Month: February 2007

Open Thread

We’re on schedule for Senator Christopher Dodd to be here at 3:30 eastern time. Please have a question ready to post in the thread and please limit yourself to one question. He’ll try to be here until 4:00pm, so the...

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Hillary Has Been AWOL

I woke up this morning thinking about my post from last night called Hillary Will Be the Next Muskie. Why, I wondered, am I so hostile to the idea of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee in 2008? The answer, I think, is...

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Iraq: The Non-binding Hinder Binder

The debate kicked off in the House of Representatives Tuesday afternoon on the non-binding measure on Iraq.  In one regard, the measure, if passed, will be little more than a wedgie on young Mr. Bush: embarrassing and...

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What Lincoln Really Said

Perhaps some of you have already heard of the execrable Frank Gaffney’s use of a fake Lincoln quote invented in 2003 by another right wing columnist at the Moonie Times (details regarding this fictional creation are...

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Bush Press Conference: Updated

I just thought others might be listening to this and want to discuss it. I swear I just heard (11:16am) that Bush said something unbelievable.  He was asked about Russian-American relations and he said that Russia and...

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