Ohio Governor Ted Strickland announced this morning that Ohio State University Moritz Law School Dean Nancy Rogers will serve as the state's attorney general. She will not run in November 2008 for the unfinished term of former Attorney General Marc Dann who resigned after being engulfed in scandal related to a hostile work environment and improprieties in the office. … [Read more...] about OSU law school dean Nancy Rogers becomes Ohio AG
Hillary Clinton Falsely Claims She Leads In Every Poll
Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton is now saying that, unlike Democratic nomination rival Senator Barack Obama, she beats GOP presumptive nominee Senator John McCain in "every poll." The problem: it is not true. On May 26th this site ran THIS POST about Bill Clinton making the same claim - -and we offered links to pages that clearly show that, in some polls, Obama beats … [Read more...] about Hillary Clinton Falsely Claims She Leads In Every Poll
A Limerick View Of The Economy
Here are some new limericks that sum up some worries now facing markets and the economy generally. I. A Fed Chair once happily boasted "There is no inflation--its toasted" Then oil went wild The markets got riled And many folks hopes just got ghosted. II. "Reform" is the word often used When the poor and the old get abused A faux panic‘s created To "Reform" it is … [Read more...] about A Limerick View Of The Economy
Dollar Bill back in the news
As a warning to readers, this column has nothing to do with the Treasury. One of the most persistent, puzzling questions in Congress these days (at least for yours truly) is how Congressman William "Dollar Bill" Jefferson (D - Louisiana) hangs on to his day job in the legislature. While we all fully understand that everyone - even congressional critters - are innocent until … [Read more...] about Dollar Bill back in the news
Move To Discredit McClellan For Anti-Bush Memoir Has Begun (UPDATED)
Yesterday we did this post that detailed former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's new memoir that blasts President George Bush, Bush political maven Karl Rove and the White House in general. And we noted that, the if past was any indication, a move would start to discredit him and his book. It apparently has already begun. Mark Halperin, noting that the book … [Read more...] about Move To Discredit McClellan For Anti-Bush Memoir Has Begun (UPDATED)
Of nails and coffins at the Dem. rules committee
While many have been waiting with varying degrees of patience for the conclusion of the Democratic primary season next week, the true end may be crafted not in some far off primary voting booth but in a Washington, DC hotel this weekend. That's where the rules committee will meet to decide the fate of the delegates from Florida and Michigan. Early indicators are not looking … [Read more...] about Of nails and coffins at the Dem. rules committee
Michael Mukasey’s Disingenuously Dangerous Defense of the Bush Torture Regime
It seemed like Attorney General Alberto Gonzales barely had two brain cells to rub together on the best of days, so his defense of the Bush torture regime was simple: Na-na-na-na-na! The president can do whatever he wants. Michael Mukasey, who prepped for the job in the federal judiciary while Gonzales was the president's lapdog, is a rocket scientist by comparison. … [Read more...] about Michael Mukasey’s Disingenuously Dangerous Defense of the Bush Torture Regime
UN Chief ‘Regrets’ Burmese Suppression Of Democracy
The Secretary General of the United Nations has said that he 'regrets' that the government of Burma (also known as the whims of Than Shwe) will continue to keep Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest. Kyi has attracted the wrath of the Burmese leaders for daring to support the radical notion that the people of Burma should have the right to choose their own leaders. Of course the … [Read more...] about UN Chief ‘Regrets’ Burmese Suppression Of Democracy
Clinton, Obama And McCain Campaigns All Feel The Heat
This hasn't been the best day for the campaigns of Democratic Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton or for Republican presumptive Presidential nominee Senator John McCain. The reason: all three are feeling political and media heat. Just follow the links. To wit: #1: Obama in a speech said that his great-uncle, Charlie Payne, was among those who liberated Auschwitz, … [Read more...] about Clinton, Obama And McCain Campaigns All Feel The Heat
Upcoming McClellan Memoir Blasts Bush, Rove, White House
When he was the Bush White House's press secretary, Scott McClellan took a lot heat and some analysts thought he showed every single sweat gland of it. Next week McClellan has a new memoir coming out, and according to reports President George Bush and the White House might begin sweating a bit -- because they're going to have to go into full damage/discredit control on this … [Read more...] about Upcoming McClellan Memoir Blasts Bush, Rove, White House
Obama a Jimmy Carter in the Making …
Barack Obama may be the most popular candidate for the U.S. presidency in most parts of the world - but certainly not in Colombia. In suggesting why the Colombian government shouldn't bother planning for an anticipated Obama victory, Hernan Gonzalez Rodriguez writes for El Espectador: "We still have a long way to go to the presidential elections in November, more than … [Read more...] about Obama a Jimmy Carter in the Making …
Indiana McCain
Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner … [Read more...] about Indiana McCain
Trans-Racial Adoption
It's not as simple as being delightfully color-blind (is it ever?). … [Read more...] about Trans-Racial Adoption
Meet the ‘Pacaderms for Progress’
I don't know much about them beyond what I've outlined below, but I've submitted an interview request -- pending which, you might consider this post a placeholder or bookmark on a "group to watch." In a press release dated today, the Pacaderms bill themselves as "a new breed of 527." Their Web site provides some additional (though admittedly vague) background, for instance: … [Read more...] about Meet the ‘Pacaderms for Progress’
John McCain’s Growing George Bush Dilemma Seen In Fundraiser
One of presumptive GOP nominee Senator John McCain's most sensitive -- but important -- operations has just gotten a lot more delicate. How can he distance himself from President George Bush to show he isn't a political extension of Bush (which he needs to do) yet still take advantage of Bush's support among Republican rank-and-file and fundraising abilities (which he needs to … [Read more...] about John McCain’s Growing George Bush Dilemma Seen In Fundraiser
In Defense of Obama Passing on Public Campaign Funds
From the Election Law Blog: Senator Obama and the Decision to Opt Out of Public Financing. It's satisfying reading from people who know what they are talking about. … [Read more...] about In Defense of Obama Passing on Public Campaign Funds
Bi-partisan leaders on how to get it back
In "(Senator Warren) Rudman testimonial offers history and a lesson," Brad Cook writes about the lessons and wisdom of our recent, great bi-partisan leaders. Americans for Campaign Reform, the sponsor of the event, is an organization that was founded by New Hampshire political activist John Rauh and others. Its chairmen are former Democratic Sens. Bill Bradley and Bob … [Read more...] about Bi-partisan leaders on how to get it back
Romancing the POTUS
With his usual sesquipedalian flair, George Will today takes us on a tour of history, demonstrating the dangers of falling in love with our presidents and assigning too much importance to their position as cultural and societal icons. An occupational hazard of the inflated presidency is a hazard to the nation. It is what Healy (borrowing a term from psychiatry) calls … [Read more...] about Romancing the POTUS
(Updated) Why Is John McCain So Determined To Sell Out Our Iraq & Afghan War Veterans?
John McCain has showed himself to be a welter of contradictions, but nowhere is this more apparent – and troubling – in how he repeatedly invokes his prisoner of war past to validate his righteousness while at the same time selling out today's veterans. This sell-out has taken several forms: Voting against increased funding for health care and education benefits, being … [Read more...] about (Updated) Why Is John McCain So Determined To Sell Out Our Iraq & Afghan War Veterans?
Joe Lieberman Jumps the Shark. Again.
Richard Nixon was the last politician whom I hated, but I got over that not long after he slunk out of Washington when I figured out that hating someone -- especially a public figure -- was drag energy, to use the term of the day. But Joe Lieberman is causing me to reconsider. Where to begin? That this sniveling Uriah Heep of an obfuscating sack of excrement parading as … [Read more...] about Joe Lieberman Jumps the Shark. Again.