American Research runs the numbers and comes up with another drop in Presidential Popularity for George W. Bush. That, after a couple of upward tics in other, recent, polls.
Bush Approval Sinks Again
President Bush’s overall job approval rating and the rating of his handling of the economy have dropped from to levels last seen in May 2006 as gasoline prices increased, according to the latest survey from the American Research Group. "Among all Americans, 32% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 63% disapprove. When it comes to Bush’s handling of the economy [...]
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First, the House. Now, Senate action.
Senate Judiciary Committee votes to subpoena Rove, Miers
The Senate Judiciary Committee today voted 11 to 8 in favor of authorizing subpoenas for Karl Rove and Harriet Miers in connection with the ongoing US Attorney firing scandal. Republican Senator Charles Grassley (Iowa) was the only exception to the party-line vote. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had tried Wednesday to convince Republicans on the Committee not [...]
Note that Grassley came over to the Dems’ side. Here’s why –
Federal Prosecutor Firings – Update
Note that GOP senator Charles Grassley voted with the Judiciary Committee Democrats today to authorize subpoenas for Rove, Miers, and others. Grassley specifically wanted it on the record that he supported the subpoenas. Pat Leahy is trying to get Kyle Sampson to testify voluntarily next week, and Orrin Hatch has laid down a marker to [...]
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For starters, I was incredulous when I read the list of the dog food brands that are all produced by this one company! So much for competition. But, more importantly, the issue becomes why they didn’t move faster to prevent further animal deaths. I’m also just a bit bothered by the "live animal" testing that killed several more.
MenuFoods KNEW Products Were Deadly And Shipped Them Out Anyway
Compassionate corporatism at work. As a devoted pet owner, this really chaps my hide: DailyKos: Time for a class action suit, folks: A Chicago woman sued Menu Foods on Tuesday, alleging the pet food manufacturer delayed announcing a recall of 60 million containers of dog and cat food despite knowing its products were contaminated and potentially deadly. Dawn Majerczyk, [...]
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Right. We’re giving them all they need in Iraq, aren’t we?
“Surge” policy has US troops sleeping on the floor
President Bush’s surge policy has American soldiers sleeping on Baghdad floors, the Washington Post will report tomorrow. The President’s policy, which calls for US soldiers to live with Iraqis in some of Baghdad’s most violent areas outside of the fortified green zone, has resulted in small groups of troops living in “flimsy” homemade forts and sleeping [...]
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NBC’s Brian Williams gets the credit for turning up this gem of an article, written by a Lieutenant Colonel for the "Army" magazine. Williams says it should be required reading for everyone in the Government and the Military. I agree. It’s your "must read" of the day, because it spells out in detailed terms why we are in trouble in Iraq and what it’s going to take to turn things around.
The secret
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Swing. And a miss. Swing. And another miss. How may times can the White House swing at a low pitch and get caught in a double play before somebody admits they’ve lost the game.
It wasn’t about ‘job performance’
Just yesterday, I noted that not all of the purged prosecutors were equal. The administration may have had legitimate grounds for dismissal for a couple of the purged prosecutors, a fact that only helps highlight the weak reasoning for the others. The LA Times, for example, reported that in San Francisco, where Kevin Ryan was [...]
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Well, this certainly begins to explain a LOT. And adds another log to the fire burning away at the credibility of the Bush Administration. And this one is big enough to jump right up near the top of the list. And, it gives Alberto Gonzales yet another chance to admit he didn’t know what his people were doing!
‘We failed to zealously represent the interests of the American public’
The Bush administration’s deal with the tobacco industry in 2005 has always been curious. As you may recall, the government, for reasons that no one could explain, asked the industry to pay $10 billion, instead of the $130 billion previously recommended by a government expert witness, at the conclusion of a massive racketeering trial. Today, we’re [...]
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More Veterans’ facilities. More reports of absolutely horrible conditions. You really have to sense some type of political time bomb on this one. No matter how the Administration reacts, the reports continue to overshadow any progress.
Mold and Maggots for Vets, because the GOP supports the troops
Listen. Just because the Republicans say they support the troops, doesn’t mean it’s true. The facts show otherwise. And, if you’re not supporting veterans, you’re not supporting the troops. Walter Reed wasn’t an isolated case. Horrific conditions exist at another facility right here in your nation’s Capitol: "Reports of a rising death rate and rooms spattered with blood, urine and feces at the Armed Forces Retirement Home prompted the Pentagon yesterday to begin investigating conditions at the veterans facility in Northwest Washington. The Government Accountability Office warned [...]
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Tom Delay. On Hardball yesterday. I usually hit the house about the time the repeat comes on, but was tired up with some outside activities last night and didn’t DVR it. Missed an excellent one, apparently! Thank goodness for the blogosphere. Carpetbagger Report has the funny, funny, story.
DeLay unclear about his own book
If you haven’t already seen it, this clip from last night’s Hardball was awfully amusing. Confronted with a quote from his own book, Tom DeLay denies the plain text. Shown the book itself, DeLay says he doesn’t have his glasses. If I didn’t know better, I’d say DeLay didn’t actually write the book. Given that he [...]
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Tony Snow and Harry Smith really got into a heated discussion this morning on CBS. And Conservative media-watchers aren’t happy with the tone or direction of the interview. I’ll let you read the transcript and decide.
Snow-Smith Showdown: ‘You Sound Like Partisan, Not Reporter’
Who needs Chuck Schumer, so long as you have Harry Smith [file photo]? Dems might well be asking themselves that this morning, after the Early Show host went after Tony Snow on the attorney firings in a manner that might have made the senior senator from New York look statesmanlike in contrast. Things got so bad that at one point, the eminently affable Snow accused Smith of badgering him, and later suggested the CBS anchor was acting like a partisan, not a reporter. Things ended on the worst possible note, as Smith effectively accused Snow of [...]
UPDATE: CBS now has video online.
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Man, oh man. This Tim Griffin character is beginning to look like he can run with the slimiest of the Washington crew! Look what our friends at the Arkansas Times blog have come up with.
Sifting the documents — UPDATE
We thought we’d found most of the juicy Arkansas stuff in the Justice Department document drop on U.S. attorneygate — how Bud Cummins’ wife is ticked at Tim Griffin; how Cummins thinks Griffin and the White House screwed things up; how Justice claimed pregnancy prevented promotion of a Cummins assistant to interim U.S. attorney when calling pregnancy a disability can get you sued in private enterprise; the scheming to cook up a lie on Griffin’s appointment, etc. Alas, we missed some stuff.. [...]
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I’d say your thoughts and prayers are needed.
Edwards Suspends Campaign
He does it because his wife has a serious recurrence of cancer. Pray for her [....]
UPDATE: Looks like several news organizations jumped the gun on the "suspends campaign" angle – The campaign continues.
UPDATE 2: Kudos to Ben Smith at politico.com. He was among the first to break the wrong version of the story and the first to fess up to the mistake.
Getting It Wrong
A single, confident source close to John Edwards told me this morning that Edwards was "suspending his campaign," and I posted it to the blog at 11:06 this morning. My source, and [...]
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American Research runs the numbers and comes up with another drop in Presidential Popularity for George W. Bush. That, after a couple of upward tics in other, recent, polls.
Bush Approval Sinks Again
President Bush’s overall job approval rating and the rating of his handling of the economy have dropped from to levels last seen in May 2006 as gasoline prices increased, according to the latest survey from the American Research Group. "Among all Americans, 32% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 63% disapprove. When it comes to Bush’s handling of the economy [...]
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And, guess who’s behind it? The Federal Government.
Feds Ship MA Immigrant Arrestees to TX
Federal authorities arrested 350 immigrants working at a factory in New Bedford, Massachusetts, then realized that they didn’t have 350 beds to house the prisoners. The decision to ship them to Texas was at best the result of poor planning. At worst, it was a deliberate attempt to impair the immigrants’ access to counsel. “The government moved them to try to interfere with their rights,” said [...]
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First, the House. Now, Senate action.
Senate Judiciary Committee votes to subpoena Rove, Miers
The Senate Judiciary Committee today voted 11 to 8 in favor of authorizing subpoenas for Karl Rove and Harriet Miers in connection with the ongoing US Attorney firing scandal. Republican Senator Charles Grassley (Iowa) was the only exception to the party-line vote. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had tried Wednesday to convince Republicans on the Committee not [...]
Note that Grassley came over to the Dems’ side. Here’s why –
Federal Prosecutor Firings – Update
Note that GOP senator Charles Grassley voted with the Judiciary Committee Democrats today to authorize subpoenas for Rove, Miers, and others. Grassley specifically wanted it on the record that he supported the subpoenas. Pat Leahy is trying to get Kyle Sampson to testify voluntarily next week, and Orrin Hatch has laid down a marker to [...]
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When the GOP Bloggeres start slamming the White House, you KNOW things are going the wrong way.
How the White House Should Have Handled the Attorneys Issue
I just saw Tony Snow on CNN (sometimes I watch just to see how Democrats are spinning things and Soledad O’Brien is a good barometer of that) talking about the U.S. Attorneys flap. He was hammering the point that the White House will make available the relevant people and documents but not under oath so as to protect executive privilledge. It was crystal clear how miserably the White House has failed on this issue. Once you act as if you did something wrong and [...]
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For starters, I was incredulous when I read the list of the dog food brands that are all produced by this one company! So much for competition. But, more importantly, the issue becomes why they didn’t move faster to prevent further animal deaths. I’m also just a bit bothered by the "live animal" testing that killed several more.
MenuFoods KNEW Products Were Deadly And Shipped Them Out Anyway
Compassionate corporatism at work. As a devoted pet owner, this really chaps my hide: DailyKos: Time for a class action suit, folks: A Chicago woman sued Menu Foods on Tuesday, alleging the pet food manufacturer delayed announcing a recall of 60 million containers of dog and cat food despite knowing its products were contaminated and potentially deadly. Dawn Majerczyk, [...]
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