Andrea Mitchell continues to push it: On MSNBC Live, Andrea Mitchell failed to challenge Republican strategist Trent Duffy’s false claim that Sen. John McCain “was one of the first to call for Secretary Rumsfeld’s resignation.” In fact, as his campaign itself has reportedly admitted, McCain did not call for former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s resignation. […]
Isn’t that what McCain kept telling us – that his lobbyists were different? Well now it looks like he is concerned about it: John McCain’s campaign is asking staff members to disclose all previous lobbying ties following the resignation of two officials linked to a firm that worked for Myanmar’s military junta. A memo from […]
So long idiot!: Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington. Mr. Gonzales, who had rebuffed calls for his resignation, submitted his to President Bush by telephone on […]
That is the rumor with the announcement of Rob Portman leaving the Bush administration: Rob Portman’s announcement Tuesday that he will resign as White House budget director puts the popular former Cincinnati-area congressman back in play as a force in Ohio politics – and as a potential statewide candidate in coming elections. For a political […]
They really are jumping ship: Dan Bartlett, a key member of President George W. Bush’s inner circle and an aide for him going back more than 13 years, announced on Friday he is resigning as White House counselor effective July 4. In an interview, Bartlett, who turned 36 on Friday, said he had been pondering […]
Brian Ross reports: Deputy Secretary of State Randall L. Tobias submitted his resignation Friday, one day after confirming to ABC News that he had been a customer of a Washington, D.C. escort service whose owner has been charged by federal prosecutors with running a prostitution operation. Tobias, 65, Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and administrator […]
After 6 years you think we would all get used to “Bush speak”: Six of the eight U.S. attorneys fired by the Justice Department ranked in the top third among their peers for the number of prosecutions filed last year, according to an analysis of federal records. In addition, five of the eight were among […]
Melissa McEwen of Shakespeare’s Sister has resigned as part-time technical advisor for the Edward’s Campaign. Chris has her full release over at MyDD. I don’t like the fact that Melissa had to resign from the campaign, but it was the right choice. The wingnuts had a field day with some posts she made, and those […]
In a post talking about the Bolton resignation on Hot Air (you know – Michelle Malkin’s other site), one of their commenters made an interesting comment: Maybe after Bolton and his staff have vacated their offices, something could *happen* to the building. Liberal Catnip uncovered this comment and also has the screen shots of it. […]