« July 2007 | Main | September 2007 »

Why I Wish I Were In Iowa

I can't travel much these days -- our baby is due any day -- but this video posted by the John Edwards campaign (LINK) makes me long for the road. Forgetting Edwards' promise of universal health care, the comments by...

Continue reading "Why I Wish I Were In Iowa"

August 17, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (9)

Odds and/or Ends

Following our "when money gets in the way of the message" discussion yesterday, here comes another story about former Sen. John Edwards, D-NC, and Fortress Investments' subprime lending. The Wall Street Journal reports that 34 New Orleans homes have had...

Continue reading "Odds and/or Ends"

August 17, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (4)

When money gets in the way of the message

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, was decrying scams against seniors in Iowa yesterday. Does it matter that one of her biggest financial supporters is being investigated by the Iowa Attorney General for his role in the exact same kinds of senior...

Continue reading "When money gets in the way of the message"

August 16, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (11)

the Politics of toy recalls

Former Sen. John Edwards, D-NC, wrote letters to both President Bush and the Democratic leaders of Congress to take the issue of toy safety more seriously . he implored Bush -- "As one father to another" -- to "take immediate...

Continue reading "the Politics of toy recalls "

August 15, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (11)

'All for Jesus'

Comments by Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, at the Iowa Straw Poll have raised some eyebrows. Brownback quoted Mother Teresa telling him, "All for Jesus. All for Jesus. All for Jesus. All for Jesus." "Faith is a good thing,"Brownback says. "Not...

Continue reading "'All for Jesus'"

August 15, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (25)

"Air-raiding villages and killing civilians"

In Nashua, NH, Monday, Obama said that the U.S. has "gotta get the job done" in Afghanistan which "requires us to have enough troops that we're not just air raiding villages and killing civilians which is causing enormous problems there....

Continue reading ""Air-raiding villages and killing civilians""

August 14, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (16)

What I've Been Up To

Mayor Giuliani talks about immigration reform while his campaign pushes back against Gov. Romney's attack (CLICK HERE) ... Is God an invention? Christopher Hitchens discusses his new book "God is not great" on the ABC News Shuffle podcast (CLICK HERE)…...

Continue reading "What I've Been Up To"

August 14, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (2)

Moby Dick speaks

We covered the resignation of Karl Rove yesterday on dot-com (CLICK HERE). Here are some clips you might like... About 4 minutes into this lengthy Dan Rather spot from 1972, a very young, thin, follically confident RNC aide named Karl...

Continue reading "Moby Dick speaks"

August 14, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (4)

Rove: 'I'm Moby Dick.'

WHITE HOUSE PRODUCER JENNIFER DUCK WRITES that Rove just held an off-camera, on-the-record briefing about his departure. BACKING AN '08ER? Rove said he won't have an official role with a GOP campaign in '08. "I don’t intend to take a...

Continue reading "Rove: 'I'm Moby Dick.'"

August 13, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (28)

MC Rove

At the end of the day, this is really all you need to remember about Karl Rove. (LINK) -- jpt

Continue reading "MC Rove"

August 13, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (4)