The conventional wisdom tells us that the Bush White House places loyalty to the Republican cause at the top of its priority list. This is slightly off-base — the Bush gang places loyalty to them above everything. Consider, for example, what Gordon England, Bush’s deputy defense secretary, argued yesterday. If the furor over the port […]
Earlier this month, a far-right Republican state lawmaker in Ohio introduced a measure that would prohibit gay adoption. This week, a Dem state senator decided to make a point — by unveiling a proposal barring Republicans from being adoptive parents. State Sen. Robert Hagan sent out e-mails to fellow lawmakers late Wednesday night, stating that […]
Earlier this week, the president was unyielding in the face of congressional complaints about the Dubai Ports World deal. “They ought to listen to what I have to say about this,” Bush said. “They ought to look at the facts, and understand the consequences of what they’re going to do. But if they pass a […]
CBS News Pentagon correspondent David Martin seemed to have a pretty important scoop about Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Iraq. We didn’t hear about it, of course, because administration officials convinced him to kill the story. “This week I killed a story about the battle against Improvised Explosive Devices after a senior military officer told […]
Well, this is a quote Bush may have trouble living down. President Bush on Thursday defended his administration’s decision to allow a company from an Arab country to operate six major U.S. ports, saying, “People don’t need to worry about security.” There are a few presidential critics who disagree. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee published […]
Just to let readers know, I started today as a co-contributor to Salon.com’s Daou Report. It might occasionally affect my blogging schedule, though I expect to post the same amount of content. This is just an FYI announcement. And now, back to the news….
George Will tried to explain today the big difference between the left and right these days: liberals are less happy. A survey by the Pew Research Center shows that conservatives are happier than liberals — in all income groups. While 34 percent of all Americans call themselves “very happy,” only 28 percent of liberal Democrats […]
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 a setback that is both disappointing and rather humiliating, Ohio state Sen. Charlie Wilson (D) will not be the Dems’ U.S. House candidate in Ohio’s 6th — because he failed to […]
The president has said, in no uncertain terms, that his support for the Dubai Ports World agreement is intractable. Nearly all of the congressional leaders, from both parties, have said their opposition is equally rigid. Is there a way out? A growing consensus suggests Congress will have to blink first. Slate’s John Dickerson said lawmakers, […]
It’s been a while since we’ve last heard about a new boycott from the American Family Association’s the Rev. Donald E. Wildmon. His new target? ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” which Wildmon describes as “one of the most vulgar and tasteless programs on television.” (via Pam Spaulding) Wildmon said his goal is to identify advertisers and launch […]