Good Mother Bad Mother Politics...
Posted by Marcus O'Donnell in Presidential politics on 01 12th, 2007 | No Comments
It is hard to imagine what the impeccably dressed Condoleezza Rice feels when she has to defend a President that she must now know deep down is a tremendous disappointment. She endured hours of Senate grilling including a bravura performance from Senator Barbara Boxer :
BOXER: October 19th ‘05,...
Naming the Civil War...
Posted by Marcus O'Donnell in Uncategorized on 11 30th, 2006 | No Comments
As GWB steadfastly resists calling the conflict in Iraq a “civil war” despite the pronouncements of many of his own current and ex-military advisers, media outlets also grapple with the nomenclature. E&P reports that starting Monday The Los Angeles Times, NBC and MSNBC, will all be using that...
Incestuous Amplification...
Posted by Marcus O'Donnell in Uncategorized on 11 8th, 2006 | No Comments
The wisdom from political commentators last night seemed to be that Rumsfeld would be given a reprieve in spite of the election results. The history of the Bush regime shows heel digging as a common response to critique. But maybe the decider has just had enough this time. He admitted to reporters today...
TIME.com on the NIE...
Posted by Marcus O'Donnell in Uncategorized on 09 28th, 2006 | No Comments
TIME.com: Why the Fight Over the NIE Report May Be a Wash:
Mark M. Lowenthal, president of the Intelligence & Security Academy, in Arlington, Va., supervised the preparation of National Intelligence Estimates from 2002 to 2005, when he was vice chairman of the National Intelligence Council. Lowenthal...
Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terror...
Posted by Marcus O'Donnell in Uncategorized on 09 24th, 2006 | No Comments
Finally what was bleeding obvious is now official. The New York Times reports on a new US Intelligence Estimate that comes to terms with the other effect of the Iraq war:
A stark assessment of terrorism trends by American intelligence agencies has found that the American invasion and occupation of...
Bush’s Black and White Ball - he&#...
Posted by Marcus O'Donnell in Presidential politics on 09 17th, 2006 | No Comments
A lot of stuff in the press - news, analysis and opinion - about opposition to Bush’s wiretap and torture plans from leading Republicans like Colin Powell. It is interesting though that even when these pieces seek to address substantive issues they nearly always end up analysing policy as posture...
OpinionJournal - Jack Bauer Insurance...
Posted by Marcus O'Donnell in Uncategorized on 09 13th, 2006 | No Comments
Can CIA agents be sued for protecting America with too much vigor?:
Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT
What would Jack Bauer do? If he worked at the CIA in real life today, the anti-terror hero of Fox’s “24” would apparently be buying insurance in case the ACLU or John Kerry decided...
In Latest Push, Bush Cites Risk in Quitt...
Posted by Marcus O'Donnell in Uncategorized on 09 1st, 2006 | No Comments
In Latest Push, Bush Cites Risk in Quitting Iraq - New York Times:
“The war we fight today is more than a military conflict,’’ Mr. Bush said in a speech to veterans at an American Legion convention here. ”It is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century.’’…..
At the same...