Month: August 2007

The Bleak GOP Senate Outlook

MSNBC discusses the possibility of a filibuster-proof 60+ majority for the Democrats in the U.S. Senate after the 2008 elections. I talked about exactly this possibility with Chris Bowers last night. He was suggesting a maximum...

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What Would Wylie say?

Respective of the following headline stories on today’s morning news ticker: > President Bush tours New Orleans and promises federal government will keep focus on Gulf Coast rebuilding. > Leona Helmsley leaves $12...

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Romney Sticks the Knife into Larry Craig

Mitt Romney sez: Yesterday, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R), whose Idaho presidential campaign Craig headed until the charges came to light, compared Craig’s behavior to President Bill Clinton’s...

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This Week in the Long War: A Foregone Conclusion

The hard sell of the Long War rolls on, this week the President made crystal clear the goal of that hard sell: to prepare the public for the coming attack on Iran. Where both Glenn Greenwald and here on BMT, Larry Johnson have...

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