This should be interesting. The FEC is back to full strength again, albeit without Republican Chairman David Mason, who annoyed George Bush by trying to hold John McCain to FEC rules. This resulted in Bush abruptly withdrawing Mason’s nomination for another term.
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed five nominees for the Federal Election Commission, […]
When the McCain campaign is involved, and when it would be illegal for it to be a fundraiser. Then it becomes some kind of non-campaign finance event, presumably before blossoming into a full-fledged non-campaign non-finance event. It may be a while, though, before they can turn it into a non-event.
St. John gave […]
Every day, in every way we accumulate more evidence of how Bush and McCain are identical twins. Today’s revelation relates to the Webb-Hagel expansion of the G.I. Bill.
Here’s how the NYT explained President Bush’s opposition to the Bill in a blunt editorial at the end of May:
… the commander in chief now […]
On Fox and Friends this morning, our Condi was asked if she was interested in being McCain’s running mate. She responded:
Obviously, it’s dearly flattering to have people think that way. But no, it’s time for me to go back to Stanford.
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Government service is a wonderful thing, Steve, but you have to know when […]
According to the chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, if Republicans lose only 8 Senate seats this November, that will be a great victory for the GOP:
In a further sign that Republican hopes are fading badly, the head of the Senate GOP’s campaign committee has set a new goal for the party this Fall: […]
This whole business of Hillary Clinton trying to persuade the public that her trip to Bosnia in 1996 somehow certifies her as crisis-tested and therefore qualified to be commander-in-chief is such pure baloney that it makes the head spin.
We may as well start with Sinbad, who went along on the trip, and who decided he […]
As I’ve mentioned several times here, I’ve never been a fan of my Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA 12), but this is sad news:
Lantos, stricken with cancer, to retire at the end of the year - SF Chronicle (1/2/08):
San Mateo Rep. Tom Lantos, the 79-year-old Holocaust survivor who became House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman last year, […]
I have to admit, Bradley Whitford will forever be typecast (by me) as deputy chief-of-staff Josh Lyman from The West Wing. Few actors own a part to the extent that Whitford did over that show’s first few years, and so watching him speak as himself in a political ad is a bit surreal. […]
A hugely successful Republican filibuster day, yesterday. By the time the dust settled and the cows came home, John McCain, John Warner and other defenders of everything American had successfully filibustered two bills from coming to a vote.
Victim number one: Patrick Leahy and Arlen Specter’s habeas corpus bill, which sought to restore to Guantanamo […]
I’ve never, strictly speaking, had a job in politics. So it’s possible that all my criticisms of Democrats with regards to their nearly perfect record of being completely unprepared for dealing with contingencies are unfair. Maybe the dog ate their homework before the Roberts and Alito hearings, causing the two nominees to be […]
