The New York Times is going where several media outlets have already gone, starting a three-part series today on the series of tragic mistakes the Bush administration in Iraq, in pre-war planning and post-war reconstruction. It may not be a new story, but the first piece of the series, which ran today, had some excellent […]
At this point, Bush is 0-for-2 in finding capable officials to head the Treasury Department. Paul O’Neill was brilliant but prickly — he didn’t get along with Congress, he hated talking to the media, and he ultimately grew frustrated by the White House’s twisted priorities. He was shown the door after two years on the […]
Let’s see, in the past few months we’ve heard from the Bush campaign and the Republican National Committee that Kerry will turn over national security to a “global test,” that Kerry’s health plan is a “government take-over” that will lead to “rationing,” that America may be “hit again” by terrorists unless we vote for Bush, […]
In the third presidential debate, Bush relied on Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the late Democratic senator from New York, as proof of his bi-partisanship on Social Security “reform.” “I called together a group of our fellow citizens to study the issue. It was a committee chaired by the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York, […]
It may be wishful thinking, but I can’t help but notice the number of relatively high-profile Republicans abandoning Bush the past couple of weeks. Whether it’s part of a larger trend or just isolated coincidences remains to be seen, but it’s encouraging either way. Two weeks ago is was Russell Train, a life-long Republican and […]
That didn’t take long. The Washington bureau chief of Sinclair Broadcast Group was fired yesterday after accusing the media company of “indefensible” conduct for planning to air a movie attacking Sen. John Kerry’s Vietnam record in the coming days. Jon Leiberman, who also was the lead political reporter for the 62-station television chain, told CNN […]
I got several frustrated emails and phone calls yesterday expressing concern over the latest round of polls showing Bush edging ahead nationally. The concern is misplaced. Instead of relaying the data from the slew of recent polls — some of which show Bush up, others Kerry up — let’s instead rely on Ezra Klein’s fine […]
Way back in February, CNN ran a feature about Bush’s job losses and noted that this president had the worst record on employment of any president in seven decades. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao was on hand to insist we’re all looking at the wrong numbers. Judy Woodruff: “I want to cite the one economic analyst […]
The gloves are clearly off. With two weeks to go, the Kerry campaign is seizing on a handful of Bush’s biggest vulnerabilities. One of them is obviously Social Security, which Kerry describes as Bush’s “January Surprise.” Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry accused President Bush on Sunday of planning a surprise second-term effort to privatize Social Security […]
Sinclair Broadcast Group’s stock wasn’t doing well before its owners decided to intervene on Bush’s behalf, but now the company’s value is plummeting. The stock has been dropping all day, as news of advertisers fleeing the company reaches investors. As of right now, Sinclair has lost almost 5% of its value since this morning and […]