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Candidates go into attack mode

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Sen. Barack Obama (AP)
Democrats stepped up the campaign rhetoric Saturday, going on the attack against President George W. Bush and his failed Iraq…

Morality and politics

The attempt to impose moral values upon political decisions has reach its apogee, and nadir during the Bush administration. But it has long been the case that one group claims…

Bush to Congress: Go ahead, make my veto

A defiant President George W. Bush said Friday he will veto any and all Iraq funding bills that include a timetable for withdrawal. Bush knows he holds the cards on the…

Bush official resigns amid probe of call-girl use

A high-level Bush administration official who used a high-priced call-girl ring resigned Friday but sources say other Presidential appointees may be caught in the emerging scandal. Randall Tobias, head of the…

Bush lowers expectations on failed war

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President George W. Bush is quietly back pedaling on his failed Iraq war strategy as the White House works to scale back expectations and…

Bush’s stubborn defiance of the reality of war

I met an old friend and colleague on K Street the other day and she looked a bit weary. She told me that her son's tour in Iraq had been…

Apologies sure ain’t what they used to be

042707gibson.jpgSomebody really needs to apologize for the sorry state of apologies in this country. Arguably, we've never had a more apologetic period, yet acts…

The debate that wasn’t

The great debate - the first of the never ending Presidential campaign season - came and went Thursday night in South Carolina and it was, for all practical purposes, a…

Huckabee’s son arrested with gun

042707huckabee.jpgDavid Huckabee, a son of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, was arrested at an Arkansas airport Thursday after a federal X-ray technician detected…

The non-stop campaign

042707murphy.jpgRep. Patrick Murphy hasn't let the fact that he was elected to Congress in November put a stop to his campaigning. Nearly every Monday…