But do Journalists actually read the CJR?

Eight timely questions. The last three seemed the least obvious and the most interesting:
6. To what extent should the money saved by phasing out American combat operations in Iraq be used to reduce the deficit, and to what extent should it be used for creating jobs, environmentally sensible […]

As I continue to say, until the Republicans face up to the fact that we were bamboozld into the Iraq war I don’t know how any of them can put forward a credible strategy for the future for either the region or our interests there.

Aside from Ron Paul, all we’ve had is the assertion that […]

Former Congressman Tom DeLay, arguably one of the most corrupted members of congress – EVER – condemns John McCain for having – wait for it – “Done the Most to Hurt the GOP”

As they say, you can’t make this stuff up.From McCain’s point of view, this must stand as a ringing endorsement.
To see where a […]

Didn’t this used to be called obstruction of justice?
The White House possesses no archived e-mail messages for many of its component offices, including the Executive Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President, for hundreds of days between 2003 and 2005, according to the summary of an internal White House study that […]

In an address to a group of state GOP executive directors at the Republican National Committee’s winter meeting, Karl Rove attacked that “the woman,” Hillary Clinton, for not releasing records of her time in the White House. This, according to Rove, “raises legitimate questions about what she’s hiding“:
And these doubts that she’s raising about her […]

Is Hillary playing Hardball?
This case actually confuses me. Are the caucus voters on the strip actually weighted as four or five times the count of regular preceint voters. In a process loaded with undemocratic quirks that seems especially egregious.
But no one addresses what I understand is the substance of the suit.
As this […]

January 12, 2008
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Not allowing nine polling sites would hurt Obama, help Clinton
By David McGrath Schwartz
Sat, Jan 12, 2008 (2 a.m.)
The teachers union has drawn knives on the Culinary Workers, deepening the potential political rifts over Nevada’s Jan. 19 Democratic caucus.
A lawsuit filed late Friday in federal court seeks to stop the Democratic […]

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Once again the best polling and tracking data is at Talking Points Memo.
Two other items demanding our attention are the set of Voter ID challenges before the Supreme Court this week, which could have a “big impact” on voter demographics in 2008. Nice summary here, from CQ Politics.
Also, the Gray Lady of […]

December 28, 2007
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John Edwards: Obama ‘Living in Never-Never Land’?
Edwards Criticizes Rivals as the Campaign in Iowa Enters the Home Stretch
By JAKE TAPPER
DUBUQUE, IOWA, Dec. 28, 2007—
In a wide-ranging, free-wheeling interview with Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards with ABC News Friday afternoon, the former North Carolina senator labeled “ridiculous” comments made by the […]

December 24, 2007
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State of the Unions
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: December 24, 2007
Once upon a time, back when America had a strong middle class, it also had a strong union movement.
These two facts were connected. Unions negotiated good wages and benefits for their workers, gains that often ended up being matched even […]