Following up on an earlier item, the Christian Science Monitor ran a report today from diplomat Mansoor Ijaz who recently asked Mitt Romney whether he would consider a Muslim-American for a cabinet post. Concluding that Muslims are too small a religious minority to qualify for a cabinet post, Romney said he would not. The report […]
Most political observers know to stop reading when they see the phrase, “According to a poll from Zogby Interactive…” and yet, yesterday, I couldn’t believe the commotion caused by a poll that obviously didn’t make any sense. About 24 hours ago, Zogby Interactive released a national poll showing John Edwards and Barack Obama leading each […]
Frank J. Gaffney Jr., president of the far-right Center for Security Policy and a columnist for the conservative Washington Times, devoted his latest piece to denouncing the Middle East peace meeting at the Naval Academy in Annapolis today. That’s not particularly surprising. What is surprising is just how far Gaffney was willing to go. Robert […]
A few weeks ago, Utah voters went to the polls to vote on a statewide school voucher plan. After failing in every single voucher referenda in the country over the last quarter-century, proponents thought they’d finally win one. As it turned out, not so much — the conservative state rejected the scheme by a wide […]
There are quite a few embarrassing clips on YouTube of Mitt Romney straying from the traditional Republican line, but among the more damaging has to do with Ronald Reagan. In an October 1994 debate with Ted Kennedy, Romney distanced himself from the 40th president, saying, “I was an independent at the time of Reagan-Bush. I’m […]
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: * Hillary Clinton sat down with CBS News’ Katie Couric for an interview that was almost entirely about process and the horserace — Couric must have missed Halperin’s memo — and the anchor […]
Given that Rudy Giuliani has no experience or background in foreign policy, national security, or diplomacy, it stands to reason that he’ll occasionally offer incoherent remarks about the global stage. But his comments yesterday go beyond simple ignorance and point to a candidate who simply doesn’t understand current events. Republican Rudy Giuliani said Monday the […]
Bret Stephens, a member of the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board, raises an interesting point in his column today. Remember Nancy Pelosi’s spring break in Damascus? Condoleezza Rice apparently does not. When the House Speaker paid Syrian strongman Bashar Assad a call back in April, President Bush denounced her for sending “mixed signals” that “lead […]
It’s obvious that the big news story of the day is the Middle East peace meeting at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, where delegations from 46 countries and international organizations will meet to discuss Arab-Israeli peace negotiations. What’s far less obvious is whether the gathering will make any difference at all. Even before […]
Of all the presidential candidates, Mitt Romney should be the very last one to publicly endorse discrimination on the basis of religion. He’s a member of a religious minority, he’s been the target of discrimination, and he’s spent the better part of 2007 imploring Americans to judge public officials on their ideas and character. To […]