Once in a while, a high-profile Republican will slip and accidentally concede what everyone already knows: the Fox News has a political agenda. Here’s a coffee-shop encounter in Iowa City yesterday with Mitt Romney: A woman asked the former governor of Massachusetts: What can we do to stop the newspaper and television from attacking the […]
The WaPo has a front-page piece today that, at first glance, seems largely unremarkable: there’s a bureaucratic back-up at DHS, and immigrants to applied for citizenship over the last year are finding frustrating delays. Bush administration officials said yesterday that they had anticipated applicants would rush to file their paperwork to beat a widely publicized […]
Just a quick housekeeping note for readers checking in today. I’ll probably have a few posts today, but the posting schedule won’t be nearly as aggressive as usual. Tomorrow will likely be similar. As for the weekend, Morbo will have some words of wisdom for your reading pleasure on Saturday, and I’ll be around a […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Not a great month for investors: “Wall Street resumed its slide Wednesday as unease about the wilting mortgage market and the broader economy triggered selling ahead of the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index and the Dow Jones industrial average each fell […]
Just to put a period on a story we were following last week, Senate Dems really are going to have pro-forma sessions over the next couple of weeks in order to prevent the president from making any recess appointments. The pro forma sessions, which will continue through a week from Thanksgiving, will require several Senate […]
Way back in March, Circuit City fired 3,400 of the chain’s most successful and experienced — and thus highest paid — employees. The idea, apparently, was to save money by maintaining a cheaper labor force. The reality was more discouraging for the company — almost immediately, the chain lost money when it sacked its best […]
One of the big stories in the Republican presidential race last week was a series of controversial survey calls in Iowa and New Hampshire that asked respondents some pointed questions about Mitt Romney. Specifically, voters in the first two Republican contests received calls with negative messages about the former governor’s religion, his Vietnam-era military deferments, […]
News broke this week that former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan is not only publishing a book on his experiences, but is also adding some insights to the Plame leak scandal. Indeed, his publisher released a six-sentence excerpt, that drew all kinds of attention. The most powerful leader in the world had called upon […]
Following up on an item from yesterday, news that injured U.S. troops were being asked to return bonus money from the military spread very quickly, putting the Pentagon in a very awkward position. The good news, the practice apparently won’t happen any more. To briefly recap for those just joining us, a CBS affiliate in […]
One of Rudy Giuliani’s favorite lines is that his top rivals — from McCain to Clinton to Obama — lack executive experience, and “never ran a business.” That stands in contrast to the former mayor, of course, who created a lucrative consulting business after grudgingly leaving office in 2001, called “Giuliani Partners,” which has helped […]