I had a rare moment of agreement with President Bush today. As the Washington Post reported this afternoon, Bush, like many of us, was thrilled to see Baghdad residents and U.S. Marines join together in toppling a statue of Saddam Hussein in the city’s Firdos Square. “They got it down!” Bush said this morning as […]
While I can admit that President Bush’s cabinet has some capable, professional public officials, the truth is Education Secretary Roderick Paige just isn’t one of them. The Washington Post, for example, reported today on an interview Paige did with the “news” service for the Southern Baptist Convention. While Paige said a variety of unobjectionable things […]
The bill formerly known as the faith-based initiative just passed the Senate. After a mild “debate” over the legislation, the bill passed 95 to 5.
Looks like you’ll be able to add one more to the list of Democratic candidates seeking the nomination. I don’t have any inside information on this, but Gary Hart is certainly looking and sounding like he’s made up his mind and he’s throwing his hat in the ring. Winding up a two-day swing through Iowa […]
Because some of my readers are political junkies just as much as I am, one of you noticed that I said yesterday that Nixon was one of only four presidential candidates to get more than 60% of the popular vote and asked who the other three were. Because I aim to please, here’s the list: […]
I mentioned yesterday that I’d let you know the outcome of the Senate vote on what’s left of the faith-based initiative. Unfortunately, they never got to the bill, so there’s been nothing to report. It’s on the schedule for today and I’ll let you know what happens. (In some ways, this is unnecessarily building up […]
Howard Kurtz, the Washington Post’s media critic, was commenting this morning that the debate over the war in Iraq had a little bit of something for everyone: multilateralists vs. unilateralists, military vs. media, Defense Department vs. State Dept., and so on. When Kurtz, who tends to lean Republican, mentioned what was in the debate for […]
In a few hours, the Senate is going to vote — and will almost certainly pass — what’s left of President Bush’s “faith-based” initiative. If the bill reaches Bush’s desk, as seems likely, the White House will probably put its best face on it and claim that this is a major victory. For those of […]
In case you missed it, Reuters reported yesterday that, for the first time ever, there are 2 million people in our nation’s prisons and jails. This number, remarkably, is double the incarcerated population of 1990. One in every 142 Americans is behind bars. I know this story didn’t get much play in the media, but […]
Since I’ve talked about all of the other Dem candidates’ first quarter fundraising, I feel compelled to give more information as it becomes available. Bob Graham, a Carpetbagger sentimental favorite, raised $1 million in Q1, placing him far behind Dean ($2.6 mil), Lieberman ($3 mil), Gephardt ($3.6 mil), Kerry ($7 mil), and Edwards ($7.4 mil). […]