Criminee!! (Translate that any way you want!) This is lunacy! And, the idiot DEFENDS it!
Bloch defends spending taxpayer money on custom-made hand towels.
In addition to charges of intimidating whistleblowers, deleting incriminating files, and pursuing investigations for political purposes, embattled Special Counsel Scott Bloch has also been accused of wasting taxpayer money on unnecessary items, including $400 on custom-made hand towels for his bathroom. The Blotter reports: “Yes, the towels are quite real, and a legitimate expense, Bloch [...]
Categories: Bush Administration
It’s getting late around these parts. Let’s allow Carpetbagger to put the wraps on our political chatter tonight with an excellent wrapup of what happened today, particularly in the Clinton camp.
Clinton vows to keep fighting ‘until there’s a nominee’; Obama eyes general
Hillary Clinton hosted a press conference in West Virginia this afternoon, and she certainly didn’t sound like a candidate on the verge of dropping out…On her first point, Clinton said she’d remain in the presidential race “until there’s a nominee.” Like Greg Sargent, I found the phrase a little ambiguous. [...]
Categories: 2008 Election · Clinton · Obama
Another factor to consider as we move through this campaign season. Via AMERICAblog…
Hillary is hurting congressional candidates
Joe and I have spoken with Democratic House and Senate candidates, and they agree that Hillary is hurting their campaigns. One congressional candidate told us that if Hillary is the nominee, it’s a guaranteed 5 point hit they take right from the start (meaning, they start the race 5-points down in the polls). Why? Because [...]
Categories: 2008 Election · Clinton · Congress
Hillary Clinton didn’t have any campaign appearances scheduled Wednesday. And she canceled all of her early morning TV interviews. Then, suddenly, she showed up at what was supposed to be a campaign appearance by her daughter.
Clinton: WV Critical For Dems In The Fall
Hillary Clinton was neither defiant nor defeated during a 20-minute speech here today as she pledged to fight through this state’s primary next week, which she called “one of the most important elections in this entire process.” “I personally believe that West Virginia is one of those so-called [...]
And, she never even mentioned Obama.
Categories: 2008 Election · Clinton
Oh, man. It was one long day for the EPA’s Stephen Johnson.
Dem Senators Berate EPA Official
It’s gotten to be pretty routine. An EPA official goes up to Capitol Hill and straight-facedly insists that the agency is all about transparency and science, and Democratic senators respond by calling it a lie. But this morning, it wasn’t [...]
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Categories: Congress · Environment
Ya’ know, he’s right. He really is.
Chris Matthews Slams Rush Limbaugh in “Keith-Style Special Comment”
Despite all his faults, Chris Matthews showed his true patriotic colors Tuesday night and absolutely blasted Rush Limbaugh for abusing the American Democratic system with the intent of causing mischief….“I have to offer a ‘Keith-style’ Special Comment on that. Anyone who voted to screw up the political system of this country [...]
And today, Limbaugh claimed victory:
Limbaugh now supports ‘weaker’ Obama
Claiming success in “Operation Chaos,” Rush Limbaugh says Obama “would be the weakest nominee.” [...]
Categories: Politics
Still no bottom to the housing slump. It’s springtime. And people SHOULD be buying homes. Nada.
Pending Home Sales Hit New Low
An industry group said Wednesday that pending U.S. home sales dropped to a new low in March, signaling the housing slump has yet to bottom out even as the spring sell season gets under way. The National Association of Realtors’ seasonally adjusted index of pending sales for existing homes fell [...]
Categories: Economy · Housing Market
The Political Insider asks the big question of the day. “What does Hillary want?” I think the correct answer is, still, “the presidency”. It’s just tough to see how Hillary gets there.
The other answers?
What Does Hillary Want?
Despite most analysts declaring the Democratic presidential race “basically over,” Sen. Barack Obama moves into a very uncomfortable phase of his campaign. He’s essentially locked up the nomination but his main rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, is still in the race. It reminds me of 1984 and 1988 when Jesse Jackson kept his White House bids alive all the way until the Democratic conventions. The question everyone asked all summer long was, [...]
Categories: 2008 Election · Clinton
This just seems completely over the top, in terms of the school district’s response. As I recall, several of my teachers used magic tricks to supplement a lesson, or just to help a class relax. Unbelievable. And, a student “traumatized” by the trick? Give me a break.
Teacher Performs Magic Trick, Gets Fired For “Wizardry”
Here we go… A Florida teacher performed a “disappearing toothpick trick” and a parent complained. The teacher was fired for “wizardry.” Substitute Teacher Says Wizardry Accusation Cost Him [...]
Categories: Education
Will she? Or won’t she?
Should she? Or shouldn’t she?
It’s all about Hillary.
Encouraged
Matt Towery of Southern Political Report says that Senator Obama’s North Carolina win was bigger than expected because he picked up most of the last-minute deciders. This tells us something about momentum, maybe. Of Indiana, Michael Tomasky writes, “The narrow Indiana margin was a stunner and is worth dwelling on. How did that happen? It’d be lovely [...]
Categories: 2008 Election · Clinton · Obama
It was just West Virginia folks who were voting. There was an election in Mississippi, too. And it’s having a LOT of impact.
It was an earthmoving election night. “No one could have imagined the tsunami that just crashed on Republicans in Mississippi,” Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said in an interview after the victory. “There is no district that is safe for Republican candidates.” House Democrats now hold [...]
Categories: 2008 Election · Democrats
Sometimes, even I get burned out on politics. We watched “junk” on the tube last night, leaving the primary coverage to the infrequent, short, interruptions on the main networks. I caught up this morning via Morning Joe on MSNBC and it certainly does look like, as the New York Post headlined it, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is “toast”. Especially when I got into work this morning and the first thing that popped up was the CNN alert that she’d loaned herself another 6.4 million dollars last month. With a huge loss in North Carolina and only a slight victory in Indiana, it’s going to be tough for her to raise money in the future.
Former republican John Cole has some thoughts:
It Is Over
So I got a whole two hours of sleep, and I am sure grumbling about insomnia will be the topic of another post later on today (really, is there anything more annoying than lying, staring at the ceiling, making deals with an invisible someone for just 2-3 hours sleep?), but now I am watching Morning [...]
Categories: 2008 Election · Clinton · Obama
Good work on the part of a couple of prominent bloggers. They’re using their heads, finding the facts and making some level-headed suggestions.
Big Oil’s Corporate Welfare: Doing The Numbers
Yesterday, Alex Knapp at Outside the Beltway and Kevin Drum at Political Animal proposed getting a grip on tax proposals for the oil industry. As Drum put it: “[F]orget a windfall profits tax, let’s work first on getting rid of the massive corporate welfare infrastructure we’ve constructed for an industry that really, really doesn’t need [...]
Categories: Congress · Economy
