Who was it who last week claimed that lobbying reform was fizzling in the House? Oh, yeah, now I remember–me. As it turns out, the final votes–especially on that crucial bill requiring bundling disclosure–weren’t even close. FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE: There’s a lot of interest these days among our commenters regarding our sourcing, and this is [...]

Conspiracy theories have been flying about whether or not the leaked memo about Hillary possibly skipping Iowa was – a gambit design to lower Iowa expectations – an attempt of sabotage by a rival campaign – something leaked to a rival campaign that was always intended to get leaked to the press in order to [...]

Several of the usual suspects have questioned the use of semi-anonymous sources in my column this week. They also seem not to have read beyond the first paragraph to consider the bad news from Iraq, which also came from anonymous sources. For the past four years, much of what I’ve learned–and print readers of Time [...]

Peter Wehner, the White House’s intellectual-in-residence, is selling his usual brand of kool-aid regarding John Edwards’ foreign policy speech yesterday. Some thoughts: 1. Edwards is precisely right. The “Global War on Terror” is a bumper sticker and a disastrous one at that. If this actually were a war, the President would have (a) raised taxes [...]

Shorter Bush presser: If you’re not afraid, you’re not paying attention. Also sticking in the mind: – China needs to open its borders in order to fully appreciate American beef. – His directly threatening the children of a reporter — or, rather, implying that they, specifically, are in danger. – Jim Rutenberg and the Prez: [...]