One of the stranger post-election developments anywhere — outside of the Washington governor’s race, that is — centers on a candidate for the Kentucky State Senate. I don’t know if this is of interest to those outside of Kentucky, but I found it incredible. Dana Seum Stephenson, a Republican, ran for the Senate seat despite […]
With the 2004 election having just wrapped up, and with Bush not yet inaugurated for a second term, few would-be presidents are prepared to admit that they’re considering running in 2008 (Chuck Hagel is, at this point, the exception). But if you’re anxious to see which Dems are weighing a White House bid, look no […]
The all-important annual Koufax Awards are moving right along and the nominees for the blogs “Most Deserving of Wider Recognition” are out. If my count is right, there are 157 blogs in this category, and fortunately, I’m one of them. If you were so inclined, head over and let your voice be heard. I should […]
Like Michael Froomkin, I’ve often wondered why Congress hasn’t done more to place legal limits on American torture policies. Now we know, however, that Congress was prepared to do more, but ran into opposition from the pro-torture crowd at the Bush White House. At the urging of the White House, Congressional leaders scrapped a legislative […]
Kevin Drum brought up a point this afternoon that’s been bugging me all day. It turns out that today offers a perfect case study in the media’s inability to tell Americans when their president is lying. Bush, in addressing the alleged “crisis” in Social Security, told his hand-picked audience yesterday: “As a matter of fact, […]
The DCCC noted today that the “kingpin strategy” being used in Texas seems to be working its way closer to Tom DeLay. Prosecutors investigating whether corporations illegally financed the Republican Party’s rise to dominance in the Texas Capitol are negotiating agreements with several companies accused of making improper political donations, and analysts say the discussions […]
Now that the election is over, pollsters are conducting far fewer surveys and the polls themselves are generating far less interest. Nevertheless, the numbers still matter and, at this point, they’re definitely tilting against Bush. About a month ago, Salon’s Eric Boehlert noted that Bush’s poll numbers were not just low, they were the lowest […]
Remember the divide-and-conquer approach Bush used in the campaign? He’s using the same strategy in the drive to privatize Social Security. At yesterday’s “town-hall” style meeting on the issue: Tuesday’s event, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium here, was reminiscent of an event in Mr. Bush’s re-election campaign, when participants selected by the administration sat […]
Bush’s first newspaper interview since the election was earlier this week, with the conservative Wall Street Journal. His second newspaper interview since the election was yesterday, with the even-more-conservative (and Moonie-owned) Washington Times. I think I’m starting to see a trend here. The Moonie interview, however, focused a great deal on Bush’s religious faith and […]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a high-ranking Bush administration official makes a tragic mistake, gets caught, and finds himself promoted. The latest example is Robert Joseph. The man who insisted that President Bush make the claim that Saddam Hussein was seeking uranium for nuclear weapons in Africa is poised to assume a top […]