Joe Trippi, Howard Dean’s former campaign manager, has thrown his support behind one of the candidates seeking the chairmanship of the DNC — and it’s not Howard Dean. “If our party is to win in the 21st century, we have to have a strategist who knows how to practice 21st century politics. That means expanding […]
On Dec. 3, Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, indicated that he’s among the few Americans left who believed maybe, just maybe, there are unfound weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Asked if he has any regrets about the statements he made before the war that he […]
I imagine it’s quite challenge being a defense attorney for a client who was photographed torturing people. But, as my friend Poppy noted, this argument probably won’t persuade too many people. A lawyer for Charles Graner, accused ringleader in the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal, has compared piling naked prisoners into pyramids to cheerleader shows and […]
Republican majorities in both chambers may have increased in November, but Bush is going to have to change a lot of minds — among members of his own party — if his Social Security scheme has any chance at all. Many Republicans are expressing reservations about the political wisdom of President Bush’s vision for restructuring […]
Cause: [T]he White House has found it harder to attract a top-flight team because some candidates are unwilling to give up lucrative posts to come to Washington to be White House cheerleaders. One economist, who was rumored to be up for a position on the Council of Economic Advisers, said he could not take a […]
In a rare press conference a couple of weeks ago, Bush made it sound as if he does not now, nor will he ever, have a Social Security plan of his own. Asked how the scheme might work, Bush said, “I don’t get to write the law.” Asked about his priorities, Bush said, “[T]he law […]
Even for the Bush gang, this one’s dumber than usual. D.C. officials said yesterday that the Bush administration is refusing to reimburse the District for most of the costs associated with next week’s inauguration, breaking with precedent and forcing the city to divert $11.9 million from homeland security projects. Federal officials have told the District […]
Of all the age groups to antagonize, Bush has picked the worst one. In the debate over adding individual investment accounts to Social Security, the president gets the strongest support from the youngest voters. But they make up the age group that is least likely to vote and was least likely to support him in […]
Yet another country is pulling out of Iraq. The government of Ukraine, acting a day after an explosion killed eight of its soldiers in Iraq, announced Monday that it would withdraw its 1,650-member force by the middle of 2005. Ukraine has been moving for months toward pulling out its forces, but officials have remained vague […]
Wondering who will be the latest nominee to replace Tom Ridge as the director of Homeland Security? Wonder no longer. President Bush has chosen federal appeals court judge Michael Chertoff to be his new Homeland Security chief, turning to a former federal prosecutor who helped craft the early war on terror strategy, The Associated Press […]