Jim Poniewozik and I are going to try it again for tonight’s vice presidential debate, and this time, our colleague Michael Grunwald will be with us as well. I will be blogging from a special screening that has been set up at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit in Carlsbad, California. To join us, just click [...]
A senior Democrat House aide in a position to know tells me they are still short on GOP votes on the bailout, er, rescue plan. Unless more names of Republicans committed to switching their votes are produced by tomorrow the vote will be postponed till the weekend to give Bush and the GOP more time [...]
From TIME’s Amy Sullivan: Sarah Palin’s handling of Roe v. Wade questions last night is getting all the attention. But Katie Couric asked another question of both running mates: Why do you think it’s important to have a wall separating church and state? Each of them got half of the answer, but in doing so [...]
Several Republicans–Reagan Administration sorts–have said to me in the past few days, “It’s over. McCain blew it.” I dunno. We have a month left–and all sorts of things can happen. Here’s a list of some of them, in order of likelihood: 1. McCain finds a gut-bucket issue that works–my personal suspicion is that it will [...]
Maybe it was that Darrell Hammond spoof on Saturday night that did it. The LA Times’ Faye Fiore reports from Orlando: Jeffrey Platt wasn’t sure what he was going to hear when he took the afternoon off from his struggling architectural firm to see Bill Clinton make his first campaign stop for Barack Obama. Since [...]
In October of 2004, the U.S. Congress passed a monstrosity commonly known as the “Corporate Tax Bill.” It was a legislative Christmas tree, festooned with ornaments for lobbyists and their high-rolling special interest clients. Anti-pork crusaders like John McCain were outraged. “Disgraceful,” he told the Washington Post. “A classic example of the special interests prevailing [...]
Yes, yes, I know I should be in St. Louis. But I’m in Carlsbad, California, thanks to our corporate cousins at FORTUNE, who asked me to do a panel tomorrow at their annual Most Powerful Women Summit. This morning’s program included a fascinating conversation between the magnificent Carol Loomis, who has been with FORTUNE now [...]
It’s an old meme, but tonight an especially tempting one. Asked yesterday about what words I’d choose for Palin, I went with “you know” (seriously, girl, find a new filler word) and, of course, “media”: What words would our commenters claim in the quest to get seriously sloshed?
Here’s the latest from me. John Shadegg’s support should help shore support on the GOP side, but what remains a question is if Pelosi’s center flank, the Blue Dogs, will balk. At least 24 of the 44 Blue Dogs that voted for the bailout bill have previously voted against the tax extenders. A second attempt [...]
On Barack Obama’s presidential temperament. Update: The essential point of the column was confirmed on the Senate floor last night, as Barack Obama walked across the floor to shake John McCain’s hand–McCain gave him a quick handshake, a frosty look and then turned away.
