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 […]
SURVEY USA has their new 50-state tracking poll out for Bush’s approval rating. The overall weighted approval is at 33% (the lowest I have seen on SUSA). Even more interesting is the fact that Bush rates 50% or above in only 3 state (Idaho – 52%, Utah – 51% and Wyoming – 50%). In Bush’s home […]
On his second day behind the White House cameras, Tony Snow once again put his foot in his mouth. Today he suggested that ABC was a “competing network” and now the question is – competing against what? Q Okay. But, I mean, maybe it was a terrific meeting. As far as I can tell, that […]
ABC has confirmed that the FBI is actively going after their phone records and even admits the Bush administration makes it so easy: The FBI acknowledged late Monday that it is increasingly seeking reporters’ phone records in leak investigations. “It used to be very hard and complicated to do this, but it no longer is […]
You can now view the Bush speech today on the new revelations of the domestic wiretapping program on the White House’s website (requires Real Player). After watching it, I agree with John 100% that Bush is pissed. You can tell this new report definitely hit a nerve and he did not deny the reports accuracy […]
Wow Bush sure does know how to pick them: Key Democrats denounced Terrence Boyle on Capitol Hill Monday and Tuesday, after a Salon report revealed that the controversial judge, nominated to one of the nation’s highest courts by President Bush, violated federal law on conflicts of interest. As the debate over Boyle heated up, the […]
Now me might find out more about Abramoff’s visits to the White House: The Secret Service has agreed to turn over White House visitor logs that will show how often convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff met with Bush administration officials — and with whom he met. U.S. District Judge John Garrett Penn last Tuesday approved an […]
Now we got Cheney going even further than Bush to ignore the laws of these United States: As the Bush administration has dramatically accelerated the classification of information as “top secret” or “confidential,” one office is refusing to report on its annual activity in classifying documents: the office of Vice President Dick Cheney. A standing […]
Tomorrow (Tuesday, May 2nd) there will be primaries in Indiana, North Carolina and my own state of Ohio. I will be keeping the blog up to date on the returns here in Ohio. We have a couple hot races that are gaining some national attention. First we have Jean “Full Of” Schmidt running against former […]
He will still be the mouthpiece of the administration, the only difference is he will now be in Scott McClellan’s office: Sources close to the White House said Monday that Fox anchor Tony Snow is likely to accept the job as White House press secretary, succeeding Scott McClellan. The sources said they expect him to […]