The Washington Post’s series on Vice President Dick Cheny is causing quite a stir. Cheney’s claim that his office is “not an office within the Executive Branch” is only fueling the rage against him. House Majority leader Rahm Emanuel responded by threatening to cut off funding to Cheney:
“Today, we discovered that everything we [...]

Today’s installment of the Washington Post series on Dick Cheney covers his influence over economic policy.
The vice president’s staff encouraged people to cooperate on this part of the package, with unsurprising results: far fewer anonymous sources and a far more positive portrayal of the VP.
Some of the classic Cheney traits are there: a penchant for [...]

The Washington Post is publishing an excellent four-part series examining Dick Cheney’s role in the current administration, from terrorism to the economy to the environment. The first two installments are already out, with the next two coming tomorrow and Wednesday.
The series’ name, “Angler”, seems pretty odd until you realize it’s Cheney’s Secret Service codename. Though [...]

2008Central.net’s Co-Managing Editors, John Whitehouse and Angelo Carusone, host a weekly podcast that includes discussion/analysis of the past week’s events, interviews with candidates/campaign officials/politicos, a bit of sass and anything else you would expect from a non-partisan podcast focused on the 2008 Presidential Election.
This week’s podcast covers…

Mike Bloomberg departing the GOP
Fred Thompson to announce soon?
John [...]

See that picture? It’s a screen capture of a Google Maps view of where Ron Paul’s Meetup groups are located. 367 so far, the most of any candidate, and the number keeps getting bigger everyday. Literally.
So then, what is Web 2.0? Well, it’s basically a term for all of these tools and technologies which allow [...]

On Friday, Jay Cost of the Horse Race Blog posted a must-read on the various debates and potential alternatives to the primary Frankenstein we have seemingly created for 2008. Although Jay doesn’t necessarily mind the system as it is, he still diligently evaluates some of the alternatives being floated. Ultimately, the deficiencies he [...]

Not that this is a surprise, but when I hear guys like Romney fire up the pro-war, pro-torture, anti-habeas corpus crowd, I really wonder if he even knows what he means by saying we need to expand Guantanamo Bay.
From the AP:
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An Army officer who played a key role in [...]

Well, do you?
I discuss many things in an interview over at Pollyticks.com. And here’s a bonus…most of them are true!
Seriously, take a few minutes and check it out. I shed some light on how the site started, where it is now and where we plan to go in the future.

This week at the Take Back America Conference, Hillary Clinton was booed as she talked about the failure of the Iraqi government to capitalize on the opportunity the American military had given them. From the AP article:
On Iraq, Clinton said the military has succeeded by removing Saddam Hussein from power, giving Iraqis the chance for [...]

Last full weekend to fundraise before the 2nd quarter deadline…if you want to know what each of the candidate’s is doing this weekend, here’s a summary of their scheduled events…

Today I announce that I am switching my party affiliation from Democratic to Republican.

Jeff Weintraub has a nice analysis on the current acts of repression going on in Iran. Jeff points out that while some might mistakenly view this as a reaction to public displeasure, it’s in fact entirely consistent with Ahmadinejad’s platform for a more “principlist” Iran:
It’s increasingly clear that the recent arrests of several Iranian-Americans [...]

It’s all funny money people. At least that’s how our leaders treat it.
Now we come to find out that if the same account practices that coporations use were applied to the government’s budget…oh boy..are you ready for a shock?
From USA Today:
The federal government recorded a $1.3 trillion loss last year — far more than the [...]

Rollins helped out Ross Perot, and he thinks Bloomberg is positioned well after 8 years of Bush.

Let’s remember that 78% of Americans want 40 MPG.

For more on this, see my post about Sicko and how it could scuttle the health care debate.

This has nothing to do with politics, unless you count fighting Nazis as political…
In any event…Indiana Jones is coming back! w00t!

As you all well know, Sicko is coming out soon and I’m holding my breath in fear. Why?
Well, of course I sympathize with the notion that things need to change since so many Americans live without healthcare and are one hospital visit away from financial ruin. And as I’ve said on this blog [...]

The Senate Democrats attempted today to place nearly $29 billion in additional taxes on American oil companies. The intention was to use this pool of money in order to invest in new forms of renewable energy, which most Americans would probably agree is long overdue.
Whether or not you agree with this particular [...]

My blogmate Pete Abel over at Central Sanity, came up with an idea of a letter to GOP Leaders urging them to pay attention to the moderates within the Party. The letter is catching on and I wanted to share what he has written with you.
Yeah, I know some will think this is a [...]