Browner Coordinated Oil Spill Response as Key Cabinet Officials Failed

Politico this morning published a lengthy profile on Carol Browner, the White House’s climate and energy adviser or “climate czar.” The story focuses on rumors that Browner will abandon her post now that climate change legislation has a near-zero chance of passing Congress. The story cites little evidence that More…

Smith Went Down With Sinking GOP Ship

Following up on Aaron Wiener‘s post about GOP Sen. Gordon Smith’s defeat in Oregon by his Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley:

As I wrote in August, Smith, a blue-state Republican incumbent in a tight race, adopted a bizarre and risky strategy — More…