, apparently, is especially true of the lobbyists who dominate McCain’s campaign staff, at least one of whom does lobbying work directly from McCain’s bus. Of all the lobbyists involved in the McCain campaign, […]