This is in today’s Wall Street Journal: In short order, John McCain has gone from Republican presidential front-runner to political death watch. On Wednesday, the Arizona senator kicks off a month of high-profile events, seeking a resurrection of sorts. Actually I think death watch might be an understatement. We have McCain telling 60 minutes tomorrow […]
NBC is reporting: In a guest column in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal President Bush addressed a range of issues. On Iraq he said he’ll reveal his new strategy in the coming days. Administration officials tell NBC News it will involve sending some 20,000 additional U.S. troops to Iraq. The plan is being called surge and […]
Wonkette: Pro-gun Democrats did better in the midterms than probably any other class of politician, but the National Rifle Association is not in the business of reflecting moderate political reality. The NRA lives off memberships, and the standard card-carrying member has two enemies: Democrats and … deer, most likely. But even loyalists go soft, as […]
What is ironic is how Republicans talk about backing Bush 100% until it comes to their re-election chances (From today’s Wall Street Journal): President Bush goes to Pennsylvania tomorrow to campaign for embattled Republican House members in the Philadelphia suburbs. But one of the candidates isn’t expected to be there. Mr. Bush “is really doing […]
This is no April Fool’s day joke. Zogby has their latest tracker poll up for the Senate and Gubernatorial races on the Wall Street Journal’s site and things are looking really good for the Democrats. First off let’s cover the Senate races. Below is a picture of how things are starting to look in the […]
After a rash of apparently “good news” it looks as though the economic-monster has hit. There is now speculation that the housing bubble has finally burst: WASHINGTON – Sales of new homes plunged in November by the largest amount in nearly 12 years, providing the most dramatic evidence yet that the red hot housing market […]
A NBC/Wall Street Journal poll release tonight shows that a majority want a Democrat led congress now by a margin of 48% to 39%. This should lead to even more problems the Republican’s are facing with attempts to find viable candidates for 2006. The New York Times has an interesting article in which they discuss […]
Ok we now know who the Supreme Court nominee is. That means it is time to shift focus back to the big scandal. I am of course talking about Karl Rove. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the State Department memo which identified Plame seems to be one of the key pieces of evidence […]