The AP is reporting that Bob Graham’s top campaign spokesman, Jamal Simmons, has resigned. Simmons told Graham the news “as other key staff met at Graham headquarters in Miami Lakes, Fla., to discuss how — or whether — to proceed with the campaign,” the report said. I hate to say it, but Simmons was about […]
Democrats in Congress want an independent special counsel to investigate the Plame Game scandal. So, too, do the Dem presidential candidates. Come to think of it, the overwhelming majority of the public wants this out of the hands of the DOJ as well, according to at least one major poll. How about Republicans in Congress? […]
Larry Johnson, a former CIA analyst and counter-terrorism official at the State Department (whom I mentioned yesterday), was on MSNBC yesterday discussing the Plame Game scandal with Pat Buchanan and Bill Press. Johnson indicated that he knew at least one of the Novak Two. Johnson said that he’s learned that this person works in the […]
“Major combat operations” may have ended in Iraq in May, but U.S. forces continue to face hostilities there every day. As you may have seen and read elsewhere, three more of our troops have died under hostile fire in Iraq in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of American service members killed in Iraq […]
Blogger extraordinaire Josh Marshall, at the oft-cited Talking Points Memo, published an exclusive online-interview with Gen. Wesley Clark yesterday. It’s definitely a must-read. I’m mentioning the interview for a few reasons. First, I think it’s an interesting landmark for the medium. As far as anyone can tell, this is the first-ever interview between a major-party […]
I just wanted to take a moment to note that The Carpetbagger Report enjoyed its best month ever in September. The site enjoyed all-time highs for unique visitors, total visits, page views, and links from other sites. In fact, this site’s traffic has more than doubled since August and more than tripled since July. Perhaps […]
A Washington Post/ABC News poll was released yesterday, the first major poll done on the Plame Game. The public appears to believe that this is not just a harmless incident. Over 80 percent of those polled considered the scandal a “serious” problem (48 percent said “very serious” while 34 percent said “somewhat serious”). Nearly 70 […]
Despite all the excitement surrounding the Plame Game, we don’t want to overlook the race to determine who’s going to beat Bush next year. With this in mind, I’m doing what I always do on the first of the month — returning to my completely subjective rankings for the Democrats running for president. As always, […]
Some believe political blogs reached the “big time” in December when blog writers such as Josh Marshall and Glenn Reynolds sunk their teeth into the Trent Lott/Strom Thurmond affair. While traditional media outlets — print, radio, TV — missed the story initially, blogs went wild, kept the story alive until the rest of the press […]
The president was in Chicago yesterday for a campaign speech, but those pesky reporters wanted to ruin everything. For some reason, they wanted to hear Bush’s thoughts on the fact that his White House is under a criminal investigation. Go figure. Bush’s communication staff crafted an interesting rhetorical two-pronged approach for the president. Point one […]