In which the return of the free-wheeling John McCain is discussed. Correction: Mitt Romney has never supported gay marriage. In 1994, however, he famously said that he would be a more effective advocate for gay rights than his opponent, Ted Kennedy. He hasn’t said anything like that in this campaign, but all the same, my [...]
For coming in second runner-up in tonight’s 14th annual Funniest Celebrity in Washington Contest. She placed behind first runner-up Senator Arlen Specter (who got extra points from the judges for working blue) and winner Joseph Randazzo of The Onion. (Wait–The Onion. Shouldn’t that disqualify him as a professional?) And, yes, I was a judge, but [...]
Tonight, ABC news reported that there were no–zero–violent incidents in Baghdad today. But I can’t find that fairly amazing story anywhere on the ABC website, or on Iraqslogger. So maybe it didn’t happen. But if it did…
I’m joined by Jay Newton-Small to talk about the Democrats’ strategy beyond SCHIP. NOTE: For those of you who are stuck in DC with nothing better to do, tonight is the annual “DC’s Funniest Celebrity Contest.” I’ll be competing, Karen will be judging. Bring your own rotten tomatoes.
Over the summer, I took an informal poll of Iraq analysts at various US intelligence agencies about how and whether the Iraq war would spill over into neighboring countries. None of the analysts seemed particularly concerned that Iran would rush in and seize parts of Iraq–although Iran’s influence is growing, especially in Basra. The near [...]
Think all that bellicose rhetoric we’ve been hearing lately from Administraiton allies and other assorted neo-cons about launching an attack on Iran is just, well, rhetoric? You may be right. As a colleague said to me recently, this Administration could barely muster the support, publicly or internally, to launch an attack on the nearest Starbucks. [...]
John Judis has an interesting theory about why the Republicans did better than expected (they still lost) in the special Congressional race in Massachusetts this week. A flawed companion piece appears in the Washington Post today about Obama’s difficulty selling bipartisanship to the Democratic Party’s base….flawed because bipartisanship can’t be a blanket strategy. There are [...]
On the eve of the House vote on overriding the President’s veto, this new survey, conducted by National Public Radio, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health lays out a pretty stark political equation in favor of expanding the program. From the summary: The survey finds strong majority support for the [...]
And then, there’s this.
It’s a long shot, but not an impossibility, as Jay Newton-Small writes in a new piece on Time.com. Meanwhile, the Republicans are losing yet another Senator to retirement — although apparently not for a few years.
