The LA Times’ Peter Wallsten had an interesting report today on what some claim to be one of the president’s favorite issues. The article highlights the obvious, but since it’s a good point that most of the media ignores, it deserves some attention. Even as President Bush has started telling voters that overhauling Social Security […]
Bush continues to attack Kerry for missing Senate votes and skipping committee hearings, but, ironically, takes more time off than any president in recent memory. CBS News tally shows that President Bush is now making his 38th visit to his Prairie Chapel ranch since taking office. Add up the number of full or partial days […]
The Center for Security Policy’s Frank Gaffney had an item in today’s LA Times on the importance of investing in pension plans that steer clear of terrorist states. Gaffney may be a conservative, but his points are hard to disagree with. Unfortunately, he left out a pretty important detail from his argument. Millions of people […]
The AP mentioned last month that Don Rumsfeld has kept a noticably low profile lately, leading many to wonder if the controversial Defense Secretary with low approval ratings had been locked up in an undisclosed location until after the election. That was true, of course, but I can’t help but notice that another even more […]
John Kerry’s Republican foes wanted the Swiftboat Veterans for Bush to get widespread media attention. They wanted the group’s attacks to be taken seriously. They insisted that these were voices that deserve to be heard. Well, if this doesn’t prove “be careful what you wish for,” then nothing will. As the SBVfT became more aggressive, […]
Bush may be an awful president, but the guy knows how to do two things really well: raise and spend a lot of money. The Bush campaign raised $14 million in July, about as much as it has been taking in each month since it stopped holding fund-raising events in April and continued accepting donations […]
There’s a certain understood etiquette to network green rooms. You’re bound to run into high-profile guests from both sides, but no one actually argues in there. Everyone tends to be civil and professional. Indeed, the charming thing about green rooms is that they’re a great equalizer — all guests have to wait, get makeup, and […]
Let’s see, for four years the Bush administration has gone to extraordinary lengths to prevent the reimportation of prescription medication for Americans. With just three months before Election Day, Bush now decides he thinks reimportation “makes sense” and wants to see if he can make it work. Can you say grade-A, major-league, jaw-dropping flip-flop? In […]
The charter school controversy got its third day of play in the New York Times today, this time by way of an op-ed from the Rev. Floyd Flake. Unfortunately, he left out a significant detail about which readers should have been told. Flake presented a spirited defense and defended the charter school system against recent […]
Republicans have developed a clever plan to boost GOP turnout in several key states — put gay marriage proposals on the ballot. For the right, it’s a two-fer. Anti-gay conservatives will be motivated to turn out in greater numbers to vote on a culture war issue, and while they’re in the voting booth, they’ll probably […]