Since I’m frequently frustrated over the media’s inability (or disinterest) in playing any kind of political fact-checking role, I figure it’s only fair to point out when someone gets it right. Especially on TV. As Oliver Willis and my friend Poppy noted, ABC’s Peter Jennings did a straight-up piece last night, contrasting what Bush said […]
It wasn’t long ago — indeed, it was just four days ago — when the Bush campaign was practically giddy over John Kerry’s decision to focus the campaign onto the war in Iraq. White House communications director Dan Bartlett said that when the public compares Bush and Kerry on Iraq, they consistently put their faith […]
John Kerry said the right thing yesterday about the necessity of the war in Iraq, but it inevitably leads to an awkward question. “Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator who deserves his own special place in hell. But that was not, in itself, a reason to go to war. The satisfaction we take in his […]
One of the biggest, most contentious House races in the country this year is in Texas, pitting two well-known incumbents against one another, thanks to Tom DeLay’s outrageous re-redistricting scheme — Pete Sessions (R) vs. Martin Frost (D). Roll Call noted yesterday that the two faced off in their first debate last weekend, and by […]
Way back in March, I noted that Reps. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.) and Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) were pushing some wacky new scheme called the “Reaffirmation of American Independence Resolution.” In case the name didn’t give it away, it’s the latest in a long line of right-wing attacks on the federal judiciary. This one addresses the conservative […]
For all the talk about Kerry supporting a “defeat and retreat” approach, it was Bush who suggested yesterday that “the world would be better off if we did leave.” The Washington Post’s estimable Dan Froomkin noted that Bush was in Derry, N.H., yesterday, and offered one of the crystal-clear sentiments that proves that this president […]
You’ll have to forgive my ongoing obsession over Bush’s weakening support among Cuban-American voters in South Florida, but I continue to believe the split in the community may ultimately decide which candidate wins Florida, and in turn, wins the election. The LA Times had the latest report on the division, noting today that Bush’s support […]
As if Bush’s troubles with Republican senators this week weren’t enough, Rep. Porter Goss (R-Fla.), Bush’s choice to head the CIA, raised some surprisingly interesting concerns during his Senate confirmation hearing about the White House’s use of intelligence before the war in Iraq began. Representative Porter J. Goss, the nominee to become director of central […]
I’ve been wondering where all these so-called “undecided” voters are. Apparently, there’s at least one in the U.S. Senate. Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee said Monday he plans to support his party in November but may write in a candidate instead of voting for President Bush. The Rhode Island lawmaker, known for moderate views that often […]
I don’t have anything intelligent to add to this, other than to note that this is what we’re up against in this campaign. Vandals set fire to signs and wrote pro-President Bush messages on the front of Lafayette’s Democratic Party Headquarters, the second time the office was hit by vandals. The remnants of a small […]