The Huffington Post’s front page this morning couldn’t sum it up better: The top article from today’s WaPo has a little gentler headline: Key Setbacks Dim Luster of Democrats’ Year Having been a close follower of politics for over 25 years, I keep thinking back to 1995. Bill Clinton was in the White House and […]
Perhaps we should ask Rush: In a sweeping indictment of the four-year effort in Iraq, the former top American commander called the Bush administration’s handling of the war incompetent and warned that the United States was “living a nightmare with no end in sight.†In one of his first major public speeches since leaving the […]
Yesterday I posted a video clip of Steny Hoyer on the House Floor. The clip was from C-Span. I posted it to YouTube, where it still remains. Luckily it looks like I might be ok in spite of the recent rash of YouTube bannings for copyright violations. This came to light by another apparent fight […]
During the House debate on the Iraq Resolution, Heather Wilson (R-NM) started following the old GOP meme that the Democrats are cutting funding to the troops. She even said that the resolution will prevent the troops from getting the necessary body armor. Steny Hoyer has had enough. Following Wilson’s remarks he came to the floor […]
The House Republicans don’t want to talk about the war. Their defensive play of the week is to avoid the Iraq debate going on in the House. The following is from a letter circulated by Republican leadership and obtained by Steny Hoyer: We are writing to urge you not to debate the Democratic Iraq resolution […]
Considering all the media has been able to talk about is the fact that there was a choice to be made for the House Majority Leader, it is apparent the Democrats are doing a great job. Even today on This Week, the talk with new Majority Leader Steny Hoyer was about the vote. It is […]