She’s Their Girl

The White House calling out Hillary’s new ad as “outrageous” and “audacious” plays so exactly in Clinton’s hands that if I didn’t know better, I’d assume the 08 campaign Karl’s working on is hers.

As If the Rove News Wasn’t Enough to Get a Republican Down

Conservative humor, always in its last throes: First on TVNewser: In a memo to senior producers this afternoon, [Fox News Channel]‘s SVP of programming, Bill Shine announced the network “will not continue the Half Hour News Hour beyond its current 15 episode run.”

Roberts and Alito Will Hurt GOP in ’08

The Supreme Court’s lurch to the right following the addition of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito is beginning to catch up with Republicans running for re-election. As Carrie Budoff reports in the Politico today: “Two 50-something men who wear black robes, rarely speak in public and remain unrecognizable to most Americans are [...]

A Belated Greeting to Mr. Neas!

Some hostess I am, swanning in to introduce the guest of honor after he’s already settled in with a drink and appetizers. As attentive Swamplands readers have noticed by now, Ralph Neas is guestblogging for us this week, filling in some gaps while Karen takes a week off. Mr. Neas is the president of People [...]

The Right Wing’s Welfare Program

We learned yesterday that right-wing celebrity Linda Chavez and her husband failed at running a restaurant in Maryland but have been wildly successful at raising millions for political groups that employ her and her family but do little else. But Chavez’s group isn’t the only one facing scrutiny lately for how it spends the money [...]

Daily Jumble: Britney-Free Edition

• You’re not on the list. [Fishbowl/GQ] • Everyone’s a consultant: “[Y]ou’ve got to stop – excuse me for being blunt – you’ve got to stop getting involved in the way people are fighting each other, chewing you up a little more.” [AP] • I’m shocked, shocked: “The host committees of 2008′s biggest political gatherings [...]