BY TAYLOR MARSH Is President George W. Bush responsible for anything? Talking to Charles Gibson recently about the financial fiasco that finally imploded on his watch: GIBSON: Do you feel in any way responsible for what’s happening? BUSH: You know, I’m the President during this period of time, but I think when the history of [...]
Archive | December, 2008
Clean Sweep
BY TAYLOR MARSH Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. The incoming Obama administration has notified all politically-appointed ambassadors that they must vacate their posts as of Jan. 20, the day President-elect Barack Obama takes the oath of office, a State Department official said. The clean slate will open up prime opportunities [...]
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Ah, Nixon
BY TAYLOR MARSH Nixon discussing porn with the Chief Justice? Oh Lordy. Telling exchange between Bill O’Reilly and Chris Wallace tonight on “The Factor.” Wallace was at a screening of the new Frost/Nixon film, with the audience getting into a discussion afterward. Evidently, the panelists started wondering who would be Frost to George W. Bush’s [...]
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Gen. James Jones, Obama’s Honest Broker
BY TAYLOR MARSH Contrary to others who think Secretary Gates is the one to note, the appointment of Gen. James Jones sends the strongest and clearest message on how Obama tends to manage his supersized roster of talented superstars. Having no personal or political agenda, as well as a strong disciplinary background that obviously gets [...]
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‘Tis the Season
BY TAYLOR MARSH President Bush got punk’d, compliments of artist Deborah Lawrence. The nine-inch ball is covered with swirly red and white stripes — and, in tiny glued-on text, salutes the Democratic congressman’s support for a resolution to impeach President Bush. (Also showcased: Washington state’s 1919 labor strike, its suffrage movement and the violent anti-World [...]
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Preventing Afghanistan from Failing… again
In Afghanistan, “there is no memory of a centralized state.” That’s one of the biggest challenges we face there. Michael Gordon writes about the other challenges Obama faces, reiterating the often made point that Afghanistan is not Iraq. After seven years of war, Afghanistan presents a unique set of problems: a rural-based insurgency, an enemy [...]
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Nightline Links
Listen to Richard Engel. Halperin, not so much. Also, it’s not “center-right,” folks, it’s “water’s edge,” non-ideological pragmatism, which will be implemented through Obama’s tough Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. A reminder, ‘In the News’ is for you. Whether you comment here or have a blog, anyone can use “In the News” to post links, [...]
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RUNNING WHILE BLOVIATING: Should Matthews Be On the Air?
BY TAYLOR MARSH –updated– If he’s seriously considering a Senate run, Phil Singer says no. Matthews has denied the report, saying in a statement, “It is absolutely not true.” – Salon’s War Room
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So Much For Killing Off The Clintons
–updated– A certain big blog barely mentions the historic nomination of Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State. Yesterday the owner couldn’t bring himself to write the words himself. He delegated it. Evidently the help needed to understand such a nomination still hasn’t arrived. Pity. Another has already eaten his hat, showing class among the classless. [...]
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Madame Secretary
This is a great day. A proud day. It’s hard to know where to begin. I have traveled a long road with Hillary Clinton over the last many months. There have been incredible highs and very low lows. I’ve walked beside her, had her back, cleared the path as best I could for people to [...]
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Obama’s National Security Team
–updated– “I will be giving Secretary Gates and our military a new mission as soon as I take office. Responsibly ending the war in Iraq, through a successful transition to Iraqi control. … As Bob said not too long ago. Afghanistan is where the war on terror began and that’s where it is where it [...]
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The New National Security Presence
Today we’ll see President-elect Obama’s team announced, beginning the great shift away from Bush-Cheney. The shift would create a greatly expanded corps of diplomats and aid workers that, in the vision of the incoming Obama administration, would be engaged in projects around the world aimed at preventing conflicts and rebuilding failed states. However, it is [...]
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