'08 Roundup: Episode #15
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: She may have netted only a handful of delegates, but Tuesday's primary wins by Hillary Clinton had a huge psychological impact on the race. And on the Republican side, what is President Bush doing to help out the Dems' chances in 2008? All that and more in today's '08 Roundup episode of TPMtv.
Ohio Town's Democrats See "Hope" Differently [WaPo] "Obama, doesn't he sound a little naive?" asked Huenke, 52. "He stands up there, so optimistic, preaching about hope and change. It sounds great and everything, but come on. He doesn't quite get it." Voters like Huenke present a difficult challenge to Sen. Barack Obama as he looks ahead to March 4, when primary battles with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Ohio and Texas threaten to halt his campaign's momentum. In Lima and other fading...
President Bush sure is the sort of leader who never deviates from principles once he commits to them. And if those principles involve sending partisan operatives to Iraq to engage in the task of nation-building, regardless of their experience and qualifications, then so be it. President Bush is a principled man, and always on the prowl for other principled men and women to send around the world, consequences be damned.
This week we've seen the case of Manuel Miranda pop up. The former staffer to...
If I'm going to get $600 because they want me to start spending money, they better do it soon. Like, before my trip to Budapest in March. So that I can spend my Economic Stimulus Rebate abroad.
Last night Congress sent the much-debated bill to Bush, who indicated he'll give it his John Hancock, so taxpayers should be checking their mailboxes for that six hundred to one thousand two hundred rebate from the government in this time of Economic Hardship. Read: At this rate, I can't even take off work to go...
You might have read that President Bush's State of the Union speech was uninspired and trite. Au contraire; it was targeted and effective. He announced significant new policy, affected public opinion in advance of coming policy fights in Congress and gave the Republican Party a pep-talk in advance of the Presidential Election.
The Executive Order he's signing tomorrow to effectively end earmarks is a major development that will profoundly affect the way Congress does business. Earmarks have...
With Condoleezza Rice admitting she sees little hope of peace in the Middle East or even compromise, I'm quick to agree with President Bush's referral to his first visit to Israel as "historic."
Having mocked the efforts of President Clinton in trying to negotiate a settlement during his second term in office, Bush's attempt to do so in his last year seems laughable. Stepping out on to the tarmac off of Air Force One, President Bush started off his comments by stating his disbelief that when he first...
From the White House, it's all about democracy... and fighting a government of "terror and extremists."
Attacked by Huckabee earlier this week for his "bunker approach" to foreign relations, Dubbya told America that he will not be dragged down by into Primary politics. So he sent the lady to do the fightin' for him. Good ole cowboy.
"Look, I don't comment on other people's comments," Rice said, the Washington Post reports. "I don't have time, all right. I really don't have time to worry about this." And so then she went off. ""The idea that somehow this is a go-it-alone policy is just...
2007 Golden Duke Award Nomination Show
Okay, the big moment has arrived. Or at least the biggest moment till December 31st. As you know, TPM is running the First Annual Golden Duke awards, named in honor or iconic political crook Randy "Duke" Cunningham and awarded to the biggest political crooks, scoundrels and bamboozlers in six separate categories. TPM Readers sent in dozens of great nominations measuring the comparative muckliness and bamboozlism of TPM favorites like Larry Craig, Alberto Gonzales,...
No Nukes For You!
Are you an Iran war hawk dismayed by the recent National Intelligence Estimate revealing that Iran shut down its nuclear weapons program in 2003? Don't be sad. Now you can take a trip down saber-rattling lane with this wistful recap of some of the rhetorical highlights of those heady pre-NIE days.
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