Money
From a story in today's New York Times by Richard W. Stevenson and Robin Toner (italics mine): intensifying his drive to cut government spending Intensifying his drive to cut government spending? George W. Bush has been the most financially profligate president since Lyndon Johnson.
History
The 1952 [presidential] campaign also saw what [Earl] Warren considered his "betrayal" by Richard M. Nixon. [Nixon] had, like all the California delegates, signed a pledge to support [Warren] at the [Republican National] Convention. Despite this, Nixon worked, both in and outside the delegation, to obtain support for
Politics
Representative Sherrod Brown (D-OH) entered the race for Michael DeWine's Senate seat a short time ago. Many Democrats considered his entrance to be opportunistic, because Brown had shown little interest in contesting the seat when the GOP in Ohio was stronger. Such Democrats are inclined to support the
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…who needs to be handled with great care. Just ask Irish journalist Carole Coleman. (The video of the Coleman's interview of Bush is here [SMIL format].)
Politics
I have never understood the point of polls that match an unnamed candidate from one party against a named candidate from the other party. The most recent example comes from the Gallup organization, which says that an unnamed Democratic candidate would handily defeat President Bush in an election held today.
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Bush: It's 106 miles to Baghdad, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Cheney: Hit it.
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A follow-up to the post below: The precinct I live in voted 91% for Kerry last November.
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I saw a great quote this week that I can't find the cite for: "People in Portland are divided into three groups — liberal Democrats, radical Democrats, and people who think Democrats are fascists."
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Below is the warning sent out by the National Weather Service a day before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. I'm not sure how they could have made it any clearer that the storm would be so severe that a massive federal response would be required. URGENT - WEATHER
Me
Up until the mid-'90s, I was a pretty staunch conservative. I guess that's changed. You are a Social Liberal (73% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (38% permissive) You are best described as a: Democrat Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid (Tip o' the hat
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Bush says he doesn't want to play the "Blame Game." Makes sense. Never heard of a chicken who wanted to play the "Extra Crispy" game. -- Will Durst
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What Michael Chertoff, the head of Homeland Security, said yesterday: Chertoff, fielding questions from reporters, said government officials did not expect both a powerful hurricane and a breach of levees that would flood the city of New Orleans. "That 'perfect storm' of a combination of catastrophes exceeded