Four of Bush's more incompetent and wingnutty choices for the federal courts look dead. In general, the Senate Dems should study how Republicans obstructed Clinton's choices in the last years of is term and do likewise.
Author: Scott Lemieux
Since a couple of people have asked, I should probably say a little more than my flip response to Pithlord's hope (and, at one time, prediction) that the federal "partial.
Lindsay won't be happy, but apparently Feingold isn't running for President. I'm a little ambivalent, because I like Feingold a lot. But in light of the election it makes sense..
Shorter Ann Althouse: Democrats must start answering the following question: "When will you stop being traitors?" As Glenn points out, what's particularly funny about this is that Althouse, Reynolds, Peretz et al. seem to be of the conviction that the taunting rhetoric of despots and...
As a follow-up to this post, I missed it because I still read the Times the old-fashioned way but the death of the legislation required to inscribe discrimination into the.
Look, when it comes to party-establishment v. netroots I'm squarely in the "it's not a zero-sum game" camp. I even think that Harold Ford is probably a pretty good option.
I've been reading over the oral arguments in the two federal D&X ban cases; if I see any nuggets that don't fit into my larger article I'll pass them along. Although Pithlord seems to hold out hope, I continue to maintain that this case will...
I was lucky enough to have a brief chat with Congressman Barney Frank, who was visiting Hunter to teach two classes, last night. He confirmed my analysis of Massachusetts politics.
A meaningful college game in the metropolitan area? Because Rutgers is undefeated? And they stay that way because they beat the (admittedly dubious) #3 BCS team? What's next, the Royals.
I'm not sure what Atrios is so upset about. Personally, I'm relieved that we'll finally be able to see John McCain and Joe Lieberman on a Sunday talk show. I never thought I'd see the day! Hopefully for a change they'll bring in David Broder,...
Shorter Verbatim Dan "How can I be homophobic? I left my gay brother to die alone in a San Francisco flophouse" Riehl: "I'd rather the enemy wore the right uniform..
As Donald Rumsfeld is finally thrown under the bus, it seems appropriate to return to Jon Chait's recent account of the Rumsfeld-worship of the early Bush era. (The nadir was.