Official White House Photo by Pete Souza –Petraeus’s words prove prescient. –House and Senate conferees are trying to wrap up their negotiations on financial reform today. You can watch on C-SPAN 3. –They’ve saved the best (read: most difficult) for last. –Blanche Lincoln is still defending her derivatives language, and Scott Brown is still holding [...]
When Democrats rode into power in 2006, Speaker Pelosi promised they’d quickly pass their Six for ’06 agenda and that they’d “clean out the swamp.” Part of that agenda was to create an independent Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), which they did to great success. Yes, some Democrats have felt the pain of this office, [...]
But no, it really was an earthquake at the exact moment that Obama was speaking in the Rose Garden. I’ll have more about that other earthquake in my print column tomorrow.
Who says a prostitute patronizing former governor can’t get a shot at redemption? After stints as a fill-in host on MSNBC and CNN, the latter announced today that Eliot Spitzer will co-host a new show on the network with conservative Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker. Their show will air at 8 p.m., the slot occupied [...]
A stunning couple of days for Barack Obama and the war in Afghanistan. Given that Obama says the war plan remains the same–”This is a change in personnel but it is not a change in policy,” Obama just said in the Rose Garden–Petraeus seems about the most solid and safe choice imaginable. More thoughts shortly.
What is the meaning of a 30 minute meeting? Gen. Stanley McChrystal came to the White House, shaking hands as he walked in for an Oval Office meeting. A half hour later, he left, shaking hands as he climbed back into a Toyota minivan. What does it mean? We don’t know, yet. And the White [...]
