If you were reading the papers over the weekend, you may have gotten the impression that Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rhenquist had already announced his retirement, instead of simply being the subject of rumors. The New York Times reported yesterday that liberal and conservative activist groups have already begun lobbying campaigns relating to Rhenquist’s […]
If you look closely at the links along the left, you might notice that I’m a Democrat, but uncommitted when it comes to the intra-party squabbles between centrists and liberals. On the one hand, I have links to middle-of-the-road Democratic groups like the Progressive Policy Institute, a project of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council. At […]
Please be warned in advance, this is a rumor for which I cannot find any independent confirmation. Nevertheless, it’s interesting so I’m writing about it. Blogger Bob Harris, a supporter of Dennis Kucinich’s struggling presidential campaign, has reported that Kucinich will soon unveil his “projected” cabinet selections, eight months before the first primary and a […]
Congressional Democrats have been terribly skittish for the last year and a half, or so. They desperately want to pick issues that will resonate with voters without bringing attention to their weaknesses or their opponents’ strengths. Truth be told, it’s kind of sad to watch. So they’re meandering around, looking for a salient issue. Iraq […]
It was only a matter of time before the press started honing in on Bob Graham’s unusual notebook habits. I just can’t tell if this is the kind of issue that can damage his presidential campaign or not. As you may have heard, Graham keeps a running log of every day of his life. It’s […]
Speaking of the British press (see below), I’d be remiss if I didn’t express my profound disappointment with London’s Guardian newspaper for its monumental mistake yesterday. The left-leaning newspaper ran a story yesterday under the headline, “Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil.” The beginning of the story ran as follows: “Oil was the main reason […]
A world leader condemns the despotic regime of Saddam Hussein and believes war is the only appropriate response to a madman’s arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. Who am I describing? Could be George W. Bush, could be Tony Blair. The war ends and the arsenal doesn’t appear to exist. The media and the leader’s […]
Love him or hate him, Bill Clinton sure knows how to get people talking. This time the topic is the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, which bars presidents from seeking a third term. As you may have heard, Clinton was speaking to an audience at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston last […]
Just to keep you up-to-date, I want to follow up on an item from last week about the National Rifle Association and the Bush administration’s strict new gun control policy in Iraq. I wrote two weeks ago that I thought it was ironic that the White House was creating a tough assault weapons ban in […]
You know the administration is having some trouble on an issue when the president’s biggest supporters start turning the other way. Case in point: Mark Bowden, widely known for writing the award-winning book “Black Hawk Down,” was a vociferous supporter of Bush’s war in Iraq. He spoke publicly on numerous occasions about the utility and […]