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Bush's Library Needs a Harding Nook
Tweet Share on Facebook November 30, 2006 Comment (42)The George W. Bush presidential library seems destined to go to Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
For starters, it is the alma mater of Laura Bush, which makes it a sentimental favorite. That should put it ahead of two other potential sites–Baylor University in Waco and the University of Dallas, a small Catholic school. Also, Bush plans to live in Dallas rather than at the ranch in Crawford.
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Patience Running Thin on Iraq
Tweet Share on Facebook November 27, 2006 Comment (88)The war in Iraq has gone from bad to worse. And it's approaching the hopeless phase. The United States has now been involved longer than it battled World War II, and the sectarian war has become a civil war.
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Black Friday on the Baseball Diamond
Tweet Share on Facebook November 22, 2006 CommentThe malls may be full of shoppers this weekend, but Major League Baseball is also on a spending binge. So you'd better fasten your seat belts.
The Chicago Cubs started the expensive raid on free agents by signing Alfonso Soriano to an eye-popping eight-year, $136 million deal. All of the money is guaranteed.
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Bush's 'Bipartisan' Mirage
Tweet Share on Facebook November 20, 2006 Comment (95)For President Bush, the new spirit of bipartisanship lasted just long enough for two photo ops with the new Democratic leaders in Congress.
We should have known. It is always the decider, not the unifier, in the White House. On most issues, Bush remains stubborn and relentless.
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Democrats' Circular Firing Squads
Tweet Share on Facebook November 17, 2006 Comment (13)It is an old truism in politics that Democrats prefer to form a firing squad in a circle. They've done it again, even before taking charge in the next Congress.
One week after their stunning victory and takeover of both houses of Congress, Democrats went to war–with one another.
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Take a Hike, Karl
Tweet Share on Facebook November 15, 2006 Comment (28)One of the best results of the 2006 elections was the shattering of Karl Rove's reputation as a political marvel.
Rove has made more excuses and alibis for the Republican losses than a football coach who has just lost a 49-0 game. He wants to blame scandals in the party and other extraneous reasons but never the president or himself.
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Final Thoughts About Blue Tuesday
Tweet Share on Facebook November 13, 2006 CommentA few leftovers from the election:
- Right-wing fans of the right-wing-blowhard Rush Limbaugh should know he played a huge part in the Democratic takeover of the Senate.
- Right-wing fans of the right-wing-blowhard Rush Limbaugh should know he played a huge part in the Democratic takeover of the Senate.
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Just an Electoral Blip? I Don't Think So
Tweet Share on Facebook November 10, 2006 CommentWill the conservative spinners please just give it up? You know who you are.
At least Charles Krauthammer has the gumption to call this a minor earthquake. But others are scrambling to minimize the takeover of the Democrats in Congress as if it were just a blip in the capital.
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Rummy's Lesson: You Can't Go Back
Tweet Share on Facebook November 9, 2006 CommentThe resignation of Don Rumsfeld at the Pentagon was no blockbuster as some described it. His departure could have been predicted; only the timing was a surprise.
In fact, some defeated House and Senate members wish he had done it much sooner. It would at least have given them a talking point in a campaign dominated by the war and its terrible management.
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The Election: Winners and Losers
Tweet Share on Facebook November 8, 2006 Comment (1)Here are the winners and losers in the 2006 election. Let's start with the losers, because they are many:
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.