Author: Robert Borosage
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Republican Debate: Monochromatic Candidates, Stale Ideas
Ten white guys in dark suits and bright ties to answer questions. Three white guys in dark suits and bright ties to ask them. Stale ideas fit the staid image at the first Republican presidential debate last night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. MSNBC should have broadcast the event in black and white. The…
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The Gipper Won\’t Win This One
This article first appeared in the Chicago Tribune. As Republican contenders for the presidential nomination gather for their first debate Thursday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, they are caught between a rock and a hard place. The vast majority of Americans have given up on George Bush, the sitting conservative president.…
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Alberto Gonzales: Why Conservatives Can\’t Govern
Donald Rumsfeld has been axed. Tom DeLay cut and ran. \”Scooter\” Libby stands convicted. Michael \”you\’re doing a heck of a job\” Brown was tossed. Newt Gingrich disgraced himself. And now, the clueless attorney general, Alberto Gonzales, is surely the next to go. Why this confederacy of dunces? The conservative National Review cover asks plaintively,…
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The President\’s Delusions
Last night\’s State of the Union address revealed that the state of this president is still delusional. He can\’t level with the American people because he can\’t or won\’t recognize the reality that we face. The best part of the speech wasn\’t anything the president said. It was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sitting over his…
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State Of The Union: Deteriorating
Tomorrow night, President Bush will tell Americans that the state of our union is strong. He\’ll celebrate a growing economy, enjoying rising productivity, rising profits, more jobs and record home ownership. He\’ll stand as commander in chief of the most powerful military ever. He\’ll lay out areas–energy, immigration, health care–where he envisions progress through bipartisan…
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Passion or Positioning
Robin Toner has front page analysis in the New York Times today on how Dems are seeking the \”middle on social issues.\” Most of this is common sense. Dems will control agenda in House and use that to block votes on issues like gay marriage or partial birth abortion that force a conflict between their…