American politician (1917–2010)
Dave Hoppe writes at National Review Online about the latest way in which U.S. Senate Democrats could gut the legislative chamber’s traditional procedural safeguards. Senate Democrats considering the destruction of…
Don Carrington’s piece at Carolina Journal Online yesterday is a perfect example of how we dribble away billions of tax dollars in small amounts all over this country every day.…
11:55 Final update. No call yet, but Republican Pat Toomey has moved past Joe Sestak to take the seat now held by serial party-switcher Arlen Specter. Good night, all. 11:44…
The latest TIME profiles Democratic West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin?s tough battle for the Senate seat once held by Robert Byrd. In the print version, Manchin is identified as popular.…
Imagine former Bill Clinton operative George Stephanopoulos give this kind of cover to a Republican: Now, this was a private conversation, it was meant to be private, with the book’s…
That’s the combined assessment of Barack Obama by his vice president (the articulate and clean part) and the Democratic Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (the Negro dialect part): The top…
Ted Kennedy’s passing has again reminded us — if we needed reminding — of how many career politicians currently inhabit Washington. Kennedy was sworn into the Senate in 1962. He…
… except in the warped world of government largesse. “Under the Dome” tells us this morning that North Carolina has had the most competitive U.S. Senate races since 1990. This…
Citizens Against Government Waste released its 2009 Pig Book at 10 a.m. Overall, the report found 10,160 pork barrel projects at a cost of $19.6 billion in the 12 Appropriations…
Politico reports: Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the longest-serving Democratic senator, is criticizing President Obama?s appointment of White House ?czars? to oversee federal policy, saying these executive positions amount to a…
Diane Ravitch considers Obama’s education agenda here. She makes three recommendations: 1. Eliminate No Child Left Behind’s goal of universal proficiency by 2014. 2. Empower the federal government to oversee…
The Associated Press has a story on an AP/Yahoo poll about race and the presidential election. First, they portray Democrats as racist: Deep-seated racial misgivings could cost Barack Obama the…