Ideas have consequences and so do attitudes
Politico reports that Democrats are encountering a brutal fundraising period in their longtime donor stronghold of mega-rich New York. The exact quarterly figures won’t be known until after the July 15 filing deadline, but some Democratic campaign insiders are calling this the worst period for fundraising they’ve experienced in the New York area [...]
Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas): GOP Won’t Run on Full Repeal
If this indeed turns out to be the GOP’s position, I call it a very smart move and one that has the potential to reap higher rewards in the 2010 election.
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Party Bashing
In his kiss-and-tell book about the second Bush administration,
former White House speechwriter Matthew Latimer recounts drafting
a presidential address to the largest gathering of conservative
activists in the country. The president wasn’t happy with the
frequent references to the conservative movement in the text.
“Let me tell [...]
Gibbs: "Nobody’s Keeping Anybody’s Email", But Of Course "Fishy" Emails Will Be Saved by the National Archives
Earlier this week, the White House asked people to forward “fishy” emails they receive that may be spreading misinformation about health-care reform to flag@whitehouse.gov. In response, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) wrote in a letter to President Obama that it’s “inevitable that the names, email addresses, IP addresses, and private speech of U.S. citizens will be [...]
Taking the Dissident Database Seriously
We and many others have ridiculed the Obama administration’s heavy-handed effort to gather information on the “fishy” opponents of its government medicine proposal. Byron York, meanwhile, takes a serious look at the legal implications of the administration’s data-gathering program:
In a letter to Obama Tuesday, Republican Sen. John Cornyn wrote that, given Phillips’ request, “it [...]
