Maybe we should all chip in and get TV preacher Pat Robertson a gift basket or something, because his uncontrollable popping off on CNN Tuesday night threw the Bush gang wildly off message yesterday. (Insert Nelson Muntz’s “ha, ha” here) It was a golden opportunity that the Kerry campaign was quick to seize on. Mike […]
We’re still 12 days from Election Day, so it may seem a little premature to start looking at vote totals. On the other hand, as The New Republic’s Ryan Lizza noted, early voting in Nevada (swing state, 5 electoral votes) is very encouraging. A third of the way through a two-week window for early voting, […]
Just to update yesterday’s item about an internal CIA report on accountability for 9/11 intelligence failures, there appears to be a growing consensus that this is a document that needs to be released. The Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Intelligence Committee have called on the Central Intelligence Agency to release an internal report […]
TV preacher Pat Robertson’s appearance on CNN last night has been generating plenty of attention, but I think there’s more to this than meets the eye. The founder of the U.S. Christian Coalition said Tuesday he told President George W. Bush before the invasion of Iraq that he should prepare Americans for the likelihood of […]
Ron Suskind, who wrote the stunning “Without a Doubt” piece for the New York Times Magainze, talked to Salon today and added some interesting details to what he’s learned and noticed. First, and perhaps most importantly, Suskind fleshed out something he mentioned only in passing in the NYT piece. [T]he president said, “I’m going to […]
The Democrats on the House Government Reform Committee, led by the irreplaceable Henry Waxman, sure do know how to put together a good report. The “Iraq on the Record” research was impeccable, as was the work on the White House’s war on science, and unprecedented penchant for secrecy. Now, Waxman & Co. have done it […]
Condi Rice is different from all of her predecessors, not only because she lacks their skills, honesty, and competence, but because she’s not afraid to use her position for political purposes. In the weeks leading up to the Nov. 2 election, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice has traveled across the country making speeches in key […]
With less than two weeks to go before the election, it might surprise you to learn that the biggest TV ad campaign is not from BC04, KE04, MoveOn, ACT, or the NRA. It’s from the conservative Progress for America Voter Fund, a new Republican 527 group that’s launching a $14.2 million ad buy on Bush’s […]
I should know by now never to be surprised by anything Bush says. And yet, I’m still occasionally shocked. Matt Yglesias noted yesterday that Bush is so concerned about Kerry’s talk of a draft that his comments on the issue are becoming increasingly ridiculous. From this week’s interview with the AP: Q: Mr. President, you […]
At a rally earlier this month in New Hampshire, Bush said, “When American [sic] puts our troops in combat, I believe they deserve the best training, the best equipment, the full support of our government.” But when those same troops are asked for their opinions, many of them are voicing concerns and questioning whether they […]