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Al in All His Glory
Tweet Share on Facebook February 28, 2007 CommentThere he was, in all his glory–and his Ralph Lauren tux–accepting an Oscar for An Inconvenient Truth. He was not the old Al Gore we have come to know who, well, bores us. He was funny. He was genuinely happy. He wasn't debating about putting Medicare money in a lockbox. He was THE darling of Hollywood; no more No. 2. And what about that 2000 presidential race that Democrats are so mad at him about? Ah, never mind.
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This Political Addict Needs Detox
Tweet Share on Facebook February 20, 2007 CommentA confession: I am a complete political junkie. I love this stuff. The campaign trail, the candidates, their policies (yes, their policies), their foibles, their interaction with voters, the whole thing. So count me addicted.
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The Libby Case: Waiting for Cheney
Tweet Share on Facebook February 9, 2007 CommentAnyone can be forgiven for losing track of what's going on in the perjury trial of Scooter Libby. After all, it's about who told what to whom and when. The fact that a covert CIA operative's name was leaked to the press–as it turns out, inadvertently by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage–is not even the matter at hand, although it was the reason a special counsel was appointed in the first place.
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We Deserve a War Debate
Tweet Share on Facebook February 6, 2007 CommentFor the life of me, I can't figure out how it's advantageous for Republicans to postpone a vote on the war. I understand the cute politics that is being played here: The Republicans (led by the White House) are essentially trying to call the Democrats' bluff. If you're really against the war and the troop surge, they taunt, then vote to cut off funds. And the Democrats won't do that–and they know that any measure that says "we won't cut off funds" for the troops is bound get unanimous approval. And the president could claim the largest victory.
Gloria Borger, a contributing editor at U.S.News & World Report, writes the magazine's On Politics column. Borger is also the national political correspondent for CBS and a regular panelist on the PBS public affairs program, Washington Week in Review. Borger is a 1974 graduate of Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., and is now a member of the university's board of trustees.