Karl Rove is a great American patriot, a genius, a statesman, even. And now he has proven his phenomenal, overflowing patriotism by setting up a secretive finance group, in conjunction with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce–that’s right, our very own, United States Chamber of Commerce–to run sleazy political ads, funded by foreign investors. I can’t [...]
That’s what a pro-Obama friend told me he feared the incoming president had created with his impossible-to-live-up-to 2008 presidential campaign. Now this: About six in 10 young adults view politics more cynically than they did two years ago. More voters under age 30 say it does not matter which party controls Congress than support either [...]
Kathleen Parker, sadly abused by our partners in television (CNN), has a good column today about the new documentary, Inside Job, which chronicles the 30-year sleaze tide that produced the 2008 financial crisis. I haven’t seen the film, but Parker will send me hurtling to the theater. Meanwhile, I hope you’ll go hurtling to the [...]
As the administration struggles to get on top of the spreading foreclosure scandal, State Attorneys General threaten to make Washington look feckless Wednesday by announcing a 40-state joint investigation into whether big banks and their associates forced people from their homes using questionable foreclosure documents. The foreclosure furor emerged initially from a deposition in [...]
What does that even mean? It means Fred Davis still runs this town. CORRECTION: This ad was created by the Christine O’Donnell campaign, but not by Fred Davis. UPDATE: The apparent inspiration for the hide lines, the autotuned Antoine Dodson, after the jump.
In a rather obvious play to the Democratic base, Team Obama has been talking a lot about Republican svengali Karl Rove in recent days. This has irked Rove, an organizer of the Republican ad group American Crossroads, who has been telling basically everyone he speaks with publicly–a.k.a. Fox News, Mike Allen–that he has been placed [...]
Here’s my story about the West Virginia Senate race. Though, interestingly PPP has a poll out today showing Governor Joe Manchin retaking the lead. PPP’s been pretty spot on this cycle, but there’s still three weeks left before voting, several lifetimes in terms of newscycles. And yesterday Sarah Palin endorsed Republican John Raese. It’ll be [...]
