Fox has a slightly downbeat account of Rudy’s tour through the heartland; trying to convince people that, no, really, he’s totally not gay married gonna take your guns away personally going to perform abortions in the Oval Office: But, the event fell fairly flat to those in attendance, as Giuliani received only two applause lines [...]
I don’t have anything definitive, but for those who were curious about this: Webb: “Because they love their country. (cross-talk) They do not do it for political reasons. Believe me, my family’s been doing this since the Revolutionary War.” Graham: “Yea? Well so has my family.” A scan of news databases shows that Graham has [...]
Don’t miss Eric Pooley’s terrific report on TIME.com. Meanwhile, in New Hampshire, where I have just landed (the Manchester airport has free wi-fi), it has not been such a great week for John Edwards. The latest WMUR poll has him falling 12 points to fourth place here, behind New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.
$2,300: Amount of donation received from Barry Manilow $2.4 million: Amount of cash on hand #2: Rank of “web design and hosting” among disbursements in the Ron Paul campaign (#1: Salaries.) #1: Rank of Paul among candidates receiving donations from members of the armed service. 14 out of 25: Number of times that Paul has [...]
He’s rough on the GOP but he actually comes closest to cracking himself up when talking about the spaghetti strainer infomercial. and Yes, finding clips of funnier and more insightful commentary than mine is a tough job but somebody’s got to do it. UPDATE: p_l asks: “this is meant to be irony, right?” Yes. Yes [...]
The foolishness of the war in Iraq–the diversion of resources from the real Salafist enemy–has been apparent to most U.S. intelligence operatives, especially those in the CIA, from the very start. Which is why Cheney, Feith et al spent so much energy trying to discredit CIA in the first Bush term. And now we have [...]
Here’s an interesting column from Mike Gerson about Giuliani–whose trajectory this year resembles Hillary Clinton’s: both have stayed aloft, despite doubts about the staying power of their candidacies. I’ve been resisting the notion that we might have a Rudy v. Hillary general election. It just seemed too New Yorkcentric and, as a rabid New Yorker, [...]
First those briefings for GSA officials, and now this, back on Page A8 of the Washington Post: White House officials arranged for top officials at the Office of National Drug Control Policy to help as many as 18 vulnerable Republican congressmen by making appearances and sometimes announcing new federal grants in the lawmakers’ districts in [...]
