When it comes to Justice Department investigations, the norm is for investigators not to comment publicly on any case, at least while the inquiry is ongoing. With this in mind, it seems odd, to put it mildly, that Ashcroft’s Justice Department has authorized federal officials to speak to Congress about the investigation into Sandy Berger’s […]
Kid Rock’s performance at this year’s Super Bowl half-time show infuriated Sen. Zell Miller (R-Ga.) so much, he used it on the Senate floor as an example of the nation’s “deficit of decency.” “[T]he thing that yanked my chain the hardest was seeing that ignoramus with his pointed head stuck up through a hole he […]
I wasn’t planning on returning to this topic, but the White House’s spinning of last month’s abysmal job numbers was so annoying, I can’t let it go. In reality, Bush doesn’t have a lot of options here. His vaunted tax cuts should be, according to White House estimates, producing robust job growth right now. Instead, […]
Alan Keyes made it official yesterday, announcing his candidacy and offering the kind of sentiment that captures the GOP’s perspective on this race: “I’m not going to stand here and with tremendous ease promise you a victory….” But to get a sense of what key national figures from Illinois, including, say, the Speaker of the […]
It’s no secret that Republicans are going out of their way to help Ralph Nader gather signatures so he can appear on presidential ballots nationwide, but it’s rare when we get a peek at how, exactly, they’re doing it. Bush was in New Hampshire on Friday for another event in a key swing state. Before […]
I’ve never really been bothered by party-switchers. If a lawmaker feels that they no longer fit into their party’s agenda and that the rival party better fits their ideology, then crossing the aisle makes sense. If I’m thrilled when Jim Jeffords leaves the GOP, I can hardly complain when someone else leaves the Dems. That […]
If you’ve been reading this site for a while, you’ve hopefully come to expect this. If you’re new, welcome; we do this every Friday afternoon. It’s my weekly round-up of statewide presidential polls released over the last seven days and this week’s a big one. This week reflects a lot of post-convention numbers, many of […]
Much was made, with good cause, of John McCain’s repudiation of the Swiftboat hacks’ twisted attacks on John Kerry’s military heroism. McCain has been going above and beyond to help Bush on the campaign trail lately, but even he couldn’t stand by and allow such a slanderous attack to go by uncorrected, even if that […]
The RNC’s Ed Gillespie wants everyone to know that his party is making great strides with diversity. As proof, he’s pointing to this year’s delegate list. Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie, former U.S. Treasurer and 2004 California delegate Rosario Marin, and Maryland Lt. Gov. and 2004 delegate Michael Steele today announced a 70 percent […]
Of the three institutions up for grabs this year, the House has always seemed the least likely for Dem success. It’s not because the party isn’t fielding great candidates, or because the GOP has done a bang-up job of running the chamber, but with redistricting schemes having stacked the cards in the Republicans’ favor, it’s […]