Category Archives: politics

Not an exaggeration. Believe it or don’t. Here’s their headline atop a story about Bush’s speech to the meat-eating right-wingers at the Conservative Policitial Action Conference yesterday: PEACE, PROSPERITY AT STAKE IN PRESIDENTIAL VOTE, BUSH SAYS But of course, we as a nation are at war, and, most people and economists agree, headed into aContinue reading “Wall Street Journal to Bush: You’re a Joke”

So says veteran political analyst Morton Kondracke: After Super Tuesday, Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) has every right to declare himself the Republican presidential frontrunner, but he has miles to go in getting himself and his party in shape to face his Democratic opponent. One measure of his task is that more than 14.6 million DemocratsContinue reading “Democratic Tide: Still Coming In”

Sorry to be out of commission: had connectivity issues this weekend. Anyhow! Here’s my highly scientific report about canvassing one of my neighborhoods for Barack. Was instructed by m precinct captain to simply talk to people, try to find out who was voting for Obama, and make sure they made it to the polls onContinue reading “Canvassing for Obama”

As DHinMN notes for KOS: First, let’s begin with actual results.  With 95% of the vote reported, the current tallies show a total of 1,655,220 Democratic votes and 1,872,684 Republican votes.  Every Republican fought as hard as he could for the win in Florida.  The Democrats—since the DNC won’t seat Florida’s delegates because they floutedContinue reading “The Democratic Tide Keeps Coming In — Even in Florida”

Lou Cannon, who reported on Reagan throughout his career, and then wrote several books about him, says no in an op-ed published yesterday in the Washington Post. In the wake of U.S. anger and activism after 9/11, Bush led the nation into a preventive war against Iraq. Notwithstanding the complicity of a malleable Congress (includingContinue reading “Would Reagan Have Invaded Iraq After 9/11?”

In a report for "The Campaign Spot" on the National Review yesterday, Jim Geraghty gently broke the bad news to conservatives that yes, global warming will be an issue in the 2008 campaign, and the Republican party will concede the time has now come to act to reduce the risks. To make his case, firstContinue reading “John McCain: Patsy of the Democratic Left?”

The winner of the Michigan primary, the remarkably plastic Mitt Romney, declares: "We don’t call it American warming." So why worry, then? Apparently that’s the theory. Global warming will only affect other countries. Wow. Hard for me to speak. Have to find my jaw first.

Continuing the trend we reported on from Iowa, the Democrats routed the Republicans in the New Hampshire primary — which has not been the case in the recent past. (Take a look at this graphic from the Los Angeles Times, below.) The point: Democrats — and enviros — need to start thinking about what theyContinue reading “Democrats Win New Hampshire in A Landslide”

Look at the numbers: Obama took 38% of 239,000 votes cast on the Democratic side:   91,000 Huckabee took 34% of 120,000 votes cast on the Republican side, for about 40,000 votes. Were this the national, this would be a landslide for Obama. And (as George Stephanopoulous said last night) a complete and overdue "repudiation" ofContinue reading “Obama Wins Iowa in a Landslide”

After the once-proud protector of the environment, the EPA, today rejected California’s right to regulate tailpipe emissions to control greenhouse gases, probably as a payback to industry support for the just-signed Federal bill, reactions came swiftly from California: "Extremely disappointing," said Governor Schwarzenneger. "Disgraceful," said Dianne Feinstein, Senator. "Absurd," said Edmund Brown, Attorney General, whoContinue reading “California to Sue EPA — Again”