In President Bush’s news conference today, he cited security concerns in dodging a question on the former Deputy AG’s dramatic showdown-at-the-hospital account: PRESIDENT BUSH: Kelly, there’s a lot of speculation about what happened and what didn’t happen; I’m not going to talk about it. It’s a very sensitive program. I will tell you that, one, [...]
Eric Pooley’s exceedingly good profile of Al Gore, as well an excerpt from the not-a-candidate’s new book.
Both TNR’s The Plank and Wonkette have comment threads devoted to suggesting alternative — and more appropriate — choices for Clinton’s “Choose Our Campaign Theme Song” poll. The official choices include Dixie Chicks, Jesus Jones, and the Smash Mouth cover of “I’m a Believer.” (Between this and the text-messaging gimmick she announced earlier this week, [...]
The missing sidebar to Karen’s cover story on the Mittster.
Today on the Trail is a listing of notable campaign events. It is digested and reconstituted by the Swampland Intern. Today’s busiest candidate is John McCain, who’s combining his daughter’s graduation from Columbia University with a fundraising spree that ranges from a low-dollar “Young Professionals” event — co-hosted with matriculating Meghan McCain — (just $150 [...]
