Monthly Archives: September 2004

The White House put government agencies on notice this month that if Bush is reelected, his budget for 2006 may include $2.3 billion in spending cuts from virtually all domestic programs not mandated by law, including education, homeland security and … Continue reading →

The Pennsylvania Democratic Party site, PA Victory ’04, has made me “Director of Internet Outreach”. If you have any ideas to spread the word about the site, or to improve it. Let me know. Better yet, if you’d like to … Continue reading →

Not to be too mean, but I have begun to feel like it’s a referendum on the intelligence and attention span of the American people. It seems to me that support President Bush at this point, you have to basically … Continue reading →

For U.S. troops in Iraq, one especially sore point is the stateside public’s obsession with the candidates’ decades-old military service. “Stop talking about Vietnam,” says one U.S. official who has spent time in the Sunni Triangle. “People should be debating … Continue reading →

the key to winning an election is often simply a matter of bringing to the surface of the public consciousness what voters already really know. They know Iraq is a disaster. They know it’s President Bush’s fault. Josh Marshall: 09-12-2004

If facts mattered in American politics, the Bush-Cheney ticket would not be basing its re-election campaign on the fear-mongering contention that the surest defense against future terrorist attacks lies in the badly discredited doctrine of preventive war. Vice President Dick … Continue reading →