It's a showdown. Again. Guess who's gonna suffer?
Defying President Bush’s promise to veto the bill, House Democrats approved a broad expansion of the popular SCHIP program that would offer healthcare coverage to millions more poor children. The Senate version appears likely to pass, which would force Bush to make good on his vow and in the process deny [...]
Tags: SCHIP, Healthcare, Presidential Veto
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You see, there's a big difference in how the economy performs for those who have plenty, and how it performs for the rest of America. That, in my estimation, is what some don't understand. That's why the survey says...
Americans Gloomy About Economy
"More than two-thirds of Americans believe the U.S. economy is either in recession now or will be in the next year," a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows. "That assessment comes despite the fact the economy has experienced sustained growth with low inflation and unemployment and generally rising stock values ever since the recession that ended early in President Bush's tenure." "In addition, the poll shows [...]
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The Political Insider says it could happen. Oh, my.
Huckabee: Veepstakes Frontrunner?
Despite anemic fundraising -- $763,000, 12th among 15 major presidential hopefuls, in the second quarter -- Mike Huckabee is managing to rustle up a lot of vice presidential buzz. He has been a solid debate performer, an important plus for [...]
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It's always a tricky proposition, at best, this idea that you can predict the future. Still, there are plenty of folks around Washington who are willing to go out on that proverbial limb and start making predictions about the Iraq War. Some of them just don't make much sense. Kevin Drum nails that point in a piece posted today.
....Michael Crowley reports on a lunch he attended with an unnamed but "prominent" Republican senator on Wednesday:On Iraq, this senator said he expects that, come September and the Petraeus-Crocker report, the White House will announce "a transition to a [...]
Tags: Surge, Patraeus-Crocker Report, Iraq War
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And disregards the rest. (Sometimes the brain works well enough to remember the music of my youth.)
Oliver Willis noted, “Bush surrounds himself with this echo chamber in order to hear good things about himself, and not hear a single critical word about his failed presidency.” We’ve seen plenty of examples of this, but yesterday was a stark reminder. From Hugh Hewitt: President Bush invited ten talk hosts into the Oval Office for an [...]
Beck Lauds Bush’s ‘Incredible Passion And Resolve’ After Personal Meeting At White House
Today, CNN Headline News’s right-wing host Glenn Beck had a personal “off-the-record” meeting with President Bush at the White House. Beck’s insights from this meeting include that Bush “is a man who personally feels the pain of every wounded hero” and has “incredible passion and resolve.” From Beck’s show tonight: Let me tell you the [...]
Tags: Conservative Talk Show Hosts, Hewitt, George W. Bush
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Can you tell there's a Presidential campaign underway?
Hillary: Dick Cheney "plays politics with the lives of our troops"
Good for her. The man has been playing politics with the lives of our troops for years. It's about time someone called him on it, publicly and in his face. If Cheney or Bush gave a damn about our troops, they wouldn't keep lying to them about this disaster of a war. They wouldn't have [...]
Tags: Clinton, Cheney, George W. Bush, Iraq War
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I'm not a fan of Michelle Malkin, but she (and her fellow bloggers) have some pretty darn good coverage of the big bridge collapse in Minneapolis tonight.
Evening rush hour nightmare. Locals declare Orange Alert disaster. Compounding rescue and investigation efforts: Severe rainstorms moving in...Update: DHS rushes in with premature downplaying of terror possibility...Minn. DOT schedules press conference for 9:30pm Eastern [...]
I think Michelle mayh link to Power Line blog, but I wanted to make sure. Another conservative blogger doing the right thing. Follow the drama with updated information...
A little while ago, the Mississippi River Bridge on Highway 35W in downtown Minneapolis collapsed into the river. 35W is the main artery that runs through the Twin Cities; I've crossed that bridge hundreds if not thousands of times. One of my brothers-in-law crossed it four times today. From news footage, it looks as though the whole bridge collapsed, more or less in one piece, into the river; there was footage of people walking around on the fallen bridge next to their cars. People have taken their boats onto the river to rescue victims in the water. This is a relatively new highway; I think the bridge is [...]
Tags: Bridge Collapse, Minneapolis
Why?
On top of everything else that’s going on this week, the Senate is practically rushing through an overhaul of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), at the president’s behest. Under pressure from President Bush, Democratic leaders in Congress are scrambling to pass legislation this week to expand the government’s electronic wiretapping powers. Democratic leaders have expressed a [...]
Tags: FISA, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Oh, this is really rich. Sad, but rich.
I don't know why, but this tickles my funny bone. In a major blow to Louisiana, President Bush threatened Wednesday to veto long-awaited legislation with billions of dollars to shore up hurricane protection along the Gulf Coast... "I am stunned by the President's WRDA veto threat. And I have one basic response - I will enthusiastically work to override his veto," said Sen. David Vitter, R-La., in an unusually harsh rebuke to the leader of his own party. "Considering the well-publicized criticism of the way the administration handled this (Hurricane [...]
Tags: Katrina, Vitter, George W. Bush
We all need to be paying attention to stories like this one. Maybe, just maybe, we'll find a way to make sure the results are accurate this time. Otherwise.....
According to a story in the Miami Herald by Marc Caputo; "the Florida Secretary of State's office has conducted an elections study that confirmed Tuesday what a maverick voting chief discovered nearly two years ago: Insider computer hackers can change votes without a trace on Diebold optical-scan machines." The study by the [...]
Tags: Diebold, Electronic Voting Machines, Hackers
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