Amy Sullivan

Was He Watching Tonight?….Just minutes after this evening’s proceedings ended, after listening to two major speeches that–whatever you think of them–provided a lot to talk about, Tim Russert proceeded to use half of his time with guest Hillary Clinton badgering her about whether or not she plans to run in 2008. “But if John Kerry […]

Notes from the RNC….I’m going to try really hard to limit most of my comments to substantive aspects of the Republican Convention, really I am. But these roving announcer women are really freaking me out and I have to wonder if they remind anyone else of the spokesmodel contestants from “Star Search” (particularly that last […]

Hypocrisy Watch, Exhibit A….By popular request, here’s the link to the Catholic League press release I referred to in last Friday’s post about hypocritical conservatives. Take special note of the line at the end defending “Hudson’s behavior with a drunk almost a decade ago.” Ugh.

“God’s Official Party”?….That’s what the good souls in the G.O.P. are apparently calling themselves these days, according to Mike Crowley’s report from a morning meeting of the Iowa Republican delegation in New York. Ah, humility. Sounds like perhaps they need a reminder that God probably has better things to do than take sides in a […]

Hypocrisy Reigns….Shouldn’t it matter that conservatives don’t get exercised at all over pro-choice Republican Catholics in high-profile positions? Sure, from time to time they take on PCRCs (we’ll use the shorthand for simplicity’s sake) like Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, but that’s because they don’t consider them “real” Republicans anyway. When push comes to partisan […]

Let The Kids Play….We interrupt this political blog to bring you a brief basketball update — Argentina: 89, USA: 81. No gold, not even silver. And it’s as it should be. The better team won. Can we please re-think that selection process now?

Fun With Data….Some highlights from the Pew survey I noted below: ? 52 percent of Americans think it is more important to conduct research than protect embryos in stem-cell research, and that includes nearly 40 percent of those who are certain they are voting for Bush. This is a slight change from two years ago, […]

God the Running Mate….There’s a new Pew poll out on Americans’ religious and political views. I’m working on a few other things right now and still running some of the numbers, but I’ll be back shortly with some of the highlights. In the meantime, check out this animation video sponsored by a coalition of religious […]

Is That The Same Ben Ginsberg?….Hmm. The front-page story everywhere today is that a top lawyer for the Bush/Cheney campaign has, at the same time, been advising the infamous 527 Swift Boat Vets group. The lawyer at the center of the story, Ben Ginsberg, says that everything he’s done is technically legal. And that may […]

Methinks They Doth Protest Too Much….When I saw the rather large banner, “What Did the 9-11 Commission Say About Saudi Arabia?” across the top of my Washingtonpost.com screen, I said to myself, well, that’s gotta be an ad by the Saudis. And, sure enough, if you click on the ad, you jump to a page […]