Welcome to Monday. And the latest round of polls.
According to a new American Research Group poll, just 25% of Americans approve of the way President Bush is handling his job as president and 71% disapprove. These are record lows for the survey. When it comes to [...]
Tags: Bush Approval, American Research Group
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Hillary Clinton seems to be running an almost-perfect presidential campaign. She's certainly showing no signs of failing to hold onto her core supporters. And, in fact, seems to be continuing to pick up new followers...
By a wide margin, Democrats view Sen. Hillary Clinton "as the party's candidate best positioned to win the general election," a new Washington Post-ABC News Poll found, with 54% saying the former First Lady is the most electable candidate. In the nomination race, Clinton leads with [...]
Tags: 2008 Campaign, Hillary Clinton, Giuliani, Obama
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The gang at the McClatchy newspapers continues to crank out some of the best reporting I've seen in a long time.
‘With Iraq on fire, rest of world on hold.’
As the “White House struggles to show progress in the 52-month-old war, other important global issues increasingly are getting pushed to the side.” McClatchy reports: Two months ago, President Bush enthusiastically accepted an invitation to visit Singapore in September. But he abruptly changed plans, and his summit with Southeast Asian leaders is off. Secretary of [...]
Tags: McClatchy, Iraq War, Bush Administration
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Today's suggested reading from TPMmuckraker. It's a typically outstanding bit of writing..
Last month, TPMmuckraker reported on an Army reserve intelligence officer who filed a sworn declaration in D.C. Circuit court alleging systemic problems with the way the Pentagon certifies that [...]
Tags: Gitmo, Guantanamo Prison, Detainees
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I missed this one over the weekend, but the debate will continue for a long time.
TPM posted a clip on Friday of Rudy Giuliani screaming "bulls#$t" at a police union rally in 1992. Surprisingly, several leading conservative blogs complained bitterly, questioning the significance [...]
Tags: Giuliani, Police Union Rally
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Really think. I'm not one to dive deeply into conspiracy theories, but they're always fun to follow. This one has real potential. What's that mean? Ha! Read on...
What is in the classified portions of the Executive order regarding continuance of the federal government after a terrorist attack that the Bush administration doesn't want a member of the House Homeland Security Committee to see? (h/t to Pacific Views via Avedon): "WASHINGTON -- Oregonians called Peter DeFazio's office, worried there was a conspiracy buried in the classified portion of a White House plan for operating the government after a terrorist attack. As a member of the U.S. House on the Homeland Security Committee, DeFazio, D-Ore., is permitted to enter [...]
Tags: DeFazio, Homeland Security, Terrorist Attack
That this features John Kerry and David Vitters. And, it's the...
Tags: Kerry, Vitters, Quote of the Day
Not really, but it is another interest cog in the wheel of Washington..
In Stephen Hayes’s upcoming biography on Dick Cheney, he writes that the current Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell appears to side with “those who believe that the administration manipulated intelligence on Iraq for political purposes before the 2003 invasion.” McConnell reportedly said he had “serious reservations” when asked by President Bush to become the DNI [...]
Tags: Cheney, McConnell, Iraq, National Intelligence
So far, this is the big story to come out of the Sunday morning talk shows. So far...
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) announced today that he will “introduce two censure resolutions condemning the President, Vice President and other administration officials for misconduct relating to the war in Iraq and for their repeated assaults on the rule of law.” In March 2006, Feingold introduced a censure resolution against Bush over the NSA wiretapping program. [...]
Oh, my. This is absolutely absurd. I watched the people in line Friday night, waiting for midnight to get their books. They were NOT all children. Not by a LONG shot.
Tags: Harry Potter, New York Times
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