"I am not pro-abortion; I am against government-enforced maternity."
"If those Gitmo guys are terrorists, try 'em and fry 'em; if they're a threat, prove it. But you can't just hold 'em without a trial. It's un-American."
The Republican Party narrowly shut down a resolution to rename the Democratic Party, the "Democrat Socialist Party." What a bunch of buffoons! Don't Republicans have anything better to do than call their opponent's names? Like,
Republicans made good on their new moniker as the Party of No. They all voted "no" in committee on the President's budget. Despite that, the bill passed.Republicans know they can all vote no and not bring the country to its knees,
Christopher Buckley, son of the late conservative icon William F. Buckley, has decided to back Barak Obama for president. As he says, "It lacks the throw-weight of 'Ron Reagan Jr. to Address Democratic Convention,' but it’ll h
Thinking PointsCommunicating our American Values and Visionby George Lakoff I was pretty disappointed in this book. Instead of a how-to guide for communicating our American values and vision, it's more about communicating George Lakoff's
Yesterday's Democratic debate, hosted by the AFL-CIO, was the most lively event so far. The candidates were so fired up that at one point an actual debate broke out. If you didn't see it, then you should (video is here - transcript here)
I cought the CNN/You Tube Democratic debate. That was... interesting. The questions were Iraq-heavy and I was disappointed that there wasn't much time allotted to healthcare, immigration or the economy. Either CNN didn't consider those topics
I spent much of last month driving around Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico and I spent this week in Ohio and Pennsylvania and a couple things reeally surprised me. 1) There are a lot of Democrats in those states and 2) Most of those
Democrats have long sought to change the military mission in Iraq to training Iraqi forces, protecting US interests and hunting al-Qaeda. Democrats, listening to Middle East analysts (here's one - and another), are convinced t
Democrats tried to end the war, but didn't have the votes. They tried to set a flexible timetable for withdrawal, but couldn't override President Bush's veto. Democrats just don't have enough votes in Congress to change the missi
The Washington Post had a really interesting article yesterday about the US troops patrolling Sadr City in Baghdad called, "Learning to Live With the Mahdi Army". In a nutshell, the troops don't think they're making any difference,M
Senator McCain was in Baghdad yesterday. After touring "a newly fortified Baghdad market," he "declared that the American public was not getting 'a full picture' of the progress unfolding in Iraq." Nearby, six US sold
Unnoticed among all the Republican scandal this week, House Democrats -- with broad (but far from complete or enthusiastic) Republican support -- passed a raft of open government initiatives. Naturally, President Bush vowed to veto all
The House passed the Employee Free Choice Act which makes the process of unionizing easier and more transparent. Senate Republicans vowed to filibuster the bill. For anyone wondering why Democrats aren't taking decisive action on thing
In a matter of days, Democrats have done more to balance the budget than Republicans did in six years. Speaker Pelosi first decided to cut all the pork out of this year's budget, and then today she reinstated the Clinton-era "pay as yo
In their final act as the majority Party, Republicans decided to do nothing about a whole bunch of spending bills. Some speculate that they didn't want the Republican Party to be associated with a last massive bout of ea
This is by far the best book on national security I've ever read. I hadn't heard anything from Gary Hart since the "Monkey Business" back in the 80s, but it didn't take me long to conclude this guy knows what he's talking about. He's at once inspirat
The Republican's pedophile scandal has the Party's two main factions -- business elites and Evangelical Christians -- at odds. A few days ago, Tucker Carlson spoke of the contempt he and his Republican elite crowd feel for Evangelicals.
The Marines consider Iraq's al-Anbar provice lost to the Sunni insurgency, according to a new assessment. When the Marine Commander in the area was asked for comments, he said something pretty surprising: "My mission out here, along with the res
As the dust settles, it's become clear that America was the big loser in Lebanon. For a month, President Bush gave Israel free rein, supplied Israel with weapons and intelligence, and insisted that there could be no cease-fire unless Hezbol
The same week polls showed a new high in American dissapproval of the Iraq War, we also saw anti-Iraq War challenger Ned Lamont beat Iraq War advocate Joe Lieberman in Connecticut's Democratic Primary. This led to an interesting debate in t
I'm not the world's biggest Joe Biden fan (yet), but I just heard him on Larry King Live and was totally impressed. He clearly understands what's going on in the Middle East and sees the conflict in Lebanon as a huge opportunity t
I happened to read Vali Nasr's article in Foreign Affairs, "When the Shiites Rise", right before the whole Hezbollah/Israel thing exploded, so right away I saw the connection between China and Russia backing a Security Council resolution against Iran
Jim Webb, President Reagan's Secretary of the Navy, is running for one of Virginia's Senate Seats -- as a Democrat. I heard him on Air America the other day and was very impressed with this guy's intelligence and dedication to this great country
A few days ago the Republicans introduced a measure asking President Bush to cut and run from Iraq. It's the second time they've done that and I'm starting to wonder about their resolve.I'm kidding, of course. Like the Republican's fir