Giuliani Party Seeks $9.11 Per Person

Newsvine – Giuliani Party Seeks $9.11 Per Person
The International Association of Fire Fighters accused Republican Rudy Giuliani of exploiting the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks because a supporter is holding a $9.11-per-person fundraiser for the presidential candidate.
I was listening to the Real Time with Bill Maher podcast this afternoon, and during his monologue he brought up [...]

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Presidential primary problem

As expected, those pesky politicians from Michigan moved their primary up to January 15th. What makes them think they deserve to go before Florida? I think “The People’s Governor” ought to call an immediate special session of the state legislature in order to move up our date (again), with the intention of moving our primary [...]

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Nothing new to see here… just the silly way we elect a president

I’m quite the cynic this morning…
The two party political system has been in Florida news a lot lately. The reason? Florida has entered the absurd race to hold one of the nation’s first presidential primaries. Florida’s decision to enter the fray is particularly silly, since the Florida date is decided by the Florida state legislature, [...]

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When?

There’s been good news and bad news this week, but I’ll start with the good. The tree scare is finally coming to an end. To date we’ve talked to five tree guys, four experts, and too many friends to count. Opinions have ranged from “cut it down,” to thirteen thousand dollars of pins, cables, fertilizers, [...]

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Commerce, Treasury funds helped boost GOP campaigns

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 08/17/2007 | Commerce, Treasury funds helped boost GOP campaigns
Top Commerce and Treasury Departments officials appeared with Republican candidates and doled out millions in federal money in battleground congressional districts and states after receiving White House political briefings detailing GOP election strategy.
So what? How’s this different than members of Congress placing earmarks [...]

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You won’t believe it’s constitutional!

A couple times a week, my liberal bias goes to feed at Talking Points Memo (among other places). Today there was a fascinating post about a Republican Congressman who changed the language of a bill that had already been passed by congress, as it waited for President Bush’s signature.
That’s right kids, the bill that [...]

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Exit, Karl Rove

A few quick thoughts (I haven’t had time for anything more than first impressions):
1. Is the devil you know better than the devil you don’t?
2. Is a quiet resignation, followed by a lucrative book deal really that satisfying?

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A New York Times Op-Ed deconstruction

A week ago I wrote about an article I’d read about progress being made in Iraq. There was a New York Times op-ed by a couple folks from the Brookings Institution around that same time, with similar conclusions, which I had not read. I did read the press generated from the White House, holding this [...]

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The first time I can recall agreeing with Dick Cheney

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Rudy Redux

A reader on newsvine claiming to be an authentic New Yorker suggested this article in The American Prospect:
“In Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton’s new book, Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission, the investigative panel’s bipartisan leaders confess that their greatest single failing was the pass they gave America’s mayor when he appeared [...]

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