According to one of the GOP’s most prominent pollsters, this very well could be the case: The recent White House shake-up was an attempt to jump-start the administration and boost President Bush’s rock-bottom approval ratings, but have those efforts come too late to salvage the presidency? A prominent GOP pollster thinks that may be the […]
Bush is proving to be an even greater liability to the Republican party. Intense and widespread opposition to President Bush is likely to be a sharp spur driving voters to the polls in this fall’s midterm elections, according to strategists in both parties, a phenomenon that could give Democrats a turnout advantage over Republicans for […]
Today started with Howard Dean sending this letter to Ken Mehlman: Dear Ken, Yesterday, the AP ran a story entitled “Phone Jamming Records Point to White House.” This story provides new details about the role of the New Hampshire Republican Party in the phone-jamming scandal and raises serious questions as to whether the RNC and […]
A Good Swift Kick (via The People’s Republic of Seabrook) In general, I’m against kicking ’em when they’re down … unless really awful people are involved. I figured Tom DeLay is so awful, plenty of people would gang up on him and I could pass. Imagine my surprise when the toughest question one famous TV […]
Ohio Democrat Chair Chris Redfern (front). Congressional Candidate Mort Meier (rear right), Butler County Democrat Chair Dan Gattermeyer (rear left) I have one great advantage as a blogger this coming election. My U.S. Representative is John Boehner and this is one race that will gain national attention. Up until about a month ago, Boehner was […]
Yesterday, Dubai Ports World announced that it would sell operation of US ports to a “US entity,” thus bringing the ballyhoo over this controversial sale to a close. The hype surrounding this issue was mostly manufactured. Security, the only concern, is not outsourced and would not have been. Politicians created the furor for their own […]
From Reuters: The secretive U.S. government foreign investment review process that approved an Arab company’s deal to assume management of terminals at six U.S. ports is “deeply flawed” and should be revamped, a leading lawmaker said on Sunday. Senate Homeland Security Chairman Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, said she and the panel’s top Democrat, Sen. […]
What could be more amazing than to find out the very person who helped deliver Bush his victory in 2000 to now be investigated for bribery. Well she is and it helps paint the picture of how deep corruption goes in the Republican party even more. From the AP: U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris said Thursday […]
It looks like Ralph Reeds past dealings with Abramoff are really taking a toll on his run for lieutenant Governor in Georgia: Twenty-one Republican state senators on Friday called for Ralph Reed to withdraw from the contest for lieutenant governor, declaring that his ties to Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff could jeopardize the re-election of Gov. […]
So I wake up, do my morning check of news media and blogs. I come to one of my favorite sites, Think Progress, and see a quote from Rep. Bill Young which appears in today’s Washington Post: Young said he wouldn’t be so mad if it were just Sheehan. “I totally disagree with everything she […]