Chances are, you’ve already seen posts about this elsewhere, but Balloon Juice’s John Cole, who voted for Bush and is a life-long Republican, wrote a pretty powerful item yesterday explaining why he just can’t stay with the GOP anymore. There are at least two important things to consider about this: John’s poignant perspective, and the […]
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: * In Connecticut, a Quinnipiac poll a few weeks ago showed Sen. Joe Lieberman (I) leading Ned Lamont (D) by 17 points. A new Quinnipiac poll out today shows the race closer, but […]
It’s not quite “last throes,” but Rumsfeld’s Pentagon wants the public to believe that tremendous progress is underway in Iraq. When the Defense Secretary isn’t telling those with questions about the war to “back off,” he’s telling them that conditions in Iraq, including security, are “improving.” Behind closed doors, U.S. Central Command knows better. A […]
We may have less than a week to go before the midterm elections, but it appears the president is slated to have a relatively low-key day. President Bush will hold no public events of any kind on Wednesday, an exceptionally light schedule this close to next Tuesday’s midterm elections. That sparked questions about whether [tag]Bush[/tag] […]
I honestly can’t remember a more inane manufactured controversy than this one. President Bush last night accused Sen. John F. Kerry of disparaging U.S. troops in Iraq, echoing the 2004 strategy of ridiculing the Massachusetts senator to raise anew questions about Democratic leaders and their commitment to the troops. The highly coordinated White House effort […]
Considering the coverage and responses of the [tag]Mike Stark[/tag]/[tag]George Allen[/tag] controversy so far, I’m reminded a bit of a movie I liked when I was a kid. Axel Foley went into Victor Maitland’s office, and asked a few impertinent questions. Maitland’s thugs grabbed Foley, dragged him into the building’s lobby, and literally threw him through […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * When a very large “shredding services” truck shows up at the Vice President’s house, I get a little nervous. * Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-Nev.) — you know, the guy who allegedly accosted a cocktail waitress in a Las Vegas parking lot — is now officially under a criminal investigation. […]
I haven’t seen the full context, but according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Sen. John [tag]Kerry[/tag] (D-Mass.) was delivering a well-received speech to students at Pasadena City College in California on Monday when he slipped up. Kerry was joking with the audience, delivering a lot of one-liners and jabs at Bush, when he said, […]
It’s no secret that Air America has experienced financial troubles, in part because of insufficient advertising revenue. It is possible, however, that the game was fixed against them for ideological reasons? An internal ABC Radio Networks memo obtained by Media Matters for America, originally from a listener to The Peter B. Collins Show, indicates that […]
Jim Webb (D) has the momentum in the polls, the “naughty novel” strategy isn’t working, and Sen. George Allen (R) is struggling to get on track. This won’t help. A first-year University of Virginia law student shouted a question at U.S. Sen. George Allen Tuesday at the conclusion of a rally at the Omni Charlottesville […]