"This was the voice of moderation until 13 Sept, 2025"
by hilzoy Via Sadly No and Atrios, a sad illustration of the costs of social promotion: one Jake Tapper. Tapper ought to be failing his second grade Language Arts class for the thirty-fourth consecutive year, but thanks to the soft bigotry of low expectations, he ended up as ABC’s Senior National Correspondent instead. If he … Read more
by publius Being a Mitt Man, I’m still too depressed to write about Florida. And though I don’t really like quoting Steve Sailer, this seems spot on (via Corner): So, are all the neocons who got jobs in the Giuliani campaign, like N. Podhoretz, Frum, Rubin, going to jump ship and join the McCain campaign? … Read more
by hilzoy What most of you already know: “John Edwards will end his presidential bid today, a source close to his campaign confirmed, effectively narrowing the Democratic field to two contenders less than a week before the Super Tuesday round of primaries. The former North Carolina senator is scheduled to speak in New Orleans this … Read more
by hilzoy The always delightful Ben Domenech of RedState has written a farewell speech he wishes Fred Thompson had given. Check out Thompson’s descriptions of his rivals: “Rudy Giuliani? Slick cheater. Mike Huckabee? Jesus freak. John McCain? Crazy. Mitt Romney? Woman.” No comment required.
I’ve haven’t been a big fan of McCain since his atrocious anti-First Amendment campaign finance law. But the good news about his win in Florida, and the almost certainty of his nomination for Republican candidate, is that the Republican candidate is decidedly anti-torture. Yikes, I wish that had never even been a question. Otherwise, open … Read more
by hilzoy A week ago, CNN ran a story that was more than usually fatuous, even for them. The headline: “Gender or race: Black women voters face tough choices in S.C.” Their description of this choice: “Recent polls show black women are expected to make up more than a third of all Democratic voters in … Read more
by hilzoy In comments to an earlier thread, Katherine posted a link to a statement by a group called Habeas Lawyers for Obama. Excerpt: “We are at a critical point in the Presidential campaign, and as lawyers who have been deeply involved in the Guantanamo litigation to preserve the important right to habeas corpus, we … Read more
by hilzoy When I first saw this press release from NOW-NY, I was sufficiently worried that it might be a joke that I called NOW-NY to ask. It was after 4:30, though, and I haven’t heard back. Ben Smith from Politico claims to have confirmed its authenticity, though. Here it is, in all its glory: … Read more
by hilzoy Today, the Republicans failed to sustain a cloture motion on the bill to amend FISA while providing retroactive immunity to telecoms. Four Democrats voted in favor of cloture, and one Republican (Arlen Specter) voted against. This means that debate has to continue, and the bill cannot yet come to a vote. Immediately afterwards, … Read more
by hilzoy From the NYT: ““If we surrender and wave a white flag like Senator Clinton wants to do and withdraw as Governor Romney wanted to do, then there will be chaos,” Mr. McCain said to reporters in Fort Myers on Saturday morning. At a town-hall-style meeting later in Sun City Center, a retirement community, … Read more