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Happy Birthday Alberto

Another one of Geroge Bush's squeaky toys is leaving the presidential bathtub. The very lame duck Alberto probably won't be spending his August 5th 53rd birthday floating in the suds…

Progress? What progress?

President George W. Bush's ill-conceived Iraq war has become a failure on so many fronts that it is hard to keep track. A new report by the General Accounting Office finds…

Bickering Democrats split over terrorism

Constantly bickering Democrats can't mount an effective campaign against President George W. Bush's failed war on terror because they can't stop fighting each other over the issue. The so-called "war on…

Hillary will dump crooked fundraiser’s cash

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton will give to charity the $23,000 in donations she has received from a fundraiser who is wanted in California for failing to appear for…

Dems blast Bush over Iraq funding

Democratic leaders warned Wednesday that Congress must stop writing "blank checks" for the Iraq war, after a report said the White House would request an extra 50 billion dollars in…

Europeans like Hillary for President

More than four in 10 French and Germans would like to see Democratic candidate and former first lady Hillary Clinton elected US president in 2008, a survey by a Canadian…

Media overreaction to bad economic news

One year after the end of the boom market in housing, the New York Times reports we're getting the first ever, official indication of a decline in the median price…

Iraq on the installment plan

President Bush is about to ask Congress for another $50 billion to keep fighting the war in Iraq. He is betting -- almost certainly correctly -- that the Democrats…

What will George do after 2008?

I have always wondered what President Bush will do after he finishes his second term, assuming that he consents to go. He could be a professional brush clearer, a producer…

Senators to Larry Craig: Time to quit

Idaho Sen. Larry Craig's political support eroded by the hour on Wednesday as fellow Republicans in Congress called for him to resign and party leaders pushed him unceremoniously from senior…