Will Joe Biden end up like John Kerry? That’s a question that Smart Peopletm are asking themselves right now. Here are some reasons for concern in Camp Biden:
Both are, or try to be the “elder statesman.”
Kerry of course had misinterpreted statement after misinterpreted statement during the 2004 election cycle (”I voted for it before I […]
Guess what other military expert is against the President’s escalation plan? Check out our extensive and frequently-updated “Who’s against the escalation” list to find out (you’ll have to scroll through dozens of other experts to find the most recent addition at the very bottom).
Also in related Iraq news, the Senate heard testimony today from Iraq […]
I just heard from a reader in New Hampshire who attended John Edward’s townhall meeting today at Dartmouth College. Apparently Edwards spoke to a crowd of about 400 people, with up to 300 more waiting in a separate room who weren’t allowed in because it was full to capacity (certainly more excitement from when the […]
With his announcement today, Joe Biden relaunched his website joebiden.com, complete with now-obligatory announcement video. And what a video it is.
Biden has probably the worst-produced, worst thought-out video of all of the ones I’ve seen so far (and that includes Sam ‘I’m so subtle, standing in front of a painting of George Washington‘ Brownback). Seriously, […]
With support for the President’s escalation plan in Iraq at anemic levels both among the public and in Congress (public support for the President on Iraq has sunk to 26% the latest CBS/CBS poll indicates), Senate Republicans are apparently having trouble “cobbling together” some sort of resolution which even supports the escalation in the meekest […]
Remember that time when the President of the United States nominated his totally-unqualified personal attorney to the US Supreme Court, and she was forced to withdraw her nomination after being scoffed at by Republican-controlled Senate? Yeah… not too sure what he was there. Today is Hariet Miers’ last day in the White House.
‘08ers
Today in Presidential […]
There’s this myth that if you like a candidate, you automatically dislike or hostile towards any parody or satire making fun of them. I’m a fan of Barack Obama, but this impression skit is absolutely hilarious. If the Senator winds up on the 2008 Democratic ticket, Wyatt Cenac (the actor in the video) definitely has […]
Who does that Barack Obama think he is, anyways? Introducing a hard-toothed binding resolution on the Senate floor today that would not only cap escalation but also mandate the withdrawal of combat forces by March 2008, something the majority of Americans and Iraqis support, and all… You can watch the video of him introducing […]
I talked with my college’s registrar again about the recruiting information story I’ve been writing about several times now (most recently here), and gotten some more good information. Thankfully the school did not charge money for my personal information they gave to the Marines (although the sale of personal information to the military is in […]
A major international report on global warming is set to be published on Friday which will predict some of the most dire consequences yet if emissions caps and other pro-active environmental measures are not imposed. NYT:
Scientists involved in writing or reviewing the report say it is nearly certain to conclude that there is at least […]
I just heard back from my college’s registrar today about the whole giving-my-personal-information to the Marines without telling me situation, and I’ve got a lot more information about this.
My school is a recipient of some federal funding, which allows the government to cut off said funding should the school fail to comply with recruiting requests […]
Why, oh why does the Washington Post hate America?
Four years after the United States invaded Iraq, in part to transform the Middle East, Iran is ascendant, many in the region view the Americans in retreat, and Arab countries, their own feelings of weakness accentuated, are awash in sharpening sectarian currents that many blame the United […]
Yeahhhh, I didn’t do one of these yesterday.
Libby, Libby, told a fibby
Man, the Libby trial sure is getting interesting. Obviously the biggest revelation from Monday was that former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer told the jury that Libby had told him “on the QT” about Plame’s identity on July 7th, days before Libby claimed […]
The following is a video of Tony Blair doing a cover of the song “Should I Stay or Should I Go” by The Clash. It was created by somebody who spliced footage of Blair saying single words from press conferences and speeches, and put an instrumental version of the song over it. Pretty funny, check […]
I don’t know what other blogs my readers read, but I’d be willing to bet that you probably read a good deal of blogs in addition to this one- that’s just how the blogosphere is.
When I first got truly serious about blogging, or political blogging at least (it seems like it was ages ago now), […]
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