Forgive me, but I’m a sucker for articles about professed Bush voters announcing they’re sick of him and will vote Dem in 2004. I don’t care how anecdotal these articles are. If I see one, I’m not only going to read it, I’m going to like it. The latest was a front-page item in yesterday’s […]
It seemed like only a week ago that the White House was really concerned with gay marriage and anxious to tout the merits of a constitutional amendment. Oh wait, it was only a week ago. Bush said “decisive…action is needed.” He spoke of “serious consequences” without an amendment. He said marriage “requires” an amendment. He […]
The New York Times had a fascinating, and only slightly discouraging, report about a small Montana town divided over a proposal for creationism in local public schools. The fact that the town is divided at all, however, is the interesting part. After all, Darby, Montana — population 754 — is not exactly Cambridge, Mass. Darby’s […]
Looking over the Super Tuesday states, it’s easy to overlook Vermont. In fact, everyone has. Vermont is easily the smallest of the Super Tuesday contests, offering a total of 15 potential delegates (in contrast, California will divide up 370 delegates). John Edwards isn’t even on the ballot in Vermont, with his campaign having decided months […]
About two weeks ago, Kerry aides told the Boston Globe that a Kerry-Edwards ticket is “unlikely” and that Kerry is “skeptical about Edwards’ strength as a running mate.” That, of course, was when the two were still being nice to each other. Since then, Edwards has taken on the role of a much more aggressive […]
I know elections are supposed to be about the future, but voters traditionally want to know what the candidates have done in order to understand if they’re trustworthy and reliable in setting a national agenda for the future. If there’s one candidate who benefits when voters ignore personal histories, it’s George W. Bush. The man, […]
Two years ago, when the White House announced the formation of the President’s Council on Bioethics, there was some initial controversy over whether the panel would have the courage to take on controversies with an objective, independent eye. The White House insisted that politics was irrelevant. The council’s field of inquiry — including embryo and […]
Few of the political fights of the Bush presidency have been as annoying as the one over the White House drive to stack the courts with conservative judges. After years of seeing dozens of Clinton judicial nominees denied even a single hearing in Orrin Hatch’s Judiciary Committee, it’s hard to feel sorry for Republicans when […]
I noticed that Frederick Maryland was troubled by something he saw on Pat Robertson’s 700 Club, so I decided to check it out for myself. Before I get into this, I’d like to note that, as a rule, I don’t approve of political name calling. I do my best not to engage in it (much), […]
Nearly a year ago, we learned that the GOP had scheduled the latest national party nominating convention in U.S. history. Looking at the calendar, the motivation wasn’t complicated. For the first time ever, the Republicans scheduled the RNC to conclude in September so that Bush could engage in the most crass political exploitation imaginable — […]