Instead of celebrating pitiful Republican polls, Democrats should find a better way to pick someone to run for President than two year’s of musical chairs. If the hopefuls chose candidates for congress to help, they could do some good and demonstrate campaign skills beating up on Republicans instead of each other. The party could send [...]

Frist and Hastert demanding a bicameral investigation into who revealed secret CIA jails, resemble Abbot and Costello. A bank has been robbed. When the police finally arrive, all they want to know is who pulled the alarm, spoiling lunch.

According to The Washington Post the President said, “We are at war with an enemy that lurks and plots and plans and wants to hurt America again. And so, you bet, we’ll aggressively pursue them, but we’ll do so under the law…We do not torture.” I think this means Bush has a different definition of [...]

The Bush penchant for war has permeated his administration. The Vice President is battling The Secretary of State about torture. He says we don’t do it, but we must have the right. She says rule it out before we lose all international clout. If the prisoner abuser wins, as well he might, Cheney will prove [...]

If free trade is a good idea Bush should find someone to sell it. He can’t. Thousands rioted in Argentina to show their lack of support for the “Free Trade Act of the Americas.� If the acronym was pronounceable Bush’s name might not have been so prominent in the shouting

Pictures on the internet fade fast like Chinese food. Cuddling a granddaughter sates hunger, renews the reality of digital images. Cleveland to Milwaukee, a long ride, but thoughts of hearing a giggle and feeling a finger squeezed make it fly.

By refusing to appoint conferees the Speaker kept the House from instructing them to support McCain’s anti-torture amendment to a military spending bill. Bush and Cheney both oppose the amendment and Hastert doesn’t want to embarrass them. How could you embarrass anyone who endorses torture?

Clever Karl may outfox Fitzgerald, but he ran afoul of a Clinton executive order, and Bush should lift his security clearance. According Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter he doesn’t have to quit, but what use will he be to a President who keeps everything secret?

Republicans say everyone looked at the same intelligence about Iraq and thought Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. So? Most thought inspections were a good course of action. Even those who gave Bush the right to go to war expected him to wait for the UN. Republicans see history as a buffet, they pick [...]

The Democrats found some spunk. Who’d have thunk they’d do it? Majority Leader Frist was mighty miffed but set a deadline for Committee action. The report might fall short of clarifying how Bush misused intelligence, but Reid saved almost three hours of Senate budget slashing and tested a tool for filibuster retribution.

The Bush Labor Department effectively gave Wal-Mart license to ignore their laws – they promised 15 days notice before inspecting the retailer’s stores for violations. That’s like police posting warnings two miles before a speed trap, or giving drivers time to put on seat belts before looking in the window – compliance made easy. There [...]