A leaked memo from Hillary Clinton’s deputy campaign manager Mike Henry urging the candidate to skip the Iowa caucuses is causing quite a stir today. “I believe we need a new approach to winning the Democratic nomination,” Henry wrote. “This approach involves shifting the focus away from Iowa and running a campaign that is more [...]
I like Ryan Lizza’s analysis of the Hillary-may-skip-Iowa story: Perhaps it is a controlled leak to lower expectations for Hillary in Iowa, where — what a coincidence! — she has been cratering in the polls recently. Just raising the idea that she might skip Iowa changes the perception about how well she has to do [...]
I’ve got an actual story up about the McCain/Romney spat. The two campaigns have the most quickly birthed feud in modern politics, I look forward to following it: Indeed one thing both McCain and Romney staffers agree on: The aside and the two camp’s reactions to it highlight the fundamental differences between the campaigns — [...]
The Bush Administration now has one less political fight on its hands. The National Association of Manufacturers lobbyist that the White House had nominated to head the Consumer Product Safety Commission has withdrawn his name. This came after Barack Obama and other Democrats had raised questions about Baroody’s ability to regulate the industry for which [...]
We all know that zombie movies are all political allegories, but it’s also true that some politicians are actually zombies: In virtually any other Presidency, Alberto Gonzales—a clumsy prevaricator, a talentless hack and a dangerously indifferent advocate of the rule of law—would be a dead man walking. In the Bush White House, though, he is [...]
A good tagline for both photos: “Poop is raining from the ceilings. Poop!” A question to ponder: Did Monica have a Dwight in the DOJ? PS: It was Karen that noticed this first, and our fantastic dotcom team that put together the photo. UPDATE: A Swampland reader noticed it firster: Just slightly down the food [...]
Joe’s right that, for all the anger and frustration we are hearing today from the Democratic base, there was never much chance that their leaders were going to hold to setting deadlines for withdrawal from Iraq. Despite the leadership’s public statements, the guidance that reporters were getting on background from generally reliable leadership sources was [...]
This was inevitable. And, for the moment, it’s the right thing to do. I’m not so sure that rants like the one Ana describes below are what we need right now, however satisfying and entertaining Keith’s passion might be. Since the Republicans have chosen to be the party of Iraq irrationality, there is a need [...]
We have it on good authority that, barring the miraculous, tonight’s “Countdown” will feature a “Special Comment” from Olbermann on the Iraq funding deal negotiated yesterday and we’ve obtained a rough draft of it. Mr. Olbermann is not pleased. As you might, he unloads on Bush: How shameful it would be to watch an **adult** [...]
