THOSE WERE THE DAYS….From The Note today: “Dusty Foggo said through his lawyer yesterday that he did not have any improper relationship with Brent Wilkes, a defense contractor at the center of a congressional bribery scandal.” Remember the days when “improper relationship” referred to a little hanky-panky with a White House intern? Sigh. Good times.
Amy Sullivan
Amy Sullivan is a Chicago-based journalist who has written about religion, politics, and culture as a senior editor for Time, National Journal, and Yahoo. She was an editor at the Washington Monthly from 2004 to 2006.
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Not as Lame as You Think
he first week of March should have been a bright spot for Democrats in an otherwise bleak five years. With the president’s approval numbers reaching Nixon-esque lows, and Democrats outpolling Republicans by 15 pointsthe partys largest lead in a midterm election since 1982it was beginning to look like the long-suffering Democrats had rediscovered their mojo. […]
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Not as Lame as You Think
he first week of March should have been a bright spot for Democrats in an otherwise bleak five years. With the president’s approval numbers reaching Nixon-esque lows, and Democrats outpolling Republicans by 15 pointsthe partys largest lead in a midterm election since 1982it was beginning to look like the long-suffering Democrats had rediscovered their mojo. […]
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Fake Diamonds
If you are a fantasy baseball neophyte, as I was then, you’ll understand that I was relieved to learn that this–fantasy baseball?–was his deep dark secret of shame. It seemed endearingly geeky, making my whip-smart boyfriend a little more human. I was charmed. And although he seemed to believe that the news should upset me–a […]
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romney redux
ROMNEY REDUX….The Note today highlights a “must-read!!” column by Bob Novak that carries the headline: “Religion may hinder Romney in ’08.” Regular Monthly readers will find Novak’s argument familiar, and somewhat similar (point-by-point, actually) to a piece we ran by yours truly last September. For good reason, I wouldn’t expect an acknowledgement from Novak. On […]
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faith-based vacuum
FAITH-BASED VACUUM…Less noticed during all the comings and goings over at the White House this week was the resignation of Jim Towey, who has run the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives for the past five years. Towey is a good man–he is perhaps one of the only people in government, Democrat or Republican, who […]
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weekend basketblogging
WEEKEND BASKETBLOGGING….If you haven’t gotten enough of basketball via my intermittent blogging on the topic over the course of the season, boy, do I have good news for you: This week on Blogging Heads TV, Matt Yglesias and I discuss the Washington Wizards, the NBA playoffs, and Larry Brown (in addition to Iran, immigration, and […]
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growing less lame by the minute
GROWING LESS LAME BY THE MINUTE!….Okay, it’s not exactly the best rallying cry, but I’m still giving it away, free of charge, for Democrats to use as their campaign slogan. Kevin got some grief last week for arguing that the immigration bust-up could be attributed to wily Democratic manuevers. But today’s Washington Post confirms his […]
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When Would Jesus Bolt?
When I came to Montgomery to watch the debate over the Bible literacy bill, I had expected something pro forma, a Bible love-fest. Alabama is, after all, God’s country. On the drive from Atlanta, I sampled some of the area’s many Christian radio stations to catch up on the Christian rock that doesn’t get played […]
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knee-jerk reactions
KNEE-JERK REACTIONS….I’m on deadline, so don’t have time to respond in full to the feverish debate that has been taking place over the past few weeks about religion and politics. But since my name has been invoked/cursed in many of those conversations, I do want to address the reaction to an offhand comment I made […]
