Over at Slate, former Clinton White House domestic policy chief (and Coeur d’Alene native) Bruce Reed tells us that panic has gripped his home state: My hometown paper, the North Idaho Press—one of the most Republican newspapers in the state—called on Craig to resign in a scathing editorial titled, “Trust violated, there is no future, [...]
A key Republican to watch for signs of a shift in position in the wake of the Petraeus report is Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell, the Senate Minority Leader. McConnell has, for the most part, been a reliable supporter of the President’s policies on Iraq, including the surge. But he’s facing an increasingly hostile political environment at [...]
The point is being made elsewhere, but it’s probably worth repeating here: Republicans want Larry Craig to go, and soon. This is, politically, a very different situation from that of Louisiana Senator David Vitter, who showed up on the DC Madam’s list, and not just because of the party’s stance on gay rights issues. Next [...]
Yes, I’ve been co-hosting MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program this week, and will be continuing through Friday. I’m touched that some of you — okay, ONE of you — noticed. If someone else tunes in and you’ll double the ratings! I’m also tentatively scheduled to be on “Countdown” this evening, whose ratings don’t apparently need any [...]
Until recently, Larry Craig was Mitt Romney’s “senate liaison,” a not insignificant job for a candidate that has no Washington experience and few connections. To judge by what Romney said in the wake the breaking scandal, you’d think the two had never so much as met, much less liaised: I think we have all heard [...]
