This week saw the last “March of Life” of Bush’s presidency, as thousands of opponents of abortion rights gathered just a few blocks from the White House, as they do every year, to protest on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. As with every other year, Bush showed his solidarity with the crowd’s […]
Clinton pushes Obama into a catch-22
After a couple of weeks of dubious and misleading criticisms directed his way, Barack Obama’s campaign has decided to respond in kind, unveiling an aggressive new ad. It argues that Hillary Clinton is “making false attacks on Barack Obama,” and she “will say anything to get elected.” “The Washington Post says Clinton isn’t telling the […]
Officials strike deal on stimulus plan — but is it any good?
The good news is, Congress and the White House struck a tentative deal on an economic stimulus plan. The bad news is, Congress and the White House struck a tentative deal on an economic stimulus plan. House leaders and the White House on Thursday reached a tentative agreement on an economic stimulus package of roughly […]
Bush disregards Congress’ role in treaties
Last week, Hillary Clinton brought up a point at a debate that hasn’t generated nearly enough attention: “[Bush] has continued to say he can enter into an agreement with the Iraqi government, without bringing it for approval to the United States Congress, that would continue America’s presence in Iraq long after President Bush leaves office. […]
Ari Fleischer thinks facts have a liberal bias
Following up on an item from yesterday, the Center for Public Integrity and the Fund for Independence in Journalism unveiled a rather devastating report/database yesterday, documenting over 900 false statements from the president and his team on Iraq in the buildup to the 2003 invasion. The study concluded that the statements “were part of an […]
Thursday’s campaign round-up
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * Following up on the latest Hillary Clinton radio ad, which is clearly misleading about the “party of ideas” flap, the Obama campaign is hitting back, turning Clinton’s attacks into a character issue […]
Roger Stone, Hillary Clinton, and ‘Citizens United Not Timid’
You may not know Roger Stone, but I’m sure you know his work. He is a right-wing hatchet-man extraordinaire, brazenly cynical, and free of any sense of decency or honor in a political career that began as Nixon’s “youngest Watergate dirty trickster.” Various reporters have referred to him as “a state of the art sleaze-ball,” […]
Pushing back against a possible Bush comeback
U.S. News noted a couple of weeks ago that the White House is eyeing a Bush comeback. The president’s team believes 2008 has the potential to be a “legacy year,” and the loyal Bushies “are predicting a remarkable poll shift to about 45 percent favorable by the time he leaves office next year.” If recent […]
White House to ‘play very tough’ on surveillance, telecom immunity
Given the on-again/off-again nature of the debate, it’s understandable that much of the political world has had trouble staying engaged on the fight over the administration’s surveillance powers and retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies that apparently broke the law when they cooperated with Bush’s warrantless-search program. But the debate is roaring back right now, and […]
We won’t have Giuliani to kick around much longer
Headline I wish I’d come up with, from the NYT’s Timothy Egan: “Goodbye Rudy, Tuesday.” For 50 days, Giuliani has had the Sunshine State nearly to himself. In advance of the presidential primary on Jan. 29, he’s sucked up to the Cuban vote in Miami, pandered in Cape Canaveral about the space program, tried to […]