Bill Press and Pat Buchanan move to MSNBC.
Category: Politics (2002-2004)
Box score.
Dems and the GOP discuss their 2002 Senate campaign strategies.
Trouble ahead.
Paul Krugman worries aloud about Rovian economic policy, while Tom Oliphant preps for an economic train wreck.
Truckin’.
Republican candidates for the South Carolina governorship try to outredneck each other. Only in Carolina would a candidate brag that he “stood up against the NAACP when no one else would.” Unbelievable.
Conspiracy theories.
A study by Public Citizen finds that McCain-Feingold will benefit liberals in the short-term more than anyone else. I’m sure the GOP will have something to say about that.
The Washington Ten.
Speaking of which, if you can’t beat ’em, blacklist ’em. The GOP attempts to filter out Democrats from the lobbyist pool.
You can take it with you.
The Republican House, with the aid of 40 Dem defectors, vote to kill the estate tax. So where’s the money for Dubya’s new homeland security initiatives going to come from…or anything else, for that matter?
Going Public.
“We need a new relationship between the Democratic Party and corporate America–call it arms-length–so that our party is capable of independently affirming the public interest.” Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) invokes progressive themes in his call to make the Dems more public-minded.
Friendly Fire.
Will the Greens derail Paul Wellstone? Normally, I’m very sympathetic of Green challenges to Dem candidates, but Wellstone is about as progressive as they come. That being said, TNR‘s got no credibility on the issue. They’ve despised the Greens ever since Nader first threatened to upset Marty Peretz’s favorite son.
Doh.
Republican Mitt Romney’s bid for the Massachusetts governorship is complicated by his paying (significantly lower) Utah taxes the past three years.