Could be...YOU DECIDE. … [Read more...] about Was CNN’s Axed Aaron Brown A Psychic?

How did Romney become governor of Massachusetts? Was it just that he seemed to be more moderate than he really is? Or was it his all-American good looks and charisma? I went to college there back in the early-'90s. Sure, there were conservatives like William Weld around, but Romney in Massachusetts is like, say, Ted Kennedy in Alabama (or at least Hillary Clinton in … [Read more...] about Mitt Romney and the anti-gay movement

Yesterday, Joe wrote an excellent response to David Ignatius's column in the Post on the "rise of the center". I recommend it highly. I'm not always sure where I position myself politically — these days I seem to be on the center-left, likely pushed there by Republican dominance. If you're interested, I have a somewhat different take whether or not there is currently a … [Read more...] about Liberalism and centrism in American politics

Slate's John Dickerson writes: The news from Iraq is largely bad. The public is smart enough to distrust the nightly news producers. They're also smart enough to know when they're not getting straight talk. A little candor might break through that skepticism. Bush and (Senator John) McCain are both desperate to convince Americans that the war is still worth fighting and that … [Read more...] about Quote Of The Day: On Bush’s Speech And His Task In Turning Public Opinion

Today's New York Times has an op-ed by Tenzin Gyatso, who happens to be the 14th Dalai Lama: SCIENCE has always fascinated me. As a child in Tibet, I was keenly curious about how things worked. When I got a toy I would play with it a bit, then take it apart to see how it was put together. As I became older, I applied the same scrutiny to a movie projector and an antique … [Read more...] about The Dalai Lama on “Our Faith in Science”

The Washington Post has a piece that raises a point that has become all-too familiar these days: it contends President George W. Bush's speech contained a fundamental inaccuracy that some are sure to dismiss as a slight oversight and others will insist represents falsification. You can read about the President's speech basically saying war critics are undercutting the war … [Read more...] about Washington Post Says Bush Speech Not Quite Accurate

If you're a political junkie, here's an important fact to file away; according to the New York Times, under Howard Dean the Democrats are seriously behind the Republicans in the quest to raise vital campaign funds:The Democratic National Committee under Howard Dean is losing the fundraising race against Republicans by nearly 2 to 1, a slow start that is stirring concern among … [Read more...] about Dean Not Raising Enough $$ For Democrats

This bill is something everyone should be able to agree on. … [Read more...] about Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Together

Best one-liner nominee: "Personally, I view the continued health of Pat Robertson to be evidence there is no God." --John Cole, responding to Rev. Robertson's claims that Dover voters have "voted God out of [their] city." … [Read more...] about Rib Cracker

From The Washington Post: Lawyers for Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) tried unsuccessfully in late September to head off felony criminal indictments against the then-majority leader on charges of violating Texas campaign law by signaling that DeLay might plead guilty to a misdemeanor, according to four sources familiar with the events. The lawyers' principal aim was to try to preserve … [Read more...] about Tom DeLay’s lost plea

NOTE: This speech is highly controversial and the debate over it is likely to continue throughout the weekend. So we're reposting this from yesterday. On Veterans' Day, a day when Americans from all walks of life and political parties are asked to unite in honoring veterans and their sacrifices, President George W. Bush delivered a major address defending his Iraq war policy … [Read more...] about Bush Attacks Iraq War Critics As Undercutting War Effort

It seems that the Bush administration is working furiously behind the scenes to scuttle any US intervention to stop the genocide in Darfur. Absolutely appalling. … [Read more...] about Bush Swings Support to Khartoum

Since Tuesday's election — generally seen as a debacle for the GOP in general and President George W. Bush in particular — there have been a host of articles suggesting that a resurgence of the political center is underway in American politics. And indeed, it would seem that a backlash may be underway against base-oriented and polarization politics. The latest, … [Read more...] about Is America’s Political Center Rebounding?

Some folks say that our chief objective now is to convince moderate Muslims to reclaim their religion from the extremists. I disagree: I think that the reaction to the Jordan bombings proves that they absolutely repudiate terror. Instead, the burden now is on us to destroy terror where it's achieved a critical mass (and doesn't need "mainstream" support to survive), and sell … [Read more...] about Change Focus

A terrorism expert has warned that Israel should brace itself for a major Al Qaeda terrorist attack, according to The Jerusalem Post:It is only a matter of time before Israel becomes the target of a large scale attack launched by al-Qaida, Dr. Yoram Kahati, senior research fellow at the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies in Glilot … [Read more...] about Is Israel In Al Qaeda’s Sights For A Big Attack?

Today is Veteran's Day here in the United States. It's Remembrance Day in Canada. If you haven't already, read Michael Stickings' item below. And take his advice. … [Read more...] about Do Remember

Today, November 11, is Remembrance Day in Canada. John McCrae, "In Flanders Fields" In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In … [Read more...] about REMEMBRANCE DAY 2005

Cross posted at The Smoking Room Fox is cancelling "Arrested Development," only the funniest sitcom since Seinfeld, because the idiot suits at Rupert's network couldn't figure out how to sell it. They gave it a sh---y time slot the first season (9:30 Sunday), moved it up last season (8:30) and now, finally, it has the lead it deserves (8, albeit on Monday). They preempted it … [Read more...] about Fox to cancel “Arrested Development,” French-style riots to follow

As if Tuesday's election results weren't enough, the Republicans have another problem, this time in Congress: Facing defeat, House Republican leaders on Thursday abruptly called off a vote on a contentious budget-cutting bill in a striking display of the discord and political anxiety running through the party's ranks. Despite making major concessions to moderate Republicans, … [Read more...] about More trouble for the GOP as budget bill stalls

TMV is excited to now be a member of the new Government Relations Blog Network. We've had people suggest we join other blog networks or groups that are more identified with a specific ideology and we've politely declined. This one is for independent blogs and definitely fits what we try to do here — and why this site was started nearly two years ago. One of the blogs … [Read more...] about TMV Joins Government Relations Blog Network