Russia bulldozes into Georgia ... but why are they so cocky? Because they know the U.S. is stretched too thin in the Middle East. A woman discussed this on Wednesday with John McCain at a McCain town hall meeting in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Yes, heaven forbid we would discuss the fact that if elected, John McCain would be the oldest president entering his first term of office, and wonder openly if his age might affect his ability to lead. ABC's Good Morning America, broadcast August 10, 2008, wondered if age jokes should be off limits in this presidential race.
Democrats have been cited as embracing technology to more extent than the GOP (though a close look at YouTube might dispel that concept), and in an email sent to supporters Sunday night, the Obama camp has extended a technological hand to let you know (if you really, really want to) who his VP choice is first, via SMS or email.
As I wrote previously, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Suskind asserts in his latest book, "The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism,that the Bush adminstration ordered a back-dated letter linking Iraq to 9/11 be forged. On Friday Suskind released a transcript of a conversation between himself and the Central Intelligence Agency's former Deputy Chief of Clandestine Operations Robert Richer.
Cindy Sheehan, who has been heavily involved in antiwar politics since the death of her son Casey, has qualified for the ballot, collecting the signatures needed to get on the ballot as an independent candidate for Congress. This sets her up for a November race against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
As the Beijing Olympics begin, it's only appropriate that we highlight the first annual Candidate Girl Olympics, Obama Girl vs. McCain Girl.
A federal grand jury has subpoenaed several former senior Justice Department attorneys for an investigation into the politicization of the Department's own Civil Rights Division, according to sources close to the investigation.
Certainly the outlook for democracy seems pretty bleak-and how could it be otherwise? The surest way to make a problem worse is to pretend it isn't there, which is exactly what our press and politicians have been doing; and the rest is, unfortunately, history.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning author Ron Suskind's latest book, "The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism, available Tuesday, has already stirred up quite a storm of controversy. In the book, Suskind alleges that not only did the White House know Iraq had no WMDs, President Bush ordered the CIA to forge a back-dated, handwritten letter from the head of Iraq's intelligence service, Tahir Jalil Habbush, to Saddam Hussein, linking Iraq to the 9/11 hijackers.
Sunday on Meet the Press, when asked by host Tom Brokaw, Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) virtually guaranteed he would speak at the Republican National Convention, if asked.
On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Wal-Mart has been warning its managers that a Democratic victory in the fall would lead to unionization at Wal-Mart stores. Of course, even Chinese Wal-Mart stores have a union. Wouldn't want that in the U.S., though, right?
Support our troops? How about continuing support after they are injured?
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Act, named for the late Christopher Reeve, Superman actor who was later paralyzed and his late wife, was passed by the House of Representatives last year but not by the Senate.
Too bad it doesn't qualify as a small business. According to a report issued Monday by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Small Business Administration (SBA), Blackwater was awarded more than $110 million in SBA contracts between 2005 and 2007, most of which were designated for businesses just a tad smaller than Blackwater.Blackwater a Small Business? Receives Millions in Small Business Contracts ...
Fox's Chris Wallace asked Brit Hume to consider John McCain's potential running mates. Hume went through a list of choices, saying that McCain would go with safe choices, that he wasn't far enough behind to go for the "long ball," and that he certainly wouldn't pick anyone older than him (is there such a possibility?).
It isn't an easy card to play, but you will most likely be seeing the combined message in the weeks to come. Basically, by pushing for an intricate yet easily understood plan that could kill both birds with a single stone, Obama can position himself as the man with the plan that can save the dollars now and the world in the long run.
As if we needed confirmation (but it's always nice to get it), Friday night on MSNBC's Hardball, former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan gave us the confirmation we've expected:
McClellan: Certainly there were commentators and other, pundits at FOX News, that were helpful to the White House, and certainly we got talking points to those people.
Global warming is unquestionably the most pressing environmental issue facing whoever ends up in the White House in January 2009. Not only does climate change impact -- and in most cases exacerbate -- other environmental problems, it has even wider implications for the economy and society at large. Luckily for all of us, both Barack Obama and John McCain are committed to tackling climate change, although their proposed approaches differ in significant ways.
Wow, and this was a segment from CNN, not from Faux News, where I would have expected it.
Barack Obama has announced that he will accept the Democratic nomination at INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium in Denver. Glenn Beck and conservative commentator Ben Stein tried to cast a negative light on this.
Did John McCain run afoul of copyright? His "Obama Love" video, which according to Unruly Media's Viral Video tracking service, was #1 this week (bitmap above since it will change next week), has been removed from both his campaign's website and his YouTube channel.
President Bush and Senator John McCain have long been in agreement on major elements of American foreign policy, particularly in their approach to the “axis of evil” countries of Iran and North Korea, and their commitment to staying the course in Iraq.
