Following up on a post from Friday, I enjoyed an LA Times editorial over the weekend, responding to the latest effort to revive a constitutional amendment on flag burning. The paper pointed to a smart lawmaker with a terrific idea. Sen. Dick Durbin has the right idea. By March, the Illinois Democrat and his colleagues […]
U.S. abuse and torture of detainees is no longer dominating the news, but if this were a normal news day, a stunning report on the front page of today’s Wall Street Journal would be getting more attention. The opinions of White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales are already widely known. Shortly after 9/11, Gonzales recommended that […]
A couple of weeks ago, Advertising Age magazine had an item that received a lot of attention online. The point of the article was simple: Bush’s and Kerry’s campaign ads aren’t having much of an effect in changing people’s minds. More than half the consumers queried in a new Advertising Age poll conducted by Lightspeed […]
We saw this coming, but I was a little surprised at how fast it happened. The Bush White House on a federal tobacco buyout, in early May: “They’ve got the quota system in place — the allotment system — and I don’t think that needs to be changed,” Bush said. The Bush White House on […]
I hope it doesn’t come across as callous to consider the political implications of a man’s death. It’s an election year, the GOP’s leading icon has passed away, and I don’t think it’s unreasonable to wonder aloud how this event will shape the political landscape. I imagine the Republicans will do their level best to […]
I had a lengthy post put together about Reagan, his presidency, and his place in history — and then I scrapped the whole thing. It was a long and hostile tirade about how the man we’ve been hearing about since Saturday morning bears no resemblance to the controversial 40th president, but I’ve decided it’s probably […]
As you’ve hopefully come to expect on Friday afternoons, it’s time for everyone’s favorite weekly feature — Poll Day. As always, these are the statewide presidential polls released over the last seven days. West Virginia (5 electoral votes) Mason-Dixon — Kerry 47, Bush 41 Comment: This is definitely the poll of the week. After months […]
I didn’t realize they were this desperate. The same federal lawmakers who can’t figure out how to pass a federal budget have decided to take up several constitutional amendments between now and the end of the session. It’s a sad but predictable desperation ploy — when in doubt, promise to tinker with the Constitution. It […]
Just to follow-up on a post from earlier this week, Bob Novak had an interesting column a couple of days ago (brought to my attention by my friend Phil) about conservatives complaining about Bush’s campaign ads. After a Memorial Day spent campaigning in his district, a Republican House member turned on the television Monday night […]
The Bush campaign’s decision to play with the nominated calendar is not without consequences. In an attempt to shamelessly exploit the third anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the GOP has moved the Republican National Convention as far into September as any party ever has. It caused a few logistical headaches in several states that have […]