For the longest time, almost everyone, including people who know a whole lot about Novak-Plame-gate, were assuming that the only criminal statute that might have been violated by outing Valerie Plame as a CIA agent was the … [Read more...]
Murray Waas on Rove and Plame
Murray Waas continues to do some of the most interesting reporting on Novak-Plame-gate. Today he reports both in the National Journal and on his own blog that Karl Rove has been lying his ass off to the President, as well as to … [Read more...]
The Espionage Act – at last!
This story in the NY Times is, for the most part, similar to a number of other reports indicating that Karl Rove has been summoned back to the Novak-Plame-gate grand jury, and that it's possible that Judith Miller, Scooter Libby, and heaven … [Read more...]
“Is she the most qualified person? Clearly, the answer to that is ‘no.'”
Thus spake Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) of Harriet Miers today. And Lott's direct contradiction of what President Bush said yesterday was, apparently, one of the nicer things that conservatives said about her today. Tomorrow's WaPo … [Read more...]
Interesting new UMass poll: good news and bad news
A State House source called my attention to this new poll conducted by UMass between Sept. 19 and 27 (methodology is here; most results are +/- 5%). Here are some key numbers:Regarding the proposed 2008 ballot question that would ban … [Read more...]
Bush has lost the trust of the conservative intelligentsia
Maybe they were never really with him. But it's clear that conservative elites are abandoning George W. Bush in droves over the Miers nomination. Two recent examples:Professor Bainbridge, a conservative law professor and … [Read more...]
Will the modern GOP survive this one?
Two Three thoughtful and fascinating posts over at Americablog raise the possibility of a wide-scale GOP implosion over the Miers nomination. Conservative disappointment with Bush's choice doesn't seem to have abated overnight - if … [Read more...]
Miers on gay rights (maybe)
Americablog has gotten a hold of this document which appears to be a gay rights-related questionnaire that Harriet Miers answered when she ran for Dallas City Council in 1989. (ACSblog wonders whether the document is legit; John at … [Read more...]
A despondent conservative sums it up nicely
Todd Zywicki, a conservative law prof and blogger at Volokh with whom I disagree on just about everything, is very unhappy about Harriet Miers' nomination. In this post, however, he hits the nail on the head about a great deal more … [Read more...]
Watching the Boston mayoral debate
As we discussed here, Comcast apparently reneged on its agreement to make the debate between Tom Menino and Maura Hennigan available until Nov. 2 through its "On Demand" service. However, it's available online (links … [Read more...]
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