The White House is at war. With some Republicans. President George Bush is now playing defense in a battle no one would have predicted he would have to wage: a battle to convince many in his own party — many social conservatives and libertarians — that a nominee he picked for Supreme Court justice is qualified. Call it the GOP Insurrection of 2005. But will it … [Read more...] about Bush Plays Delicate Defense Game As Many Conservatives Rebel

I intend to do another long round-up of reaction to the Harriet Miers nomination (which still continues to baffle me) later today or tomorrow, once some of the dust has settled, but for now I wanted to quote a comment that a reader left in reply to my first round-up, published late Monday night: I just plugged "Harriet Miers" into Westlaw as a search term for all federal … [Read more...] about The qualifications of Harriet Miers

There's a new board game requires players to get out of New Orleans during and after Hurricane Katrina. Yes, sometimes satire is the best weapon of all. … [Read more...] about The blame game board game

The latest news from one of our favorite talk shows (TMV has even appeared on it but, despite that, it has built a listenership!):SUBJECT2DISCUSSION is the news and comment program with bloggers and other journalists and activists of note. Starting this Wednesday October 5, the program is on an hour later 7pm PT to 9pm PT LIVE on http://www.LVROCKS.com click on LISTEN and … [Read more...] about Hear Bloggers LIVE!

If so, CLICK HERE to check out the Carnival of the Liberated (that title sounds like a party we had after high school graduation..) … [Read more...] about Want To Read Some Great Posts By Iraqi And Afghani Bloggers?

You just KNEW that sooner or later some TV bigwig would dicker with a network for this idea for a reality TV show:AN Australian health care provider is looking for a man with the balls to have a vasectomy on television. Not-for-profit sexual and reproductive health provider Marie Stopes International wants an Australian man to reproduce the efforts of a British man who … [Read more...] about On The Cutting Edge Of Television Reality Shows

Cross-posted to Random Fate. --- There is a lot being written on the rationale of President George W. Bush in nominating Harriet Miers for Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. However, I find the reaction by many on the right-wing more interesting than the futile attempts to divine any underlying motivations or machiavellian strategies President Bush and his … [Read more...] about What to think? (part 3)

Tonight it's Bill O'Reilly talking about that threat to America — bloggers (those who don't agree with him). … [Read more...] about Hide The Children!!!

We've heard George Bush called many names by people on the right and left but not usually "You Harry Truman you!" — and if you live long enough, anything can happen...so read this:What kind of president picks both John Roberts and Harriet Miers? They look like the ultimate odd couple. Roberts is not a Bush crony, he has a résumé to die for, and everyone who knows him … [Read more...] about Is It “Give ‘Em Hell Georgie”?

Pat Buchanan needs to buy THIS. … [Read more...] about For Sale Online Now

(Cross-posted at The Reaction. This post is meant to complement Joe's exceptional work on this story — see here and here. See here for why I supported Roberts. See here for a lost of all my posts on Roberts, Gonzales, and the other candidates.) Last week, John Roberts was confirmed 78-22 by the Senate to be the 17th chief justice of the United States. That wasn't much of … [Read more...] about Harriet Miers: The wrong choice for the Supreme Court

Dave Pell offers one of the most interesting theories yet on why George Bush picked Harriet Miers for Sandra O'Connor's seat — angering his loyal conservative base:To coin a phrase: It’s the campaign, Stupid. I’ve never bought the idea that Bush, well educated and a son of power and privilege, ever really bought the message he pitched to the base. Think Cheney and … [Read more...] about Yet Another Theory On Why Bush Picked Harriet Miers

Buffalo News writer Greg Connors profiled The Moderate Voice in his op-ed column BLOGARHYTHMS. Here's the key section of the piece, titled "A place for all things in moderation..": Chrisse Hynde once sang that "in the middle of the road you see the darndest things." That could be the motto of Joe Gandelman, a former journalist in San Diego, who heads TheModerateVoice.com, a … [Read more...] about Newspaper Profiles TMV

NOTE: This site occasionally runs a Guest Voice post written by a reader who has submitted one or, more often, a reader who has sent a thoughtful email. In one of our posts we asked about the GOP "Is the conservative faction running the party?" This sparked a private email from Edward Royce, who has posted on Red State. His comments were so well laid out that we offered to run … [Read more...] about Guest Voice: Do The Conservatives Control The GOP After All?

....at Today's Democracy, a classy site. The site says "TodaysDemocracy.com is focused on providing facts, opinion, and ideas about factors that influence and shape our Democracy." Today's Democracy's Dean Reese did a great Guest Voice post on our site that was very favorably received. And his normal home at Today's Democracy looks like an up and coming place with its cool … [Read more...] about Take A Peek…..

Here's a MUST LISTEN AUDIO for people of all ideologies. Rush Limbaugh gets it from a caller who says "I'm done with you" and accuses him of supporting "lock step" George Bush. Listen closely and you'll see: the guy doesn't hang up. It sounds as if Rush — who is not a host who can adeptly handles people who strongly disagree with him on the air — dumps the guy. (At … [Read more...] about Rush Limbaugh Gets It From A Caller

...as Associate Justice to the United States Supreme Court, not only my reactions, but links to a few from the right-wing, you can visit my weblog Random Fate. At this point, unless one is a mind-reader, it is difficult to know exactly what to think... … [Read more...] about For a few additional reactions to the Harriet Miers nomination…

In law-related news that has nothing to do with the Miers nomination, I'd like to direct TMVers to BlackProf's current guest bloggers: Michelle Adams, Richard Delgado, and Jean Stefancic. I can't speak to the first, but Delgado and Stefancic are two of the most important and intelligent legal critics alive today. I'm sure they'll have some very interesting insights to offer the … [Read more...] about Legal But Not Miers

CNN and Fox News are both passing on news from the Associated Press that Tom DeLay has been indicted again by a Texas grand jury, now on the grounds of money laundering. KVUE, an Austin station, has the story from the AP. KVUE News has learned that a separate Travis County grand Jury has indicted U.S. Representative Tom DeLay on another criminal charge. The charge is money … [Read more...] about Tom DeLay Indicted Again

When I first heard about the Miers pick, my reaction was not good--another Bush crony pick. But the more I hear about her, the more complex things get. Which means at the moment, I'm currently in a confused state of mind (you can actually follow the intellectual progression as the post goes on). … [Read more...] about How…Odd