John Edwards and the Series of Tubes

His question is actually a good one, but — as a Swampland operative pointed out — I wonder if we’re in for a trend of campaign releases touting achievements that are normal for any average 14-year-old girl: From: Kate Bedingfield Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 5:06 PM Subject: Edwards Submits Question for MSNBC/Politico Republican Presidential [...]

Education: You Know, For Kids!

The revved-up primary season has meant an early start for fundraising, for ad-buys, for talk of campaign romances and for large mini-bar bills, but one wonders, when will start to see demands from extraneous bi-partisan interest groups, hoping to attract publicity and attention by hopping on the vaguely topical idea of an election that’s over [...]

The Full Rudy

Greg Sargent burrows into the Rudy-weasel story. Worth reading in full, but a favorite passage: This conversation is over, David. Thank you. [Mr. Giuliani cuts him off.] There is something really, really, very sad about you. You need help. You need somebody to help you. I know you feel insulted by that, but I’m being [...]

Let Slip the Blogs of War

Just in time for this week’s “milblogger” conference in D.C., the Army has issued new regulations for active duty blogger-soldiers: basically, stop. All blog updates must be okayed, and personal emails will be subject to scrutiny. This seems like a mistake to me, as milbloggers are generally advocates for their operation and their word means [...]

Despite the Fact that My Job Doesn’t Qualify for Combat Pay….

I’ve agreed to “moderate” this debate.

The Medium is the Message

Two enterprising GOP staffers have come up with a conservative “alternative to YouTube,” since, you know, it’s YouTube’s fault George Allen is a boob. They tell the WT’s Eric Pfeiffer, “We saw a need for a social-networking site for the center-right…They want something that isn’t controlled by our good friends at Google.” And here I [...]

GWOT R.I.P.

Mike Allen — Time contributor and ace reporter for Politico.com — has posted a great piece on Time.com about the death throes of the phrase “Global War on Terror”. John Edwards leads the way among the candidates. Even President Bush tells audiences now to “call it whatever you want”. Now if only someone would re-name [...]

In the Arena

Showbiz

Well, i’m back…and so much has changed in the last week! Not really. In fact the tragic myopia of the Bush administration seems to have intensified. This, from Dana Perino, is downright hilarious: At the front of the House chamber, Democrats positioned a blown-up photograph of Mr. Bush standing on the carrier deck on May [...]

Today on the Trail: Republicans start filtering into Cali

TotT is a daily rundown of campaign events, compiled by Katie Rooney. While all of the Republican presidential candidates are getting ready for their turn at the podium at tomorrow’s debate, at least three of them are arriving in California a little early to do some pre-debate campaigning. Today Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) holds another [...]

The Veto: So Now What?

President Bush’s veto of the $124 billion Iraq spending bill puts the congressional Republicans in a spot where they haven’t been since last year: They actually matter. While Democrats have yet to decide precisely what they plan to do, the sense I’m getting from talking to leadership sources is that, in the face of the [...]