Bush and al-Hakim: Master Slave Dialectic guest post by Mash Iraq is being torn apart while George W Bush and Abdul Aziz al-Hakim enable each other. As the Hadley memo points out, Mr. Bush is counting on Mr. Hakim to deliver an Iraq that can \”govern itself, sustain itself, and defend itself.\” Mr. Hakim, for [...]
Fear & Loathing in the Las Vegas Political Jungle
Fear & Loathing in the Las Vegas Political Jungle –updated– a guest post by citizen activist and Nevadan, veteran Johnathan L. Abbinett FoxAttacksBEWARE! There’s danger and political duplicity in the desert. There is a new urban jungle political war being waged in Nevada, largely in Las Vegas and Clark County and political animals of every [...]
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Dick Cheney’s Nerve
Dick Cheney\’s Nerve It takes some nerve to call Speaker Pelosi out, especially after the carnage Mr. Cheney leaves behind him. But that\’s what he did this week. Vice President Cheney refused to back down yesterday from his assertion that the Democratic approach to Iraq would \”validate the al-Qaeda strategy,\” as he continued a transpacific [...]
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What the Dems Said this Week
What the Dems Said this Week –updated– The Democrats had a lot to say this week, though conservatives have only the Obama – Hillary feud on their minds. And speaking of conservatives, I almost forgot… I don\’t listen to Hannity radio very often, but today I listened in because I knew he\’d likely cover the [...]
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The New Republic Gasps for Relevancy
The New Republic Gasps for Relevancy Drowned out by new media. As goes Joe, so goes the New Republic. When I read this earlier today, the inevitability of it seemed to be lost on everyone associated with TNR. Not that I\’m happy about anyone in the political biz losing steam or their jobs, but I [...]
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Malkin Gets a Show
Malkin Gets a Show –updated below– Michelle Malkin and the female version of Alan Colmes, Kirsten Powers, though she\’s a lot better looking, are teaming up on FNC to target the blogosphere. Fox News Channel is testing another pilot on Sunday that will air following its experiment in news satire, \”The ½ Hour News Hour.\” [...]
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Hillary Hit Piece
This picture is complimentary compared to the shot on the flyer. So, after the Carson City forum, I went out to my car and what did I behold? A flyer adorning my windshield ushering in the swiftboating season, targeting none other than Hillary Clinton. Of course, as goes with all hit pieces there is no [...]
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Senate Democrats to Pull the Trigger
Senate Democrats to Pull the Trigger This story just broke. Determined to challenge President Bush, Senate Democrats are drafting legislation to limit the mission of U.S. troops in Iraq, effectively revoking the broad authority Congress granted in 2002, officials said Thursday. While these officials said the precise wording of the measure remains unsettled, one draft [...]
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How Bad is the Nevada Democratic Party?
How Bad is the Nevada Democratic Party? Read this. It was a comment to this post, which obviously deserves the full frontal treatment and requires no explanation at all. Neither does this post. Mind you, this is a group who couldn\’t even beat Jim Gibbons, you know, the guy now targeted by the F.B.I., but [...]
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Good Riddance
Good Riddance –updated below– cross-posted on Huffington Post As we saw before the Senate went on recess, having Reid as the majority leader doesn\’t mean much when it\’s this slim of a majority. It also doesn\’t count when you have a Senate that doesn\’t have the spine to actually debate, but instead gets caught up [...]
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Are Nevada Democrats Nuts?
Are Nevada Democrats Nuts? –updated below– If Fox \”News\” is the Nevada Dems idea of a good media partner for the \’08 debate season then the west will never go Democratic. Fox \”News\” will make sure of it. Dick Morris makes attacking Hillary his mission. He\’s reportedly doing a documentary on Hillary in order to [...]
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Fox ‘News’ and the ’08 Democrats
Fox \’News\’ and the \’08 Democrats VIDEO: Sliming a Democrat, all in a day\’s work for Brit. It\’s amazing what can happen in 24 hours. I go to Carson City to cover an \’08 forum and all hell breaks loose between Hillary and Barack. There\’s also that little item that\’s been on simmer for months. [...]
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Democratic Forum Liveblogging – Final
Democratic Forum Liveblogging – Final –photo update below– Coverage sponsored by AFSCME Liveblogging… warts and all… Joe Biden is up. You\’ve got to make Iraq the world\’s problem not just ours. … If we don\’t get it right we\’re going to be shackled for a very long time to come. … You need a federal [...]
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Democratic Forum Liveblogging – Part I
Democratic Forum Liveblogging – Part I Coverage sponsored by AFSCME Liveblogging, so it\’s warts and typos and all… The candidates are all on stage… except for Richardson. He\’s late. Evidently, that\’s normal for him. Barbara Buckley is doing the intros, including Senator Harry Reid. I introduced myself to Jon Ralston right before the forum began. [...]
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Carson City Democratic Forum Preview
Carson City Democratic Forum Preview Coverage sponsored by AFSCME Adele\’s was built in 1864. Well, I\’m here and obviously I\’m set up in the media room. All media will be watching the Forum via feeds, as usual. Roger Simon, our friend from Politico is here and I spoke with him earlier. I asked him how [...]
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About the AFSCME Forum Coverage
I\’m in Carson City to cover the first \’08 presidential forum featuring almost all of the Democratic field. A word about that coverage is in order. AFSCME is sponsoring me for today\’s event. It begins at 3:00 p.m. eastern – 12:00 p.m. pacific and can be seen on C-SPAN. I have written about most of [...]
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Say What, Hillary?
It leaves you speechless. But then again… Is Hillary Clinton really talking about her Democratic opponents? In response to an audience member’s question about the war — one of eight she fielded — Clinton said America faces a dire threat from terrorism. “To underscore a point, some people may be running who tell you we [...]
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Brits to Begin Iraq Pull Out
Brits to Begin Iraq Pull Out BREAKING NEWSView short video MSNBC has just reported on this story. However, I was on the phone with Maryann Steinfels who is on Senator Biden\’s presidential campaign staff when she broke the news to me just minutes before. We were talking about a possible interview with the senator. I\’ll [...]
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Operation Bomb Iran
Operation Bomb Iran Well, well, well, lookie here. US contingency plans for air strikes on Iran extend beyond nuclear sites and include most of the country\’s military infrastructure, the BBC has learned. It is understood that any such attack – if ordered – would target Iranian air bases, naval bases, missile facilities and command-and-control centres. [...]
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Mitt Romney Revealed
As I\’ve been saying for quite some time, it\’s not Romney\’s religion that\’s his biggest problem, though it\’s important to learn about a religion that has been kept in the dark for decades. But Mitt Romney\’s convenient conservatism is the real issue that needs the light. Richard Cohen lays him out. Oh, and make sure [...]
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