The biggest political story of the weekend came after an off-hand remark from Howard Dean in response to a John Kerry criticism. This story probably won’t have legs, but I think it speaks to a larger flaw in Dean’s campaign strategy. Kerry has been reminding voters, particularly those in Iowa, that Dean is the strongest […]
I have to admit that I enjoyed seeing Bush get caught lying last week over the “Mission Accomplished” banner used in his May 1 photo-op aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. The New York Times’ Elisabeth Bumiller had a nice follow-up story today that’s worth reading if you found this flap amusing. If you’re just joining […]
Let’s all be thankful this is just a typo. ABC News’ The Note said today, “Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Robertson says the White House is ready to hand over the docs his committee is seeking on pre-war Iraq intelligence.” Um, guys, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee is Pat Roberts, not Pat Robertson. […]
The AP is reporting that a “close friend” of Florida Sen. Bob Graham (D) said that the Senator has decided not to seek re-election next year. The source said there were other things Graham wants to do besides elected office, but added that Graham will try to help keep the seat in Democratic hands. The […]
Since I haven’t posted in a few days, I wanted to mention a few poll updates in the race to determine the Dems’ presidential nominee. First, the latest statewide poll in Iowa reinforces the results of other recent Iowa surveys — Dean is losing his lead and Gephardt is starting to surge. In a poll […]
Surprising no one, the Supreme Court announced this morning that it will not consider Roy Moore’s appeal of a ruling that forced his granite Ten Commandments display from the rotunda of the Alabama Judicial Building. Moore’s case has been heard by a federal district court and a federal appeals court panel, and every judge who’s […]
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, told NPR’s Terry Gross that the Fox News Channel almost sued over the cartoon’s parody of the conservative news network. In the interest of fairness, I thought I’d offer a quick update on the story that suggests Groening may have been […]
The Carpetbagger Report will be taking a couple of days off. I’ll return Monday, Nov. 3. Talk amongst yourselves. I’ll give you a topic: The Civil War was neither civil nor a war. Discuss.
Forget about that Dean-Gephardt ticket in 2004. The AP reported today that “an angry confrontation” took place in Iowa yesterday between Dean and Gephardt staffers, leading a Dean staffer to be escorted from the permises. Apparently, Gephardt was giving a speech at a senior center in Des Moines. A Dean staffer went to the event, […]
I was pleased to see that Wesley Clark’s health care proposal, unveiled yesterday, has been well received. In a nutshell, Clark proposes that the nation eliminate the Bush tax cuts on Americans making more than $200,000 a year and use some of the money — about $70 billion annually — to expand health insurance to […]