This from Haaretz: WASHINGTON – Former Wisconsin governor and Republican presidential hopeful Tommy Thompson told Jewish activists Monday that making money is “part of the Jewish tradition,” and something that he applauded. Speaking to an audience at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in Washington D.C., Thompson said that, “I’m in the private sector [...]
Dana Perino channels the presidential sentiments on the Va Tech tragedy: As far as policy, the President believes that there is a right for people to bear arms, but that all laws must be followed. And certainly bringing a gun into a school dormitory and shooting — I don’t want to say numbers because I [...]
HRC folks have been pushing back against allegations that their fundraising style is not just aggressive, but threatening and retaliatory. Their best argument thus far was that none of the donors who feel like their arms were twisted have been willing to go on the record — well, there was one: Jim Neal, uncovered by [...]
First, this from Al Kamen in the Washington post: Meanwhile, everyone who’s watching Al Gore’s waistline for clues as to whether he’s running in ’08 might want to pick up his book, “The Assault on Reason.” Although it is tough on the Bush administration, it is a polemic about how the enemies of reason — [...]
EDITOR’S NOTE: TotT is a daily rundown of significant campaign events, compiled by Katie Rooney. If you have ideas or suggestions on how to make “Today on the Trail” better, please let us know in the comments section. Former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) is making some noise on the trail today — he’ll be in [...]
Elsewhere on TIME.com, my colleague Adam Zagorin writes that an influential group of conservatives is now demanding that the AG go. Pertinent quotes from their letter assert: “Mr. Gonzales has presided over an unprecedented crippling of the Constitution’s time-honored checks and balances. He has brought rule of law into disrepute, and debased honesty as the [...]
