Month: July 2005

Bush’s Declining Political Capital

Ian Bremmer hits the nail on the head in his piece in The Australian: THE main reason the growing scandal around Karl Rove matters – aside from the fact that a senior White House official may have committed a felony...

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Americans, the British, and Guns

This morning, I read They shot the "wrong man" , smintheus’ diary on My Left Wing, relaying the news that the man who was shot in the head five times, at point blank range had nothing to do with the London...

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Plame/Wilson Next Steps and Themes

My previous two diaries presented extensive excerpts from Friday’s congressional forum on the meaning and ramifications of the White House exposing the identity of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson.   This much...

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We Can Be Heroes

a cry in the wilderness from Liberal Street Fighter Word is coming from the tough boys of the DLC from the conclave in Ohio that, in order to win, the Democrats must become more, well, Republican: Centrist Dems Urge Military...

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