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TPMtv: Stupidest Guy on Earth Speaks Out

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, APRIL 16 2008 12:38 PM | PERMALINK

Stupidest Guy on Earth Speaks Out

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: The President bears the greatest responsibility for the catastrophe of the Iraq war. He was the key decision maker at every point. And he's fundamentally accountable. But if you look into the innards of the process that led to war there is probably no one who was either responsible for or involved with more of the bad decisions, more of the conscious decisions or horrible ideas than Doug Feith. You'd think someone like that would be...
TPMtv: "Progress" Report

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, APRIL 09 2008 03:32 PM | PERMALINK

"Progress" Report

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Seven months after the start of the "surge," General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker returned to Capitol Hill Tuesday to update senators on the "fragile and reversible" progress in Iraq. We have the highlights.
TPMtv: 100 Years of Quietude?

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, APRIL 08 2008 11:46 AM | PERMALINK

100 Years of Quietude?

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: John McCain won't stop trying to change the subject. And the RNC just won't stop lying on his behalf about his 100 years in Iraq remark. In today's episode we run through the record. That one townhall event wasn't the only time he said this. At other points he said 1000 years, 10,000 years, even a million years. In other words, he was saying this all the time. Now he wants to run away from it, change the subject, change what he meant and...
TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: Petraeus Part Deux

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, APRIL 07 2008 11:13 AM | PERMALINK

Sunday Show Roundup: Petraeus Part Deux

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: In advance of Tuesday's congressional appearances by Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker, the Sunday shows were all Iraq. Was the Basra offensive successful? Did the surge work? Is political reconciliation occurring? It's all good, if you're a Republican deadender.
TPMtv: McCain's Achilles Heel

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, MARCH 26 2008 11:14 AM | PERMALINK

McCain's Achilles Heel

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: 100 years? 1,000 years? 10,000 years!?! Think what you want about who's being unfair, who should drop and the like in the primary race. The Democrats are missing a big opportunity to strike early at John McCain's Achilles heel -- his lockstep support for an extremely unpopular war. We lay out the key points in today's episode of TPMtv.
5 years in Iraq: A collection of Iraqi perspective on the invasion and current situation

POSTED BY KRISTIN LINDER, MARCH 21 2008 10:08 AM | PERMALINK

The papers and blogs have been filled with commentary on the 5 year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Our friend Juan Cole over at Informed Comment, however, set himself apart by collecting commentary from Iraqi sources of their perception of the anniversary. All the following transcripts are from his hard work.

Al-Rafidayn channel, a Sunni-fundamentalist channel affiliated with the Association of Muslim Scholars, had this to say (announcer read):

Harith al-Dari, secretary general of the...
TPMtv: Unfit to Serve

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, MARCH 19 2008 04:11 PM | PERMALINK

Unfit to Serve

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: The gaffes are the least of it. In today's episode of TPMtv, we discuss why John McCain's poor grasp of foreign policy and military strategy makes him a dangerous choice for the role of commender-in-chief.
Iraq: Not Running for President, Still Newsworthy

POSTED BY CHRIS BROUSSARD, MARCH 12 2008 11:17 PM | PERMALINK

Here’s a roundup of the news that you’re not going to see "Big News Media" featuring, because, well, it’s not bloody and dramatic. It’s good news.

Overall security is continuing to improve and casualties are still dropping. A new Department of Defense report says deaths from sectarian violence are down 90% since last June. Civilian and coalition deaths are down by over 70% in the same time period. The cause: the surge, winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people, cooperation from tribal...
TPMtv: Straight Talk, Express Version

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, FEBRUARY 22 2008 08:33 AM | PERMALINK

Straight Talk, Express Version

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: John McCain boils down his central campaign message.
Targeted & Effective

POSTED BY CHRIS BROUSSARD, JANUARY 29 2008 11:13 AM | PERMALINK

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...