Dana Milbank must want some more abuse from the left flank of the blogosphere: The new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds congressional Democrats in the best position they’ve held in 14 years, besting President Bush and Republican lawmakers on Iraq, the economy, health care, immigration, ethics and more. All of which can mean only one …
Archives for January 2006
The Future Is Now
Daley’s Brave New World: Mayor Daley on Monday embraced a radical plan to require every licensed Chicago business open more than 12 hours a day to install indoor and outdoor cameras. “Block clubs, community organizations want cameras. … They can’t walk down the street. … Their kids have to go around a corner away from …
Another Dead Laptop
If you were ever thinking about hitting the tip jar, now is the time. My laptop was illing the last few days, and is now officially dead. Or the Amazon Tip Jar, or you could just go buy one of the laptops on the Amazon Wish List. Yeah. That will happen. I am so sick …
Alito Confirmed
Alito has been confirmed, 58-42. If you are wondering why 42 people voted against but a filibuster could not be sustained, that is because of the Gang of 14. You know- the group that the far right was screaming bloody murder about a few months back and telling me I was an idiot to support. …
Quit Citing Polls
Can I ask you commenters a favor? Quit citing poll after poll after poll of Bush’s approval ratings. They suck. They are historically low. I will concede they are probably going to stay that way, barring a miracle. So until they change dramatically, quit citing them. Why? Because they DO NOT MATTER. This administration CLEARLY …
SOTU
Kos, referring to a Dan Balz WaPo piece, writes about the importance of the State of the Union: Balz notes that much will ride on King Bush’s SOTU address, though I don’t think it’s as influential a tool as it may once have been. There are too many alternatives on TV for anyone but the …
“A Man of Honor”
The NY Times chronicles the attempts of Kennedy’s staff to slime Judge Alito, and offers us this glimpse behind the scenes: Their most indefatigable strategist was James Flug, a longtime friend of Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts who, at 67, was decades older than most of the other legal counsels on the Judiciary Committee …