Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was indicted yesterday for allegedly receiving gifts from the now-defunct Veco oil company. A federal grand jury in the District accused Stevens of concealing on financial disclosure statements lucrative gifts from the now-defunct oil company Veco and its top executives, including a Viking gas grill, a tool cabinet and a wraparound […]
This post has been updated One of the best Republicans in the U.S. Senate is Tom Coburn of Oklahoma. The ob/gyn who first won a congressional seat in 1994 -- and continued to deliver babies on weekends -- is now in the Senate, where his focus on fiscal restraint has won him the moniker of […]
The New York Times editorial page is liberal -- that's not news -- but today it revealed itself as dishonest, politically partisan and in the tank for Barack Obama. After last week's effort by Obama to rewrite history -- namely, the basis for his opposition to the surge -- was aided and abetted by the […]
This issue isn't specific to California, but it's in the same vein as the popular book "What's the matter with Kansas?" that posited that the middle class votes against its economic interests (read: Democrats) because Republicans use religion and societal issues as wedges. My short answer to that is: So what? Every election requires voters […]
The Bush administration got caught using ideological criteria for the hiring of career (not political) lawyers in the Justice Department in the years 2002 and 2006. Justice Department officials illegally used “political or ideological” factors in elite recruiting programs in recent years, tapping law school graduates with Federalist Society membership or other conservative credentials over […]
Today CNN had as one of its top stories the a "flub" by Sen. John McCain. Instead of saying that he would veto every "bill" he said he would veto every "beer." Not only can you watch video of the misstatement, but CNN.com's people think it's funny enough that you can buy a T-shirt of […]
This is an argument that can work for many Republicans -- except John McCain. Via Powerline and Rep. Roy Blunt comes these numbers: ANWR Exploration House Republicans: 91% Supported House Democrats: 86% Opposed Coal-to-Liquid House Republicans: 97% Supported House Democrats: 78% Opposed Oil Shale Exploration House Republicans: 90% Supported House Democrats: 86% Opposed Outer Continental […]
It's a result that few would've guessed when this race for the nomination began far too long ago -- Sen. Barack Obama, a candidate with just over two years of experience in the Senate, has won the Democrat Party nod. The victory is as much testament to Obama's campaign as it is to Sen. Hillary […]
The big news last week on the GOP side was the discovery of a years old video of San Antonio megachurch Pastor John Hagee attempting to explain the Holocaust. Hagee said: “ 'And they the hunters should hunt them,' that will be the Jews. 'From every mountain and from every hill and from out of […]
Here's John McCain's remarks on Barack Obama's prospective Iran policy. Before I begin my prepared remarks, I want to respond briefly to a comment Senator Obama made yesterday about the threat posed to the United States by the Government of Iran. Senator Obama claimed that the threat Iran poses to our security is “tiny” compared […]