The Senate last night confirmed former judge Michael Mukasey to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general. A divided Senate narrowly confirmed former federal judge Michael B. Mukasey last night as the 81st attorney general, giving the nominee the lowest level of congressional support of any Justice Department leader in the past half-century. The 53 to […]
This story is a week old, but I'm trying to clean up some of the browser windows that I've got open. Concurrent Technologies began two decades ago doing metalworking research in Pennsylvania's struggling rust belt. In the years since, the Johnstown, Pa., company has become a federal contracting chameleon. It is an intelligence adviser, an […]
Also over at The Washington Post, National Review's Ramesh Ponnuru has a post curiously entitled "Kucinich Is Right." Dennis Kucinich called his party's bluff. If Democrats believe half of the things they say about the Bush administration, then they ought to impeach both Bush and Cheney. I don't believe that Bush and Cheney "lied us […]
When Democrats took over the House of Representatives last year, they promised change. One of the changes they promised is known as "paygo." What it means in layman's terms is that every tax cut (haha!) or spending increase has to be offset by spending cuts or tax increases. In theory, this means there would be […]
John Edwards' latest Web ad is just devastating. Ouch.
Seriously, I don't know how else to explain Sen. Ted Kennedy's explanation of why he's not going to vote to approve Judge Michael Mukasey's nomination for attorney general. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., said Thursday that he intends to oppose the nomination, arguing that Mukasey's unwillingness to answer definitively on the legality of the interrogation […]
Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards told the Concord Monitor that as president he will solve all America's problems -- real and perceived. "I think if we want to fund the things that I think are important to share in prosperity, then people who have done well in this country, including me, have more of a […]
Some would say that the controversy over this student broadcast story on John Edwards' campaign headquarters in Chapel Hill, N.C., is evidence that his campaign is run by amateurs. Sorry, not even amateurs are this stupid. It's a safe bet that no one from the UNC-Chapel Hill journalism school was covering the event in person: […]
You thought it would never happen, but here's some kudos for former President Bill Clinton for standing up to the 9/11 conspiracy theorists. Bill Clinton addressed a crowd in Minneapolis, Minnesota at a fundraiser for his wife's campaign on Tuesday. Clinton's 50-minute speech, which started about an hour behind schedule, was derailed briefly by several […]
Jim Abrams, Associated Press reporter, lead paragraph of his story: The House's top Democratic tax writer outlined a $1 trillion plan Thursday to eliminate the alternative minimum tax and ease the tax burdens of most people by asking the rich and some companies to pay more. Asking? So, they don't have to pay it if […]