Liberal Talk Radio

Damn. I spent a lot of time in the past defending Joe Lieberman. But the guy really makes himself harder and harder to defend. Maybe I’m the idiot.

When I first read this, my first reaction was, “I can’t believe no one’s made this into a West Wing script. But it turns out there’s an even more interesting story behind this.

As you surely know by now, the House GOP leadership scheduled a vote on a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. They wanted the resolution to fail, of course, but also to get all of the Democratic congressmen on record calling for a withdrawal. It backfired. The House voted 403-3 [...]

Talk on the web today is mostly about John Murtha, the Vietnam vet and Democratic Congressman who made a heartfelt case for withdrawal. The White House accused him of “endorsing the policy positions of Michael Moore and the extreme liberal wing of the Democratic party.” Ok, let’s leave aside for a moment that President Bush, [...]

Michael Crowley makes a great point. When Parade magazine has turned against you, you’re really in trouble. It echoes something I’ve thought for a long time: if liberals want to re-gain control of the message, the thing to do is focus on soft media. Forget about the conservative dominance of cable news shows. No one [...]

This seems pretty right-on: The record is clear: On some of the most contentious issues that came before the high court, Alito has been to the right of the centrist swing voter he would replace. As a result, legal analysts across the spectrum saw the Alito appointment yesterday as a bid by President Bush to [...]

The Alito nomination has but one purpose, we can all agree: appeasing the base and thereby getting the “big mo” back in Bush’s direction. Bush likes to lead, he hates to drift or follow. I’m not convinced that a big cave-in to the base is actually “leading,” of course. But that’s how it will be [...]

Looks like indictments are coming. Since this might all be old news by the time I wake up here on the West coast tomorrow, I might as well comment on it now. My dad said to me the other day that he “can’t wait for them all to walk out of the courthouse with raincoats [...]

HACK FACTOR = [Cronyism * Danger to the Republic]/[Qualifications] The New Republic tells you all you need to know.

David Brooks quotes FDR: Biden’s speech brought to mind something Franklin Roosevelt told the country on Feb. 23, 1942: “Your government has unmistakable confidence in your ability to hear the worst, without flinching or losing heart. You must, in turn, have complete confidence that your government is keeping nothing from you except information that will [...]