Following the news on Michal Steele’s possible legal problems, National Review’s Steve Haywood tries to spin it into some sort of DOJ problem: <p>Not until you reach well down on the jump page do you learn this interesting little detail: “The U.S. attorney’s office inadvertently sent the confidential document, a defense sentencing memorandum filed under […]
This is one of those double take moments. During his statement on the failing of the bailout bill, John McCain blamed it on partisanship, then immediately went into a partisan attack the very next sentence. Also worth mentioning is the statement his campaign released after the bill failed blaimng Barack Obama solely for it. In […]
(I have been in a very sarcastic mood today for some reason, but the following is serious and there is no room for sarcasm or satire in it) We got another taste of Bush’s typical partisan attacks in his speech today when he had to make that statement claiming Democrats will raise taxes if they […]
The following is an update to the Bob Ney story: House Speaker Dennis Hastert is trying to force out Ohio Rep. Bob Ney (news, bio, voting record) as chairman of the House Administration Committee, a week after Justice Department documents linked Ney to a bribery scheme involving convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Ney’s committee has jurisdiction […]
The following is President Bush’s response to Harriet Miers withdraw (compliments of Raw Story): Today, I have reluctantly accepted Harriet Miers decision to withdraw her nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States. I nominated Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court because of her extraordinary legal experience, her character, and her conservative judicial philosophy. […]