Over the last couple of days, I’ve noticed that the president has treated the WMD-in-Iraq question a little differently than he did before David Kay’s now-infamous testimony. Specifically, Bush now seems willing to acknowledge — in the most passive, oblique way imaginable — that the intelligence he used to justify the invasion was wrong. On […]
It’s hard for me to even imagine the possibility that Bush would dump Cheney from the GOP ticket. Not only has Bush relied on his vice president, whom he has nicknamed “Vice,” to effectively run his administration, but a change of this magnitude on the ticket would suggest that the White House was in full […]
Atrios raises a small but important point — that can’t be emphasized enough — about Bush’s National Guard record. No matter what details remain unclear about whether Bush reported for duty in Alabama and Texas, one thing we know for sure is that the president lied in his autobiography about his Guard service. (I know […]
Tomorrow, two key Southern states — Tennessee and Virginia — will host delegate-rich primaries (151 delegates between them). Since Kerry emerged as the frontrunner, I’ve considered Feb. 10 something of a firewall for Edwards and Clark, assuming that Kerry would have limited appeal in the region. If the polls are any indication, Edwards and Clark […]
There was a fascinating article in the Washington Post over the weekend, comparing CIA warnings about the Iraqi threat with White House interpretations of that information. The article was one of the most hard-hitting reports I’ve seen in recent weeks and, for reasons that escape me, the Post decided to run the piece on page […]
There were a handful of interesting moments in Bush’s Meet the Press interview, but the exchange I was most interested in was the one over Bush’s alleged service in the National Guard during Vietnam. This was the one burgeoning scandal that Russert, apparently, couldn’t ignore. Bush’s response came as close to making news as anything […]
Bush’s appearance on Meet the Press has been summarized, analyzed, and scrutinized by just about everyone by now, so I’m afraid I don’t have anything unique to add. As a matter of substance, I’d strongly recommend you read two reports. First, the Center for American Progress prepared a “claim vs. fact” sheet, comparing what Bush […]
Another three caucuses, another three easy victories for John Kerry. The excitement from two weeks ago is starting to fade away as Terry McAuliffe’s plan for a front-loaded calendar comes to fruition. I never thought it would be this easy for Kerry. Remember all that talk we heard from Howard Dean’s camp about ignoring the […]
George W. Bush, in a Fox News interview on Sept. 22, 2003: “I glance at the headlines, just to get kind of a flavor. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who probably read the news themselves…. [T]he best way to get the news is from objective sources. And the most objective […]
Bush, yesterday, on Meet the Press: “I’m working hard to unite the country. As a matter of fact, it’s the hardest part of being the president. I was successful as the governor of Texas for bringing people together for the common good, and I must tell you, it’s tough here in Washington…. But I’ll continue […]