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: * If you haven’t seen it, Mitt Romney has a new web video in which he pretends to chat with his family about whether to run for president. It culminates with one of […]
It’s hard to know where to start with something like this item from Hugh Hewitt. President Bush invited ten talk hosts into the Oval Office for an hour of conversation [yesterday] — Glenn Beck, Bill Bennett, Neal Boortz, Scott Hennon, Laura Ingraham, Lars Larson, Mark Levin, Michael Medved, Janet Parshall and me [Hewitt]. It seems […]
By most reasonable standards, the existing presidential primary system is pretty tough to defend. Unless you live in Iowa or New Hampshire — and for some residents, even if you do — you know your state’s influence matters quite a bit less, and in some instances, not at all. A move is afoot to overhaul […]
Just to follow up for a moment on my earlier item, I was struck by the White House’s response to Barack Obama’s counter-terrorism policy with relation to Pakistan. Q: I gather, Tony, from your answer to Martha that you don’t think very much of Barack Obama’s suggestion, he’d send U.S. troops into Pakistan to take […]
The leadership of the Senate Judiciary Committee have been waiting, patiently, for Alberto Gonzales to “clarify” his sworn testimony, and make some kind of acknowledgement of his deceptions. Without some kind of concession from the AG’s office, lawmakers are far more likely to pursue perjury charges. Yesterday, our embattled Attorney General threw up an air […]
I read (and re-read) Barack Obama’s major speech on terrorism — titled, “The War We Need to Win” — and was very impressed. I wouldn’t necessarily say it broke new policy ground, but it was as strong an articulation of the Democratic approach to counter-terrorism as I’ve seen in the last few years. It hit […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * I suspect this won’t surprise anyone: “President Bush is expected to claim executive privilege to prevent two more White House aides from testifying before Congress about the firings of federal prosecutors. Thursday is the deadline for Karl Rove, Bush’s top political adviser, to provide testimony and documents related to […]
Once in a great while, the right surprises me. On the July 30 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Savage reacted to news that Chief Justice John Roberts had suffered a seizure that day by raising the possibility that “his health was in some way tampered with by the Democrats.” Savage said, “Something’s […]
We hear plenty of talk about what the war in Iraq is costing us in “blood and treasure,” and given that dynamic, I always feel a twinge of caution before focusing on the latter half. Obviously, the lives of U.S. troops are more important than money. But financial costs do matter, and this war’s price […]
You may not remember the name Josh Rushing, but I suspect you’ve seen him. He’s the Marine Captain who served as the press officer for Centcom at the start of the war. He became nationally known after his appearance in Control Room, a documentary that featured Rushing answering questions in a candid, earnest way about […]