It’s reached the point that I now believe the left is happier to see Ashcroft remain as attorney general than the right. This is not to say that Ashcroft’s critics wouldn’t be thrilled to see him resign, but the right seems to be keenly aware that his controversial actions and unpopularity is a drag on […]
Administration rhetoric about military readiness — which is basically, “Don’t worry, everything’s fine” — looks increasingly ridiculous as the Pentagon’s back-door draft continues. Amid Congressional concerns that the military is stretched too thin, the Army is preparing to take advantage of a rarely used wartime program that allows it to recall soldiers who have left […]
I’ve written on too many occasions about how John Kerry is poised to reverse Dem troubles with Cuban-American voters in South Florida. But it’s also worth noting that Florida’s Latino community is itself a diverse population, with immigrants from several Central and South American countries. Cuban Americans remain the dominant political constituency in the Miami […]
Just to wrap up a strange story, I thought I’d let folks know that Bush has finally been cleared to appear on the presidential ballot in Illinois. Illinois lawmakers agreed Monday to grant President Bush an exception from the usual deadline for placing candidates’ names on the fall election ballot. Illinois law requires the ballot […]
I’ve seen some pretty bad Capitol Hill press conferences — I’ve even been to more than a few — but I’m really glad I missed this one last week. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), a staunch opponent of stem-cell research, hosted a photo-op in which he had planned to denounce the drive for expanded research. The […]
And I though the Republican National Convention was bad in 2000. Four years ago, the RNC stage was graced by such key party activists as J.C. Watts, Jennifer Dunn, and Rick Schroeder. The point was to hide real but unpopular party leaders — Tom DeLay, Trent Lott, Newt Gingrich, et al — from public view. […]
This is just sad. The White House was eager to underscore the historic import of the day. It released a copy of a note to Bush from national security adviser Condoleezza Rice. The note was passed to Bush by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during Monday’s formal NATO session. “Mr. President, Iraq is sovereign. Letter was […]
Some people don’t believe in rehashing the fights of the past. I’m not one of those people. With this in mind, I’d like to point out that Ken Starr is still, years later, not telling the truth about Whitewater. Time magazine asked Starr this week if his witch hunt, in retrospect, seems excessive. “No. There […]
Bush, November 24, 2003: “Working with a fine coalition, our military went to Afghanistan, destroyed the training camps of al Qaeda, and put the Taliban out of business forever.” Bush, June 15, 2004: “Coalition forces, including many brave Afghans, have brought America, Afghanistan and the world its first victory in the war on terror. Afghanistan […]
We’re reaching the point in which Bush’s only die-hard fans left are Christian Coalition members and oil executives. The latest example: even Corporate America is shifting its political allegiance. The Wall Street Journal reported today that what was once a “solid wall of business support” for Bush is slowly crumbling — and Kerry is taking […]