[tag]Al Gore[/tag] has the [tag]media[/tag]’s attention, he has his critics’ attention, and today he gets [tag]Paul Krugman[/tag]’s attention. The NYT columnist notes the hyperventalating response “[tag]An Inconvenient Truth[/tag]” has generated in some circles, but believes it’s part of a larger problem. Actually, the right’s panicky response to Mr. Gore’s film is probably a good thing, […]
About a week ago, Rep. [tag]Jack Murtha[/tag] (D-Pa.) alerted the nation to a Pentagon investigation into the death of Iraqi civilians last November in the Iraqi city of [tag]Haditha[/tag]. The probe was reportedly brutal; Murtha said U.S. [tag]Marines[/tag] “killed innocent civilians in cold blood.” Conservatives were incensed, not at the incident or at the military […]
This is most disappointing. White House aide [tag]Brett Kavanaugh[/tag] won [tag]Senate[/tag] confirmation as an appeals judge Friday after a wait of nearly three years, yet another victory in President [tag]Bush[/tag]’s drive to place a more conservative stamp on the nation’s [tag]courts[/tag]. Kavanaugh was confirmed on a vote of 57-36, warmly praised by Republicans but widely […]
Usually I don’t cover mayoral issues very closely, but because New York Mayor [tag]Michael Bloomberg[/tag] (R) is something of a national figure, I think it’s interesting that he seems to be straying further and further from his [tag]Republican[/tag] Party. Mayor [tag]Bloomberg[/tag] lashed out against [tag]conservatives[/tag] yesterday for ignoring science and common sense on issues like […]
Obviously, anytime there are reports of [tag]gunfire[/tag] in or around Congress, there’s reason to be concerned. Given what we know now, however, this morning’s incident was, fortunately, not a big deal. [tag]Capitol Police[/tag] said Friday they were investigating reports of sounds of gunfire in the garage of the Rayburn Office Building, where members of 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 Pennsylvania, Gov. [tag]Ed Rendell[/tag] (D), who appeared increasingly vulnerable a couple of months ago after former football player [tag]Lynn Swann[/tag] (R) secured the GOP nomination, looks significantly stronger now. A new […]
Where, exactly, does Sen. [tag]Rick Santorum[/tag] (R-Pa.) live? The answer isn’t quite as clear as it should be. One thing’s for sure, his status as a [tag]Pennsylvania[/tag] [tag]resident[/tag] is very much in doubt. State Treasurer [tag]Bob Casey[/tag], Santorum’s Dem opponent, has been making hay of this for months, prompting a series of denials and accusations […]
[tag]Karl Zinsmeister[/tag], the new White House domestic policy advisor, has every reason to be embarrassed by some of the over-the-top comments he’s made in recent years, but to go back and quietly [tag]change[/tag] [tag]embarrassing[/tag] published remarks when he hopes no one’s looking is a problem. A magazine editor named to a top White House policy […]
Newsweek’s [tag]Howard Fineman[/tag] argued that [tag]Ken Lay[/tag]’s conviction “marks another dark moment in the Bush era.” Oh, how I wish that were true. If you want a date to mark the beginning of the end of the [tag]Bush[/tag] era in American life, you may as well make it this one: May 25, 2006. The Enron […]
The man who has trouble remembering making any mistakes in office now regrets some of his “[tag]tough talk[/tag]” regarding the war in [tag]Iraq[/tag]. Sort of. [I]n an unusual admission of a personal mistake, Mr. [tag]Bush[/tag] said he [tag]regret[/tag]ted challenging insurgents in Iraq to “[tag]bring it on[/tag]” in 2003, and said the same about his statement […]