Something I wish President Obama would have mentioned last night is that there isn’t a bill. For the last couple of months the Republicans have been talking about “how bad this bill is”. Some are referring to the bill that came out of a House committee, and others are talking about other proposals floating through […]
Dejavu all over: The Bush administration said Monday the only way to permanently fix Social Security is through some combination of benefit cuts and tax increases. That was one of the key findings in a new paper on Social Security released by the Treasury Department in an effort to achieve common ground on the politically […]
The waste of time has been delivered: The Iraq Study Group report gives a “tough assessment of the situation in Iraq” but provides “common ground” for a way forward, President Bush said Wednesday. Bush spoke at the White House after receiving the group’s report in a breakfast meeting. According to two sources who have seen […]
It looks like Lieberman is wondering where all his friends have gone and looking for some new ones: Sen. Joe Lieberman made an unusual pitch to people outside Connecticut when he conceded the state’s Democratic primary to Ned Lamont and announced plans to run as an independent. “If you’re disappointed with the ugly tone of […]
Time Online reported today that torture camps are still common ground in Iraq, and we are ignoring them. As matter of fact, the torture is being conducted by the very same security forces our President so happily boasts about in his rallying speeches for the war. This news comes out on a day when London […]