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Time to Ignore Limbaugh
Tweet Share on Facebook October 30, 2006 Comment (94)It is high time for the mainstream media to just ignore Rush Limbaugh, the egotistical, right-wing bloviator of radio and TV infamy.
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This Year, Not All Politics Are Local
Tweet Share on Facebook October 23, 2006 Comment (22)Former Speaker of the House "Tip" O'Neill once said prophetically that "all politics are local." He was right, of course, with this exception: When a national issue overtakes those local concerns, forget about it.
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Memo for the President: Hire Bill O'Reilly
Tweet Share on Facebook October 20, 2006 Comment (17)Mr. President, I have a suggestion for you, although I recognize you will reject it from a consistently unfriendly source.
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Would Democrats Be Half as Bad?
Tweet Share on Facebook October 17, 2006 CommentAs the off-year elections approach, the Republicans are turning up the fear factor against the opposition.
First, it was fear that Democrats were defeatists and weak on safety from terrorists at our doorstep.
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No Gun Talk at School Safety Summit
Tweet Share on Facebook October 16, 2006 Comment (28)The Bush administration went into its public relations mode again last week in its hastily called conference on armed mayhem in the nation's schools.
The president put in a cameo appearance, but that was it. There was no discussion of the real problem–too many guns in the hands of out-of-control youngsters and crazy adults. Period.
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We Need New Democratic Contenders
Tweet Share on Facebook October 13, 2006 Comment (89)The departure of former Gov. Mark Warner of Virginia from the presidential chase is a blow to moderate Democrats who looked forward to a lively race for the nomination.
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Tony Snow's October Folly
Tweet Share on Facebook October 12, 2006 Comment (1)The Republicans have unleashed a secret weapon on the campaign trail this month. Call it an October surprise or, in my judgment, an October folly.
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North Korea and the Risk of Rattling Sabers
Tweet Share on Facebook October 10, 2006 CommentNorth Korea is acting up again at a time when the United States is seriously bogged down in Iraq and finding new resistance from the Taliban in Afghanistan. To make matters worse, the political scene for the Bush administration has hit a new low, according to the latest polls.
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Iraq's Dueling Story Lines
Tweet Share on Facebook October 6, 2006 CommentTwo different takes on how things are going in Iraq:
- Sen. John Warner, Republican of Virginia and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, returns from Iraq and reports that the government there is in grave danger of losing control in the capital. He is decidedly downbeat.
- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returns from the same scene and says she sees signs of encouragement in the battle against the insurgents. She must see things others do not in the recent bloodbath there.
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GOP House must look at its past to guide its future
Tweet Share on Facebook October 3, 2006 CommentSome Republicans are upset about the failure of leadership in the House under J. Dennis Hastert of Illinois. To make a comparison, they only need to look at past GOP House leaders, who were decent individuals and honest brokers.
John W. Mashek covered politics in Washington for four decades with U.S. News & World Report, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the Boston Globe. His primary beats were Congress, the White House, and national politics. He covered every presidential election from 1960 to 1996. He was a panelist in three televised presidential debates in 1984, 1988, and 1992.