A green-eyeshade accounting of the president’s political capital.:
To: George W. Bush Enterprises, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
From: KPMG
Re: Audit of Political Capital Accounts
We identified a number of questions during our review of your account. Although we realize you are eager to “spend political capital,” with the Enron trial currently under way we think it is important to […]
This is all we need in the Middle East:
Saudi Arabia is working secretly on a nuclear program, with help from Pakistani experts, the German magazine Cicero reported in its latest edition, citing Western security sources.
It says that during the Haj pilgrimages to Mecca in 2003 through 2005, Pakistani scientists posed as pilgrims to come to […]
At this point, no one should really be surprised by the following:
Halliburton Co., the world’s second largest oil services company, repeatedly overcharged taxpayers and provided substandard cost reports under a $1.2 billion contract to restore Iraq’s southern oil fields, according to a new report by U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman.
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The documents, which cover the period from […]
Only two Democratic senators have supported Russ Feingold’s censure motion—the co-sponsors, Tom Harkin of Iowa and Barbara Boxer of California.
On the other hand, Republicans and their supporters have loudly and publicly welcomed the censure motion as a gift from the gods that will only serve to energize the Republican base. Democrats in […]
Isn’t it crass hypocrisy for conservatives who swear by free markets and free trade to take the stand on immigration that they do?
For Republican presidential candidates, immigration offers up a difficult choice: Appeal to conservatives eager to clamp down on illegal immigration who could buoy your position in the primaries, or take a […]
Back in June 2004, the news media latched onto a lovely prop that was conveniently leaked by the Bush Administration: a handwritten note from Condoleeza Rice to George Bush that celebrated Iraq’s newfound sovereignty. Yet another turning point for the country and a feel-good moment for all the war supporters who had not yet discovered […]
Is it just me, or is George Bush largely irrelevant in the immigration reform debate? Seems to me that he’s just kind of standing on the sidelines, just watching pretty much, as people like Bill Frist try to hijack the debate to make political capital out of it, and saner heads try to craft […]
Bill Frist certainly seems to have an interesting strategy for positioning himself as a Presidential candidate. Going by his performance on the immigration reform legislation, he’s going to be the “get it done” candidate. He’s going to produce results, one way or the other. Take a complicated issue, put everyone under the […]
Surgeons Remove Two Fetuses From Infant
Surgeons operated on a 2-month-old Pakistani girl Tuesday to remove two fetuses that had grown inside her while she was still in her mother’s womb, a doctor said.
Major news. The interesting thing is that Steve Clemons of The Washington Note called this, back in December. His crystal ball said that the Queen Mother (Barbara Bush) was sharpening the long knives for Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Andy Card, but that things would happen only after the State of the Union address. […]
