Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger raised a little bit of a ruckus yesterday when he had the gall to suggest the obvious -- that it's easier to learn a language if you immerse yourself in it. “You've got to turn off the Spanish television set,” the Republican governor said Wednesday night at the annual convention of the […]
Republican Sen. Trent Lott went on a whine today over the immigration bill being debated in the Senate. Lott apparently was exasperated by the fact that his GOP colleagues wouldn't go along to get along so John McCain could have a legislative victory to tout as he campaigned across the country -- not realizing that […]
I hate to break this to the GOP, but your phone solicitors aren't the problem. The Republican National Committee, hit by a grass-roots donors' rebellion over President Bush's immigration policy, has fired all 65 of its telephone solicitors, The Washington Times has learned. Faced with an estimated 40 percent falloff in small-donor contributions and aging […]
President Bush has signed the emergency supplemental bill funding the war in Iraq with no deadlines or limits on the use of military force, just a bit of pork and a minimum wage hike. Finally. The votes in the House (280-142) and Senate (80-14) have to be a little disconcerting for the retreat now coalition. […]
Here's hoping it dies. Bush has made a couple of egregious mistakes when it comes to domestic legislation during his two terms. The prescription drug benefit was one. McCain-Feingold was another. Somehow it's fitting that the next big one is going to be named McCain-Kennedy. It should go without saying that this should be the […]
But it's a little light on substance. I've just got finished reading the transcript [PDF format] of former Deputy Attorney General James Comey's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. I wanted to read the testimony myself because I was suspicious of a New York Times editorial's take on the issue. Needless to say that my […]
I sacrificed the opportunity to watch the latest episode of Veronica Mars last night to watch the second GOP presidential debate. Here are some random thoughts: Fox News did a much better job than the previous MSNBC/Politico.com production. If you've any doubt, check out this video montage of the questions from the first and second […]
National Review's Byron York, in an article in The Hill, puts his finger on the problem that pro-life voters have with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's pro-choice opinion. Giuliani reached a low point last week at the Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Library in California. He was asked a simple question: Would the […]
CBS News' Mike Wallace interviewed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for this Sunday's "60 Minutes" episode. The interview apparently included this question: Romney's wife, Ann, who converted to the Mormon Church before they were married, is also interviewed. When asked whether they broke the strict church rule against premarital sex, Romney says, "No, I'm sorry, […]
Politico.com reported earlier this week that GOP presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani had given money to Planned Parenthood. Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani in his campaign appearances this year has stated that he personally abhors abortion, even though he supports keeping a legal right to choose. But records show that in the '90s he contributed money […]