In an unusual move, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell today endorsed his long time protege Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson for forced out, er, retiring Jim Bunning’s Senate seat. With two weeks to go before the Bluegrass State’s first contested Senate GOP primary, Grayson is trailing insurgent Tea Party darling Rand Paul, son of [...]
Bill Galston makes a very convincing case that the Bush Administration’s pro-oil disdain for environmental regulation, starring Dick Cheney, prevented the government from requiring a remote control backup device that would have prevented the spill. The device costs $500,000 per well. The spill will cost billions.
Arizona Sen. John McCain, just a few months from his primary, made clear his position on “Imus in the Morning” Tuesday: The Justice Department should not give suspected Times Square car bomber, Faisal Shahzad, his miranda rights. “Obviously that would be a serious mistake until all the information is gathered,” he said. Around the same [...]
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza –A Connecticut man, Faisal Shahzad, was detained Monday night at JFK airport as a suspect in the Times Square attempted bombing. He’s expected in court today, but specific charges have yet to be made public. –The Senate begins voting on financial regulation amendments today. As I mentioned yesterday, [...]
It is early days yet in the investigation of the Times Square bombing, but not too early to be impressed by the quick and excellent work done by the FBI, NYPD and the Joint Terrorism Task Force in picking up the prime suspect, Faisal Shahzad, from a flight to Dubai last night. We in the [...]
The polls are headed in the wrong direction for Gordon Brown, and he is losing newspaper endorsements. But he is not flagging one bit, as he showed today in a speech to Citizens UK. It is quite a performance, with a notable Barack Obama homage (at 2:45). But since this is a Gordon Brown speech, [...]
Now that Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has defected from the Republican Party, his former allies appear intent on scrubbing the stains of the association as quickly as possible. If the party can restock its coffers in the process, so much the better—which is why GOP officials in the Sunshine State are hawking a pricey portrait [...]
