Democrats need to devise a unified political strategy on Iraq before Republicans box them in. By Matthew Yglesias Web Exclusive: 12.13.05 Having argued with tedious frequency for the proposition that the United States needs to look for ways to head for the exit doors in Iraq, I'm naturally heartened, in some ways, by a recent uptick in anti-war sentiment among the Democratic Party's leaders. Nevertheless, advocacy of withdrawal within the liberal community has long been bedeviled by a fairly... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
The Truth On the Ground By Ben Connable Wednesday, December 14, 2005; Page A29 When I told people that I was getting ready to head back to Iraq for my third tour, the usual response was a frown, a somber head shake and even the occasional "I'm sorry." When I told them that I was glad to be going back, the response was awkward disbelief, a fake smile and a change of subject. The common wisdom seems to be that Iraq is an unwinnable war and a quagmire and that the only thing left to decide is how... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
By HELEN THOMAS HEARST NEWSPAPERS Tuesday, December 13, 2005 If Democrats only had some courage WASHINGTON -- It's about time that the "me too" Democrats, particularly those in Congress who vote with the Republicans so often, stand up and be counted. Too many Democrats are tiptoeing around the major issues facing our nation, afraid to venture out of the mainstream. This is a big mistake at a time when the nation is begging for true leadership. Democrats with the courage to be leaders could have... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, December 12, 2005
WSJ
Lieberman at the Bridge Democrats assail one of their own for backing the war. Monday, December 12, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST The debate over Iraq is getting nastier, if that's possible, and the new target of antiwar Democrats isn't even President Bush. It's Joe Lieberman, the Democrat from Connecticut and 2000 running mate of Al Gore, who has dared to suggest we must and will win the war. "I have just returned from my fourth trip to Iraq in the past 17 months and can report real progress there,"... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 11, 2005
latimes.com
IRAN: Tehran has exploited the gap between Washington and Europe. By Alan Isenberg, Alan Isenberg writes for Newsweek International. He recently completed a fellowship at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation that focused on Iran's nuclear program. OVER THE last four years, and especially under radical new President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran has done its best to live up to President Bush's 2002 declaration that it is part of an "axis of evil, arming to threaten... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Lieberman's Iraq Stance Brings Widening Split With His Party By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ and WILLIAM YARDLEY WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 - Five years after running as the vice-presidential nominee on the Democratic ticket and a year after his own presidential bid, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut has become an increasingly unwelcome figure within his party, with some Democrats seeing him more as a wayward son than a favorite son. In the last few days, the senator has riled Democratic activists and... Sign in to see full entry.
By William F. Buckley December 10, 2005 A Word From Businessmen It behooves those of us who hear and pass along dire news from Iraq to pause from time to time when something more measured comes along. This today is from a group called Business Executives for National Security (BENS). The group has traveled to Iraq three times in 18 months, intending an uninflated look at what is going on there. The group is free of ideology, though it is reasonable to assume that the principles of free markets,... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, December 9, 2005
The propaganda presidency of George W. Bush. By Jacob Weisberg Posted Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005, at 7:13 PM ET A frequent complaint about the Clinton administration was that it tried too hard to "spin" everything in its own favor. Clinton's spin doctors had a variety of individual styles but shared a grating habit of relentlessly coloring the news to support their side in any argument. George Stephanopoulos, with whom the technique was closely identified, once defined spin as "a hope dressed up as... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, December 8, 2005
Bush turned the tables on the Democrats By Victor Davis Hanson 0 ) { document.write(' '); document.write(' '); document.write(' RELATED NEWS FROM THE WEB '); document.write(' Latest headlines by topic: '); document.write(' '); for( i = 0; i ' + topixcats[i].name + ' '); } document.write(' '); document.write(' Powered by Topix.net '); document.write(' '); document.write(' '); document.write(' '); document.write(' '); } //--> Bill Clinton frustrated Republican critics. He passed welfare reform,... Sign in to see full entry.
Time for a House-Cleaning By David S. Broder Thursday, December 8, 2005; Page A33 If the House of Representatives were a person, it would be blushing these days. Unfortunately, the House is beyond embarrassment. Its once (and maybe future) majority leader, Tom DeLay, is under indictment on money-laundering charges in Texas. One of its more colorful members, Randy "Duke" Cunningham of California, resigned last week after pleading guilty to shaking down lobbyists and contractors for $2.4 million... Sign in to see full entry.