The White House isn’t just turning the other cheek to Hamid Karzai, though they’re not yet throwing counter-punches either. Following the Afghan president’s allegations of dastardly foreign meddling and fraud, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told a gaggle of reporters in his office this morning that the administration wants Karzai to explain himself: “Obviously some of [...]
So as long as I’m on this kick of inexpertly applying economic theory to Washington, let’s try this one on for size: Does Moore’s Law apply to congressional scandals? This, as you may recall, was the 1965 observation of Intel co-founder Gordon Moore that the number of transistors you could fit on a chip doubles [...]
Gail Collins has a funny column about the perverse pride that people seem to take in their own state’s corruptitude. So tell us, Swampland commenters, what has your state done lately to make the grade?
Pennsylvania Rep. John C. Murtha, died today of complications relating to a gallbladder surgery. He was 77. A decorated Vietnam War hero, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi credited Murtha — who was her first choice for majority leader — with helping to turn public opinion against the war in Iraq after he announced his opposition to [...]
I just got my copy of “The Governor,” the new memoir by disgraced Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. Some of the headlines have been pointed to elsewhere, including Blagojevich’s claim that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel tried lay the groundwork for a return to his House seat after two years as Obama’s Chief of [...]
