George W. Bush
Here’s to You, Mr. President
Mike Duncan, the current Republican National Committee chairman who is campaigning to keep his job, was surprisingly apologetic about the George W. Bush years in Monday’s RNC chair debate. I’m going to assume that someone—Fred Barnes, maybe?—unleashed some haXX0r skillz and broke into Duncan’s email to send this RNC fundraising letter out.
For the last eight [...]
Feingold Urges Pardon Restraint
Related to Daphne’s post from last week on the sweeping power of presidential pardons, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) has a Salon piece today urging President George W. Bush to show some restraint as he leaves the office. Pre-emptive pardons for administration officials involved in torture and warrantless spying programs, Feingold argues, would sully Bush’s reputation [...]
Recasting the War on Terrorism
Liberal groups see a successful counterterrorism strategy doing more than ending torture, closing Guantanamo Bay, restricting CIA interrogation practices and curbing domestic spying. It must restore America’s moral stature in the world, and one way to do that is help resolve Arab-Israeli conflicts. The new administration seems receptive to the need for change.
Hoyer: No Plans to Reinstall Offshore Drilling Moratorium
For environmentalists hoping that the new Democratic margins in Congress might lead to the return of a decades-old moratorium on offshore oil drilling — you might not want to hold your breath.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters Tuesday that Democrats have no plans to reinstate the drilling ban, which Congress let expire at [...]
Chambliss on Cleland Ad: ‘Truthful in Every Way’
This went somewhat under the radar, but as Georgia GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss prepares for next month’s runoff election against Democratic challenger Jim Martin, he claims no regrets about a controversial ad that helped put him in the seat six years ago.
You know the one: It used images of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein [...]
Bush: Free Markets Will Fix the Troubles Caused by Free Markets
Congressional Democrats may be pushing for some concessions from the finance industry in return for the billions they’re receiving in taxpayer bailouts, but President George W. Bush has other ideas. From today’s Washington Post:
Stimulus Stalemate?
Even as the nation’s economic news seems to darken each day, the White House and congressional Democrats remain at odds over proposals designed to reverse the trend.
Economy Bad Even for Bush Administration Officials
With fewer than three months to go in George W. Bush’s presidency, it’s time for top administration officials to line up high-powered jobs at Fortune 500 companies or Washington think tanks. But as the Wall Street Journal reported this weekend, that’s not happening.
Partly due to the bad economy and partly due to the president’s historic [...]
New Obama Attack Hits McCain’s Old Tax Plan
After starting the week with a final “closing argument” speech on Monday, Sen. Barack Obama returns to his starting argument today, with an address again hammering his rival, Sen. John McCain, as the second coming of President George W. Bush.
The Obama campaign is circulating the Democratic nominee’s new remarks, which assail McCain for “doubling down” [...]
Cracking Ohio’s Political Code
Unlike previous Democratic presidential candidates, Obama has taken a cue from the state’s governor and freshman senator and launched an all-inclusive 88-county strategy with an unprecedented grassroots campaign. Ohioans have never seen anything like it.
