White House officials have spent an inordinate amount of time lately trying to convince American voters that they know which party the terrorists like more, and the electorate should back candidates who’d make the terrorists unhappy. To do otherwise would be to “appease” the enemy. With this in mind, Ari Melber asks a pertinent question […]
Bush’s political appointees? Overriding scientists for political purposes? You don’t say. A senior Bush political appointee at the Interior Department has rejected staff scientists’ recommendations to protect imperiled animals and plants under the Endangered Species Act at least six times in the past three years, documents show. In addition, staff complaints that their scientific findings […]
A growing number of Republican office-holders and candidates have come to the conclusion that most of us realized a long time ago: it’s time for Donald Rumsfeld to go. Indeed, it’s getting tough to find anyone outside the White House who’s willing to defend what it obviously a disastrous tenure at the Pentagon. Then again, […]
For years, conservative rhetoric has focused on what they call “Bush [tag]hatred[/tag].” Far-right blogs routinely talk about “Bush derangement syndrome,” which, as they see it, is when routine political enmity becomes all-encompassing rage. Ken Mehlman, in particular, seems to revel in the notion of an “angry left.” I’ve never found this meme particularly compelling, but […]
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 Missouri’s incredibly important Senate race, the latest Research 2000 poll conducted for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and KMOV found that Sen. Jim Talent (R) and state Auditor Claire McCaskill (D) are […]
For the Republican establishment, the 2006 elections are about Iraq. Wait, scratch that, the war is a fiasco of historic proportions. The elections are actually about national security. No, that’s not right either; the war is making the terrorist threat worse and the GOP has a lousy record on domestic security. The 2006 elections are […]
It’s hardly noteworthy when a newspaper columnist criticizes the Bush administration for its handling of the war in Iraq, but Joseph [tag]Galloway[/tag] isn’t just another newspaper columnist. Galloway has more than four decades as a reporter and writer, and is widely considered a preeminent expert on military affairs. He’s a decorated Vietnam correspondent, he’s a […]
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner (R-Va.), who seems increasingly unimpressed with the Bush administration’s handling of the war in Iraq, recently asked the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction to explain the whereabouts of arms sent by the U.S. to Iraqi officials. The Inspector, Stuart Bowen, responded yesterday. The news was hardly encouraging. […]
The RNC’s “bimbo” ad in Tennessee last week obviously captured so much attention for its racist elements, but in its litany of criticisms against Rep. Harold Ford (D-Tenn.), the RNC also accused the Democratic hopeful as having taken political contributions from “porn movie producers.” As it turns out, it’s funny the RNC would highlight this […]
We don’t know whether Dems are going to do well in just nine days, but let’s say, just for the sake of discussion, that Dems do well enough to reclaim the majority in at least one chamber. With nearly all of the political establishment, on both sides of the aisle now expecting this to happen, […]