Well, that was disappointing. Disappointing and more serious than some of the surprisingly upbeat and even breezy commentary I’ve seen on may right-wing blogs.
The Republican party took a beating, lost the House, will probably lose the Senate and lost six governorships. Geographically, the party is being squeezed into the South, which will soon be its [...]

Dubai’s leaders saved face, theirs and ours, by pulling out of the ownership situation that would have had a Dubai-owned company manage six U.S. ports.
The arrangement collpased because of widespread and often intense popular sentiment against the idea of letting an Arab company manage (or “own” or “control”, as were sometimes erroneously stated in the [...]

Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel is reportedly meeting with his advisors and contributors to discuss his prospects of running for U.S. President in 2008 on an independent ticket, in an attempt to tap into voters who are frustrated towards both political parties. Some don’t believe that Hagel will be able to one-up Senator John McCain, who [...]

White House political advisor Karl Rove is said to be coaching potential Republican presidential nominee Rudy Giuliani on a campaign strategy to use against Hillary Clinton during the 2008 election. The news comes after reports on Capitol Hill about Rove’s secret meetings with Giuliani in New York. However, Rove says that Giuliani’s appeal as a [...]

A recent study by Quinnipiac University shows that although Florida Governor Jeb Bush enjoys a 49 percent approval rate, 70 percent of Floridians don’t want him to run for president. Meanwhile, Florida’s Republicans gave Jeb a 77 percent approval rate, yet only 40 percent of them want him to run for president while 47 percent [...]

Some are calling for the senate to censure Dick Durbin. I strongly disagree.
This is not an issue you should handle in the senate, it is one you should take to the voters this fall, and again next fall, and then in 2008. Every time national security comes up, we’ll toss Durbin’s comments at the Dems. [...]

As Brad just noted, Joseph Biden has announed that he may eventually announce that he’ll for president of the United States. He’ll be travelling the nation, meeting people and let them know what he thinks. That just doesn’t sound like a roadmap to victory. At least not for Biden. On the other hand, I [...]

Delaware Senator Joseph Biden that he plans on running for president in 2008, stating that going after the Democratic nomination “is a real possibility” on “Meet the Press” on Sunday. He said he would be hitting the road to tell people about his policies, and would give himself until the end of the year [...]