bush
Restoration Denied!
According to the speaker of Florida’s state House, Jeb Bush is passing on a 2010 Senate run.
“He said it just wasn’t the right timing,” [Marco] Rubio said, recounting a phone call he received this afternoon from the former Florida governor and presidential brother.
Bush, who left office in 2007, cited his desire to explore other professional [...]
Leon Panetta to CIA?
Both Chuck Todd at NBC and The New York Times are reporting Leon Panetta, a former member of President George W. Bush’s Iraq Study Group who doesn’t have much more of an intelligence background, is President-elect Barack Obama’s pick to head CIA.
Well, he’s no Mike Hayden. More soon.
Everything Bush Has Ever Done Wrong, Security-Wise: The Condensed Version
Looking for a one-stop shop for everything President George W. Bush did wrong in the security arena?
The progressive National Security Network has you covered.
Who’s Tonya Harding Now?
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.)* is promising to sue for another recount if, as expected, Al Franken is declared the winner of Minnesota’s Senate race this week. Republicans are promising to back Coleman by filibustering any attempt to seat Franken.
When did this Republican love for extended recounts start? Sometime after the 2000 elections, probably. Back then [...]
What The Bush White House Considers Exculpatory
White House chief of staff Josh Bolten and national security adviser Steve Hadley somehow got it into their heads that insisting George W. Bush is a hands-on and pro-active leader is a wise legacy-building move.
This must be that famed strategery.
If Bush was an informed and judicious decision-maker then, the economy/Iraq/torture/Katrina/politicization of the Justice Department/you-know-the-litany are [...]
Wait, I Thought He Couldn’t Remember Anything?
The Wall Street Journal plays “Where are they now?” with former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales:
WASHINGTON — Alberto Gonzales, who has kept a low profile since resigning as attorney general nearly 16 months ago, said he is writing a book to set the record straight about his controversial tenure as a senior official in the Bush [...]
Bush Legacy Watch
The New York Times takes stock of the economy’s dreadful year:
In a mere 12 months, the Dow Jones industrial average plunged 4,488.43 points, or 33.8 percent, its most punishing loss since 1931. Blue chips like Bank of America, Citigroup and Alcoa lost more than 65 percent of their value. The broader Standard & Poor’s 500-stock [...]
Pleasant Thought for the New Year
Happy New Year!
It might be a good idea to begin 2009 thinking happy thoughts. Here is my contribution:
There are now just 19 days left in the Bush administration.
No One Wants to Be CIA Director Thanks To Bush
If I can say something that isn’t about Gaza for a minute, Jeff Stein at CQ has a great piece about how Barack Obama can’t find someone to become CIA director now that part of the job description is to preside over torture:
The Downside of Being President-Elect
When you go on vacation and an international crisis breaks out, you get hounded by protesters.
From a pool report today:
About a half dozen demonstrators had assembled near the security checkpoint fronting the entrance to the $9 million rental home where [President-elect Barack] Obama and his family are staying.
