Over at the Commentary blog, Max Boot has made the Neocon-Likud position on peace talks fairly plain: the effort on the part of the Obama Administration to convince the Israelis to freeze all settlements has been “nonsense.” And while I agree that the Obama negotiators have been naive and incompetent in dealing with Likud intransigence, …
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The Election
I didn’t spend much time reporting, and none writing, about this year’s elections. As is often the case these days, they are being overplayed because they offer easily quantifiable results that can be wildly extrapolated. Republicans are crowing a bit too much, but Democrats have been known to do the same in similar circumstances. Here …
The CIA Doesn’t Tell The Truth–Big Deal, Right?
The Central Intelligence Agency recently agreed to pay $3 million to a former Drug Enforcement Agency official, Richard Horn, whose home was wiretapped in Rangoon, Burma, under apparently illegal conditions. That’s one thing–a squabble in a distant country over turf between the CIA and the DEA that led one official to bug another …
Latest Column
Well, actually, it’s more than a column. A profile of Hillary Clinton, with whom I was traveling the past week.
A Little Local Perspective on the 23rd…
There’s a lot of smart analysis being written about last night’s elections, including great insight from my TIME colleagues Jay Newton-Small and Karen Tumulty. What do the Republican wins in Virginia and New Jersey mean for Obama’s health care agenda? What challenges will Democratic candidates face in 2010? What does New York City Mayor …
Hoffman Out, Owens Wins in NY-23
Doug Hoffman, the Conservative candidate in NY’s 23rd congressional district race, just conceded the election to his opponent Democrat Bill Owens, according to the Watertown Daily Times. Hoffman’s come from behind, Tea Party-supported grassroots campaign, which forced establishment Republican Dede Scozzafava out of the race over the …
Anyone Watching This?
And at 11:10pm arrives the email: “DGA Looks Ahead to 2010 Election Cycle.” It was that kind of night for Democrats. Or at least that’s what it looked like a few hours ago, with Chris Christie cruising to an early victory over Jon Corzine in New Jersey and Bob McDonnell whomping Creigh Deeds in Virginia. So I switched over to watch the …
Doug Hoffman’s Race to Lose?
There were two campaign events held in Watertown, NY yesterday. Democrat Bill Owens, vying to represent New York’s 23rd congressional district, hosted Vice President Joe Biden at a rally in the morning. His opponent, Conservative Doug Hoffman, hosted former presidential candidate Fred Thompson and country music star John Rich at a …
Republican Scozzafava Robocalling for Democrat Owens
Dede Scozzafava is in hot – ok boiling – water with her Republican Party, after bucking the GOP to endorse her former Democratic opponent in the race to represent New York’s 23rd congressional district. (Scozzafava’s endorsement yesterday – after she dropped out of the race on Saturday – threw what was already a turbulent contest …
How Much Does Health Care Cost?
A lot more than it does in other countries, especially if you are buying–as most of us do–a la carte.
Ezra Klein has some eye-opening charts, showing average prices in different countries, which come to him via Kaiser Permanante CEO George Halvorson:
A New Poll in the NY 23rd
A new poll released this morning by Siena College shows the race for New York’s 23rd congressional district is still very much up for grabs. The poll taken Sunday – of 606 likely voters – showed Conservative Doug Hoffman with 41% of the vote and Democrat Bill Owens with 36%. But don’t take this to mean Hoffman has the advantage …
Scozzafava Suspends Campaign But Doesn’t Endorse Conservative
Dede Scozzafava, the moderate GOP candidate in the race to represent upstate New York’s 23rd congressional district, suspended her campaign in the wake of yet another poll showing her in third place. The poll, from Siena College, showed Scozzafava with just 20% of the vote, compared to Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman with 35% and …
White House Releases (Some) Visitor Logs
All the best news drops late on a Friday night. And so the White House has released a batch of White House visitor logs–a very partial list–with lots of juicy tidbits, like:
–George Soros came to chat with Larry Summers.
–Democratic Lobbyist Mega-Couple Tony and Heather Podesta have been to the White House a total of eight …