This is getting a bit silly.
The White House and Congress failed to strike a deal Friday after exchanging competing offers on an Iraq war spending bill that Democrats said should set a date for U.S. troops to leave….
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said they offered to grant Bush the authority [...]

Seriously, bar none without a doubt the best I’ve seen in a long time.
With a couple of TV spots like these, Richardson could really capture some attention. They’re smart, braggadicious without being preachy, take potshots at the whole electoral system and are kind of self deprecating to boot.
Take a look.

I recently had the opportunity to have an email conversation with David Kuo, former Special Assistant to President George W. Bush and Deputy Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. He’s also author of the book ‘Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction’.
Essentially, I asked him two questions. Kuo’s response is blockquoted.
1) [...]

With Paul Wolfowitz leaving the World Bank at the end of June, President Bush has promised to move quickly on naming a successor. But who?
Among those mentioned as a possible replacement for Wolfowitz were former Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, who was Bush’s former trade chief; Robert Kimmitt, the No. 2 at the [...]

Oh, the tide is turning…
Ed Morrissey of Captain’s Quarters points out that the hate crimes bill that Bush was going to veto because it included federal protections for the GLBT community garners support from a majority of conservative voters. At least, so says Gallup.
On a side note, watch how Ed seems to know that his [...]

He’s splitting the GOP in two because of his views on abortion and gays.
From the WSJ:
“If the party nominates a social liberal like Giuliani, there’s not only the potential, but there’s an inevitability of a split,” says John Stemberger, president of the Florida Family Policy Council, a politically active social-conservative group. “Republicans will learn if [...]

The White House has pulled another political loser for no apparent reason, this time taking a bold stand against…the military and military widows?
From Army Times:
The Bush administration had asked for a 3 percent military raise for Jan. 1, 2008, enough to match last year’s average pay increase in the private sector. The House Armed Services [...]

In the wake of the 2006 midterm elections little has happened to predict how Republican voters will ultimately respond to the strong Democratic showing. I suspect that it would be difficult to make definitive conclusion as to what led more voters to back Democratic candidates across all regions of the country. No doubt opposition to [...]

I have been voting since 1970. I have cast my vote idealistically, practically, out of loyalty, and I have, upon occasion, thrown my vote away. I have walked out of a voting booth feeling euphoric, I have walked out of a voting booth feeling I have wasted 30 minutes of my life, and I have walked out of a voting booth feeling soiled and in need of a shower.

There will be no true reform until we can confidently secure our borders. Whether that’s a fence or thousands more officers stationed along the border, all of this legislation may not matter a lick until we stem the flow of illegals.
And yet, this is a bipartisan reform bill that Bush will most likely sign.
From the [...]

Yes, organic storage. This has the potential to be huge but there’s still a long, long, long way to go yet.
From the AP:
The four characters that represent the genetic coding in DNA work much like digital data. Character combinations can stand for specific letters and symbols � so codes in genomes can be translated, or [...]

Polls aren’t always right, but these numbers are so low I have to believe that people will be begging for somebody or something to get them excited about being an American voter again.
From E&P:
NEW YORK What’s going on? Gallup reports today a sudden plunge in its regular “satisfaction” index. Only 25% of Americans now say [...]

The following is a clip from his recent testimony, and something Alberto should take note of.

Well, at least by train.

Republican debate redux - a vicious bummer.

Chuck is furious after hearing about the bedside Ashcroft story. Me too.
From the AP:
Citing dramatic testimony a day earlier that revealed that Gonzales, then the White House legal counsel, tried to undermine the department he now leads, Hagel demanded the attorney general’s resignation.
“The American people deserve an attorney general, the chief law enforcement officer of [...]

The 2nd in command under Ashcroft, James Comey, told a pretty scary story a couple days ago, and it shows exactly why Alberto Gonzales should never have been appointed Attorney General and why he has no business being the top cop now.
From and editorial in the Washington Post:
JAMES B. COMEY, the straight-as-an-arrow former No. 2 [...]

Am I jaded? Oh, you bet. How much progress could we have made if he had pushed this after 9/11?
Still, progress is progress and I applaud these steps. It’s not just key for our economy, it’s also key for winning the WoT.

And here’s AP’s take on it…

First, Sully points out that the recent Republican debates signal a return to true fiscal conservatism and the death throes of anything else…
From Daily Dish:
It’s also clear that compassionate conservatism is dead. Every single candidate favors reduced taxes and big spending cuts. None, however, is prepared to say that Medicare and Social Security must be [...]