When it comes to the war in Iraq, George Will has not always been entirely unreasonable. He’s denounced neocons, and in a surprisingly hard-hitting 2004 column, described the war as “untenable,” compared it to Vietnam, and said the war could “unmake” Bush’s presidency. With this in mind, I was a little startled to see this […]
Late on Tuesday, after the Ford family announced the passing of the former president, President Bush released a statement praising Gerald Ford for his “quiet integrity, common sense, and kind instincts.” As it turns out, Bush was more right than he realized — Ford’s common sense and instincts served him well. Former president Gerald R. […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) had hoped to score some points with the GOP base for his presidential campaign by filing a lawsuit that would have forced a constitutional ban on gay marriage on the state ballot, over the objections of the legislature. Today, the state Supreme Judicial Court […]
National Review’s Cliff May published this comment today from an unnamed Marine in Iraq. [M]orale among our guys is very high. They not only believe that they are winning, but that they are winning decisively. They are stunned and dismayed by what they see in the American press, whom they almost universally view as against […]
(The comment discussion from a few hours ago in this post was so interesting, I thought I’d write up a free-standing post on the subject and explore the issue in more detail.) Regular readers may recall that we had a Sunday Discussion Group the week of the November elections in which we considered how, exactly, […]
Rudy Giuliani is going to have be awfully careful with stuff like this. (via Eric Kleefeld) Supporters of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani have started discussions with relatives of 9/11 victims about backing him if he runs for president in 2008, some family members told The Post. The conversations have taken place in recent weeks, according […]
A surprising amount of the debate surrounding the war in Iraq has been about word choice. We’ve had debates about whether or not there’s a “civil war,” whether there’s an “insurgency,” what the meaning of “last throes” is, whether we’re “winning,” whether we can characterize the conflict as part of the “war on terror,” etc. […]
Earlier this month, Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) exploratory committee announced that Terry Nelson, a veteran GOP campaign operative, would be McCain’s national campaign manager for the 2008 campaign. It was an odd choice, not because Nelson isn’t qualified to run a national campaign, but because he seems to represent everything the old McCain used to […]
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: * John Edwards confirmed to the New York Times yesterday what’s been largely known for a while: he’s going to launch another presidential campaign this week. According to the Times, Edwards will announce […]
After noticing that Atrios had named David Ignatius today’s “Wanker of the Day” because of his column in the Washington Post, I checked out the piece to see what all the fuss is about. Lo and behold, it’s pretty bad. Ignatius believes that the burdens of leadership during the crisis in Iraq have taken their […]