Just a few minutes away from John McCain’s big speech.
It will be interesting to see how it compares to Palin’s.
David Gergen at CNN is apparently a little bit disconnected as HE stated that others were disconnected who said that Democrats were running Washington. Gergen’s perspective is apparently that the party of the President dictates who [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:00 pm Filed Under: Blogging, News Media
Tonight, Bithead shares some thoughts resulting from this story by James Joyner at Outside The Beltway. Various questions can be pulled out of the discussion, and James makes it clear that Fowler (a blogger), who attended the fundraiser where Obama talked about “guns and religion”, acted appropriately in recording and releasing the content.
Although I don’t [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Thursday, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:48 pm Filed Under: Bottle Bill, Chet Culver, Democratic Party, Iowa, Iowa General Assembly, Iowa Politics, News Media, Schools, TAXES
Good news: The Iowa General Assembly has decided that the “new” bottle bill tax proposed by Iowa Governor Chet Culver (see earlier story) is dead for 2008. As you would probably think, I’m pleased. It’s not clear if the reason for the timely demise is that there’s too much confusion, the idea needs [...]