When Republicans try to prove their conservative bona fides by taking on a program aimed for children, the outcome is usually the same. Remember the Reagan Administration trying to declare ketchup a vegetable? And the House Republicans deciding to “curb the growth” of the school lunch program in 1995? That’s why I’m mystified as to [...]
This is uninformed speculation, BUT…I wouldn’t be surprised if the Israeli strike on Syria two weeks ago had nothing at all to do with nuclear material. What we know is this: the North Koreans were supplying missiles and missile technology to the Syrians. Hezbollah unleashed a surprising array of missiles in its war with Israel [...]
Erstwhile Timeman John Dickerson schools us all on how the ad parody should be done: incredibly deadpan. Using the campaign’s own materials. With not a single untruth within it.
The NRA wasn’t the only big political player that was positioning itself for 2008 today. Meeting in Washington, Big Labor’s executive council voted to put $53 million toward voter mobilization, which is more than it has ever spent before and $3 million over its 2004 budget. The goal is to have 200,000 volunteers working phone [...]
Not the results some unfrozen caveman voter might have predicted for the first viable female candidate for president, thought maybe the only results that would lead to such: Am also struck by how the Republicans are perceived as “friendlier,” but less “even-tempered.” You can be their friend, but they’ll have to kill you. Saddam can [...]
McCain got the NRA on its feet this morning with a tart response to Code Pink protesters: “Well, my friends, we beat you yesterday,” he said. “We’ll beat you today . . . And we’ll beat you tomorrow!” I hope he’s not referring to tasers. Despite the enthusiastic response, politics, for the NRA, seems to [...]
Michael puts the MoveOn ad–hilariously–into perspective. And I’d be just really rolling in the aisle if it weren’t for the fact that we’re going to keep on hearing flagrant phony umbrage about this stupid ad until November 2008.
Last night’s Dem AARP debate did not get the kind of publicity or coverage that most of the gatherings of top-tier candidates have gotten. It didn’t even get all the top-tier candidates (not that I think Obama was greatly missed, Mike Gravel even less so). But some people paid attention to the health care-focused gathering [...]
The breakdown of presidential candidates’ votes on the motion: To express the sense of the Senate that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq, deserves the full support of the Senate and strongly condemn personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all members of the United States Armed Forces. Biden [...]
When Barack Obama announced last month that he would no longer accept invitations to speak at candidate forums or debates that were not sanctioned by the DNC, his rationale made plenty of sense, at least in principle. As campaign manager David Plouffe noted in his memo at the time: Unfortunately, we simply cannot run the [...]
