Bush, on Tuesday, in response to a question from a voter about a national sales tax: “He’s talking about getting rid of the current tax system and replacing it with a national sales tax,” Bush told his audience. “It’s an interesting idea. You know, I’m not exactly sure how big the national sales tax is […]
Ralph Nader really wanted California’s Green Party to consider him for its coveted ballot slot. The Greens wisely refused. The Green Party of California has rejected a request from Ralph Nader to hold a special nominating convention that would have given him another shot at appearing on the state’s ballot as a presidential candidate. Nader […]
It was quite a story in April: Prince Bandar enjoys easy access to the Oval Office. His family and the Bush family are close. And Woodward told 60 Minutes that Bandar has promised the president that Saudi Arabia will lower oil prices in the months before the election — to ensure the U.S. economy is […]
I was initially prepared to blow this off. The administration announced over the weekend that Secretary of State Colin Powell wouldn’t appear at this year’s Republican convention. Fine; he played a pretty big role at the last convention, but the party already has a full slate of GOP moderates on the bill and don’t need […]
The biggest congressional scandal that reporters are intent on ignoring took a turn yesterday, as Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), under investigation for leaking classified information to the press, hired outside counsel yesterday. (Believe it or not, Shelby’s lawyer is — eek! — a Democrat.) Gregory Craig, a partner at Williams & Connolly, will represent Shelby […]
In the unlikely event you haven’t already seen this elsewhere, I wanted to mention that Rep. Rodney “Turncoat” Alexander’s troubles continue to get considerably worse. First, as the DCCC reported, Alexander’s ballot status is being challenged in court. A voter in Louisiana is filing a legal challenge to defective Congressman Rodney Alexander’s ballot qualification, and […]
I don’t mean to belabor this point, but the source of the leak for Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan is important and there continues to be some uncertainty here. The key piece of information in identifying who (and by “who,” I mean which country) was responsible for the leak came directly from National Security Advisor Condoleezza […]
As part of my ongoing obsession over the “military vote,” I saw a few items this week that merely reinforce my belief that this should be the constituency to watch over the next three months. First up, in a little swing state known as Florida, Adam Smith, the political editor of the St. Petersburg Times, […]
At least Bush knows a leader when he sees one. It looked like a coincidence when President Bush and Democratic nominee John Kerry spoke within three blocks of each other along the banks of the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa, on the same day last week. This week, a pattern emerged. Kerry, over a six-day […]
Just a few weeks ago, the White House announced its projections for this year’s budget deficit. With an expected shortfall of $445 billion, Bush will break his own record from last year, when the deficit reached $375 billion. But, according to Bush’s gang, there was a silver lining to this cloud. In February, the administration […]