USA Today ran a thorough report today on the AWOL controversy, detailing many of the unanswered questions. It’s definitely worth reading; there are some areas of the controversy discussed here that I haven’t seen explored in detail elsewhere. Bush was a proficient pilot, as the available records clearly show. With this in mind, however, USAT […]
I know guessing Kerry’s running mate is a silly DC parlor game, especially since Kerry isn’t officially the nominee yet. But I’ll admit — it’s a parlor game that I thoroughly enjoy and spend too much time thinking about. Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack generated some much deserved attention on Friday, delivering a hard-hitting critique of […]
Knight Ridder is reporting that Ralph Nader is “poised to declare that he’s running again this year.” The only difference between this year and his previous presidential campaigns would be a party switch — he ran in 1996 and 2000 as the Green Party’s candidate, but this time he’ll run as an independent. “I think […]
After weeks of controversy and fruitless searches for someone — anyone — who saw George W. Bush perform Guard duty in Alabama, a name has turned up. The good news for Bush is that John B. “Bill” Calhoun says he clearly remembers Bush on base and that the two hung out together at Dannelly. The […]
Steve Grossman jumped on the Howard Dean bandwagon before there was a bandwagon. In the fall of 2002, when Dean had virtually no staff, no website, no money, and no name recognition, Grossman signed up as chairman of Dean for America. It was a pretty gutsy move for Grossman — as a Boston-based Dem who […]
Like a lot of other people, I heard on Friday afternoon that the White House was finally going to release George W. Bush’s full service record, presumably to settle the AWOL controversy once and for all. Unfortunately, that isn’t what happened. The first clue that something was amiss was the timing. The White House released […]
If this were a fight, the ref would have stopped it by now. In case you missed the results from this weekend’s caucuses, here they are. They weren’t close contests. DC* Kerry — 47% (9 delegates) Sharpton — 20% (4 delegates) Dean — 18% (3 delegates) Edwards — 10% (0 delegates) Kucinich — 3% (0 […]
Last weekend was exciting with three caucuses — Michigan, Washington, and Maine — but this weekend won’t be entirely without interest. Tomorrow, there will be two more caucuses — Nevada and DC — with a total of 40 delegates at stake. Kerry’s a likely choice for Nevada, especially since he’s the only one who’s campaigned […]
I don’t know about you, but this AP photo looks pretty good to me:
Journalist Murray Waas had an interesting Plame Game scoop yesterday at The American Prospect. His sources have reported that Robert Novak, who received the leak about Valerie Plame from two “senior administration officials” last July, was specifically told that his column could endanger an undercover CIA agent. After the controversy broke in the fall, Novak […]