The long-awaited trial for everyone’s favorite theocrat, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, begins today in Montgomery. If the pre-trial arguments are any indication, this should be loads of fun. On Monday, Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor recommended that Moore be removed from his position on the state high court, arguing that Moore’s decision […]
As many of you have probably already heard, U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) hinted last week that she may run for the U.S. Senate now that Bob Graham has announced that he will not seek re-election. “I’m still testing our temperature,” Harris told reporters, calling it a tough choice for her and her family. “My […]
A new Des Moines Register poll of Iowa Democrats reinforces the results of other recent polls from the state — Gephardt is pulling ahead and Dean’s Iowa lead is gone. Polling Iowa Dems likely to participate in the Jan. 19 caucuses, which are just 69 days away, the Register’s poll results largely mirror the results […]
This may be the first time in modern campaign history when a party’s three leading presidential candidates have each replaced their campaign managers before a single vote is cast. As all of the papers report today, Kerry has fired Jim Jordan as his campaign manager and replaced Jordan with Mary Beth Cahill, chief of staff […]
If you’re ever in DC, be sure to stop by the Lincoln Memorial to watch an 8-minute video shown to tourists about the groups and movements that have used the landmark over the last few decades. In fact, go see it this month, because it’s about to get worse. Since 1995, the video has featured […]
The Carpetbagger Report will be taking a few more days off. I’ll return Tuesday, Nov. 11. Talk amongst yourselves. I’ll give you a topic: Barenaked Ladies are neither barenaked nor ladies. Discuss. Oh, and before I go, be sure to read Kevin Drum’s brief analysis of the Democratic presidential candidates. It’s perfect.
I admit it; I used to think Dick Cheney had a clue. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve never liked Cheney, his conservative ideology, or his hyper-partisanship, but when Bush was inaugurated, I took some comfort in believing that Cheney was at least an experienced government official, which is far more than we can say about […]
I noticed the LA Times and the New York Times ran disturbing reports this morning on the Bush administration’s environmental policies. Thought the articles dealt with different areas environmental regulations, taken together, the pieces demonstrate just how serious the administration is in undermining our natural resources. First, the LA Times reported that the administration has […]
I don’t mean to dwell on this controversy, but Dean’s near-apology for his Confederate flag remark didn’t quite make sense. In a speech at Cooper Union in New York, Dean sought to quell the firestorm by denouncing the Confederate flag and explaining that his remark was a poorly-worded attempt to begin a frank discussion about […]
By now, everyone’s heard about Bush signing a controversial anti-abortion provision into law yesterday. The lawsuits have already been filed, an injunction has already been issued, and I’m confident this law will ultimately be rejected by the federal courts. Bush’s decision to sign the bill into law is not what caught my attention yesterday. The […]