Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
CPA officials warned that the days leading up to the official transfer of power on June 30th would probably be marked with attacks, and may well have suspected that June 30th would be the day for a...
View ArticleMilitary voters encouraged to support Bush?
Has anyone heard anything about folks in the military stationed overseas receiving letters from the U.S. military informing them how to vote their absentee ballots and including at the end a postscript...
View ArticleAl Zarqawi - A Useful Sadist?
Juan Cole points out this article from the U.K.'s Telegraph, which features blind quotes from American intelligence officers in Iraq suggesting that al-Zarqawi (the prominent guest star in tonight's...
View ArticleBush administration plans to raise retirement age to 72
According to an article by Phillip Longman slated to appear in Fortune, Bush administration staffers are mulling proposals to enable privatization by raising the retirement age to 72:FORTUNE has...
View Article2006: Next targets for swing districts
Ever since a group called MassINC published a package called "Beyond Red and Blue: The 10 Regions of America" I've been obsessing over the role of geography in politics. "Beyond Red and Blue" argued...
View ArticleSend this story to every Republican you know...
This Washington Post article about a conference called "Confronting the Judicial War on Faith," basically speaks for itself...The conference was organized during the height of the Schiavo controversy...
View ArticleFixing Social Security: Match Payroll Tax to Congressional Salaries
Why should Congressmen be putting in the same amount of money into the Social Security system as people who make half their salaries?
View Article2006: The Current Targets
Two years ago, just after the 2004 elections, I wrote a diary about where the Democratic Party should be looking for House districts that were most likely to swing from red to blue in 2006, spinning...
View ArticleA "Loyal Bushie" in Mississippi?
The career of Dunn Lampton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, may be an example of what a "loyal Bushie" is supposed to do with his office.
View ArticleCheney, the Smithsonian, and Irony
Earlier this year, bloggers and legal experts were alarmed to discover that Vice President Cheney's office was using a unique legal theory to declare that since "the Vice Presidency is a unique office...
View ArticleDebunking the Myth of Polarization
A new story from the Politico accurately points out that the currently announced Republican retirements will push the party towards the right. However, it provides a platform for former Rep. Sherwood...
View ArticleJim Gibbons, Early Adopter?
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports today on parents learning to text-message their kids in order to keep track of their multi-tasking kids:
View ArticleMelancon 2010? Not One Damned Dime
Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA) celebrated his nomination to the top tier of 2010 Senate races by voting against the cap-and-trade bill on Friday. He voted his district, which is perfectly sensible:...
View ArticleBrain Teaser: What do these Reps. have in common?
Here's the list:Xavier Becerra (D-CA) Chris Murphy (D-CT) Hank Johnson (D-GA) John Tierney (D-MA) Elijah Cummings (D-MD) Mel Watt (D-NC) John Adler (D-NJ) Yvette Clarke (D-NY) Tim Ryan (D-OH) Chaka...
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