It looks like Bush’s surprise visit to Iraq is not yielding the results he would have hoped for. One interesting article shows how the administration is receiving the news that U.K. forces have pulled out of Basara: The American response to the pull out has so far been muted, despite its crucial timing. Bush administration […]
This is a very bizarre story, and hopefully one the House Ethics Committee will be taking up: A local couple is complaining that U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn left them two threatening voice mails after they wrote a letter criticizing his fundraising. Jonathan Bartha and Anna Bartha told The Denver Post that Lamborn said there would […]
The outrage over Larry Craig’s conviction is still loud and strong. I find it interesting to see all the outrage on the right. Today’s USA Today highlights some of this. I am still baffled by the outrage over Craig’s conviction by some of the same people who came to the defense of Mark Foley. Foley’s […]
Look who is calling it quits now: Illinois Representative and former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert will not seek re-election, CQ.com reports. GOP sources tell CQ that a formal announcement will be made at a press conference scheduled this Friday. Maybe it is time to start a blog called “Good-bye Asshole” where we can […]
I read the first paragraph of this AP article and my head started spinning: Republicans dismissed as political theater a Democratic plan for an all-night session of the Senate to debate President Bush’s military strategy in Iraq amid bipartisan proposals to redeploy U.S. troops. So actually having a debate on how to end a war […]
That is what Boehner called GOP Senators who are against the “surge”: Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) called for comity Wednesday during a meeting of the Republican Conference after House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) referred to Senate colleagues who have begun to favor a change in course in Iraq as “wimps.†Wilson declined to comment […]
No matter how much Tony Snow and the rest of the White House try to spin it, the fact remains – the news coming out of Iraq is not good. GOP Senators are also seeing this and not buying the typical spin: Sen. George Voinovich said Tuesday the U.S. should begin pulling troops out of […]
September is getting closer and closer, while our goal of “success” in Iraq is getting further and further: Sen. Richard Lugar, a senior Republican and a reliable vote for President Bush on the war, said Monday that Bush’s Iraq strategy was not working and that the U.S. should downsize the military’s role. The unusually blunt […]
Condoms! A congressman is pushing a not-so-quick fix in the debate over illegal immigrants from Mexico: free contraceptives. “A slower rate of growth of Mexico’s population would improve the economy of Mexico. It would also reduce the environmental pressure on Mexico’s ecosystem. But a slower rate of growth would also reduce the long-term illegal immigration […]
Of course he did! No one in their right mind would want to be a Republican. Let the speculations of a presidential run really start now.