There’s no real point in highlighting every new [tag]poll[/tag] that’s released showing [tag]Bush[/tag]’s awful [tag]approval ratings[/tag] — his unpopularity has more or less reached dog-bites-man territory — so I’ll make everyone a deal: I’ll only mention new national polls about the president when a) the results show a new all-time low; or b) when the […]
If there’s any political wisdom in this, I can’t find it. For emotional wallop, there are few rivals to the windswept, grassy field outside of Shanksville, Pa., where United Airlines [tag]Flight 93[/tag] crashed on Sept. 11, 2001. But for three years, that field has made do with a makeshift monument while one member of Congress, […]
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: * Eight months after ruling out a Senate primary against Rep. [tag]Katherine Harris[/tag] (R), Florida House Speaker [tag]Allan Bense[/tag] “may reconsider” his decision. Bense has been encouraged by state and national GOP leaders, […]
As you may have heard, an [tag]eighth[/tag] [tag]retired[/tag] [tag]general[/tag] announced yesterday that Defense Secretary Donald [tag]Rumsfeld[/tag] should [tag]resign[/tag]. This one, though, has an even more compelling back-story than some of his colleagues. Fox News is reporting an eighth general has called for Rumsfeld’s resignation. Ret. Marine General [tag]Paul Van Riper[/tag] said he constantly talks with […]
Less than 48 hours ago, [tag]Tyler Drumheller[/tag], the former highest ranking [tag]CIA[/tag] officer in Europe, explained that intelligence officials told the White House that Iraq had no WMD and had the kind of blockbuster, inside-source imaginable to confirm this. The [tag]Bush[/tag] gang blew him off and went to war. At the same time, lawmakers like […]
For those following the story, it looks like Fox News anchor [tag]Tony Snow[/tag] is poised to accept the White House’s offer to replace [tag]Scott McClellan[/tag] as [tag]Bush[/tag]’s [tag]press secretary[/tag]. The sources said they expect him to announce his decision within the next few days. A source familiar with the discussions said Monday that newly appointed […]
[tag]Kevin Phillips[/tag] recently published a new book, “American Theocracy,” based in part on the idea that [tag]George W. Bush[/tag] is heading “the first religious party in U.S. history,” basing life-and-death policy decisions on the power of “the tens of millions of true believers viewing events through a Left Behind perspective.” If [tag]Bush[/tag] hopes to disprove […]
Over the weekend, we learned that the [tag]CIA[/tag], following an investigation headed personally by Director [tag]Porter Goss[/tag], had dismissed [tag]Mary McCarthy[/tag], a veteran intelligence analyst who until 2001 was senior director for intelligence programs at the National Security Council, for [tag]leak[/tag]ing word to the Washington Post about the CIA’s secret prisons in Eastern Europe. Based […]
Around the web today, you’ll find relatively sincere discussions comparing [tag]Bush[/tag] to Abraham [tag]Lincoln[/tag] in the lead up to the Civil War, to [tag]FDR[/tag], and to a Cold War [tag]dissident[/tag] fighting for democratic values. Perhaps the most insightful comes by way of Arthur Schlesinger Jr., who puts Bush’s approach to foreign policy in a historical […]
Maybe you’ve heard the phrase “net neutrality,” or more likely, you haven’t. But if you care about the way the Internet operates — or, for that matter, if you just like to visit websites — it’s an issue that warrants your attention. The Center for American Progress published a helpful guide to the issue a […]