Kris Mineau, president of the Mass. Family Institute, says he wants to ratchet down the "tone and rhetoric" and "raise the quality of the dialogue" on the marriage issue.Sounds like a good idea -- and we at BMG, of course, are all about … [Read more...]
US forces have raided the Iranian consulate in Iraq
Oh goody.American forces raided the Iranian consulate in the mainly Kurdish city of Erbil in northern Iraq before dawn today, detaining at least five Iranian employees in the building and seizing some property, according to Iraqi and … [Read more...]
Crunch time for the Dems
President Bush's speech last night was a disaster. I especially loved Brit Hume's take over at Faux News:It is probably past the point now where it makes much difference politically if the President delivers his speech in a scintillating … [Read more...]
Bush’s Groundhog Day
Everyone is, of course, familiar with Groundhog Day, the movie in which Bill Murray keeps waking up to discover that he has to relive the same day, over and over again, until he gets it right.By all accounts, President Bush's Great Leap New … [Read more...]
The DLC is coming apart at the seams on escalation
Pop quiz: who was it thatcalled Tuesday for Congress to block funding for additional troops in Iraq......[and] said the nation needs to let Bush know that he doesn't have a blank check for the war."I think it's one way of absolutely putting … [Read more...]
A surprising confluence
I don't think I'll ever see this again: Howie Carr and the Globe editorial board agreeing (almost).The subject is the late Jimmy Kelly. Both the Globe's and Carr's assessments strike me as fair, respectful, not whitewashes, and not … [Read more...]
DeMint costs Romney a Mint
Kudos to sco, who notes that South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint's endorsement of Mitt Romney for President might, just might, be based on something other than Romney's $tellar con$ervative credential$. … [Read more...]
RIP Jimmy Kelly
Long-time Boston City Councillor James Kelly died this morning of cancer at the age of 66.Kelly was an extremely controversial figure, as is evident even from the obituaries now running in various media outlets. The Globe plays up … [Read more...]
More from Senator Kennedy on Iraq
ESCALATION IS NOT THE ANSWER: TIME FOR CONGRESS TO ACT TO ENSURE REAL CHANGE IN IRAQ Washington, D.C. - As a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Kennedy has been a leading voice of opposition against the war in … [Read more...]
Excerpts from Sen. Kennedy’s speech
Here are some excerpts from the speech that Sen. Kennedy is set to give at the National Press Club today.The American people sent a clear message in November that we must change course in Iraq and begin to withdraw our troops, not escalate … [Read more...]
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