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Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider Archive for August 2008
Blog Entries for Saturday, August 16
A Vice Presidential Week For Obama?
The Democratic Convention begins one week from today, which means the clock is really ticking for Barack Obama in terms of his choice for a running mate. And still, I have no idea who he is going to choose, and no real feel for what would be the "best" choice.One ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, August 14
Obama Fights "The Obama Nation"
In the "Lessons Learned" section about how Sen. John Kerry ran his race for the White House four years ago, there certainly is something to learn about how a candidate should respond to attacks against him, no matter how scurrilous they may be. The name of author Jerome Corsi probably ...
Minnesota Senators and Rent
What is it with Republican Senators from Minnesota? 16 years ago I covered the ethics troubles of Sen. David Durenberger, which were centered on his housing on Capitol Hill. 16 years later, there is another GOP Senator from that state in hot water over his lodgings. This time, the focus ...
It's The Economy, Stupid
New figures out from the Labor Department on Thursday made me think again about what's going to drive voters as they make their choice for President in November, as I went back to James Carville's memorable line from the 1992 campaign. When you have consumer prices in July rising at double ...
Hillary Clinton Gets A Convention Roll Call
Democrats have announced plans today to allow Hillary Clinton's name to be placed in nomination at the Democratic Convention, giving the party a chance to showcase unity later this month in Denver. With strong supporters of Clinton demanding such a roll call, the two campaigns decided to pre-empt those moves ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, August 13
More VP Questions
With the August break definitely slowing the news cycle here in DC, several of my colleagues tried to brainstorm our way to choose Barack Obama's Vice Presidential nominee on Wednesday. None of us could come up with anything. About the only answer was picking someone with military experience, because Obama ...
GOP Infighting On Energy
As Republican lawmakers gather in the House for another day of energy speeches during the Congressional break, a rift has definitely emerged within the GOP on what the legislative answers are for high oil and gas prices. The tiff was started Tuesday by House lawmakers, who sent a letter to ...
"This Is Not 1968"
The Bush Administration turned up the public heat on the Russians Wednesday, as Russian troops took up positions not far from the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, which could obviously be theirs if they wanted to take it. "We expect Russia to meet its committment to cease all military activities in ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, August 12
VP Countdown For Obama & McCain
Before you know it, we are going to have a nominee picked for Vice President by both Barack Obama and John McCain, as two weeks from tonight, the Democratic choice for the number two slot will speak to his or her party's convention. Three weeks from tonight, it will be ...
A Punishment For Russia?
Despite the tough talk from the US and other Western European capitals, there isn't much that the NATO alliance can do to really punish Russia for their incursion/invasion of Georgia, so the search is on for some symbolic actions to take. John McCain has long been offering one of the ...
Staying On Message On Energy
As Republican lawmakers in Congress kept up their drumbeat of criticism of Democrats over energy issues, President Bush joined in from the White House on Tuesday, but no one is willing to predict whether it will actually get Congress to produce an energy bill this year. Anything Mr. Bush would ...
Blog Entries for Monday, August 11
Celebrity v Georgia; Politics 2008
Mark me down as a bit puzzled by the decision of Barack Obama's campaign to respond - several days late - to John McCain's "celebrity" ad against Obama by putting up a "celebrity" ad of their own. "If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the new Obama ad ...
Russia On The Move
The news alerts on the Associated Press wire on Monday seemed so far away, and yet sent such a strong message to other newly independent states which were once under the influence and control of the Kremlin. "URGENT - Russian troops seize military base in Georgia," read the AP dispatch ...
August Slows The GOP Energy Blitz
The August Recess as it is known around Capitol Hill is an almost sacrosanct happening. Congress is gone for five weeks, the President leaves town for most of the month and lots of people go on vacation. That reality has already trimmed back the focus on the GOP Energy speeches ...
The Russian Bear Returns
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, U.S. diplomacy has operated under the thought process that the Russians were going to be our friends and allies, and not a competing superpower. Those assumptions now must be quickly changed. Russia's military moves into the Georgian area of South Osettia proves that ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, August 10
John Edwards Part Deux
I have to admit that my mouth is still sort of wide open, that I'm still shaking my head about the admissions and non-admissions from John Edwards about his affair with a woman he hired to produce videos for him. From a damage control point of view, Edwards gets big ...
Blog Entries for Friday, August 8
John Edwards Down In Flames
What was once denied as "tabloid trash" has now been admitted by former Senator and two-time Democratic Presidential hopeful John Edwards. He was noodling around on the side with a campaign worker as he was running for President. "Was he in a coma during the whole Bill Clinton thing?" my ...
A Big Oil Warning For Republicans?
While GOP lawmakers in the Congress will rally again this week on the floor of the adjourned U.S. House of Representatives, some might want to look to a Republican primary last week and think about their efforts on energy. One of those who came back to the Capitol to help in ...
A Little Bit Of History
It's not too often that something happens which hasn't been seen in a long time in the U.S. Congress, but we did have one of those moments on Friday. While the House is out on a five-week break, the Senate is technically still in session, meeting every few days in ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, August 7
Strange Rumblings In Our Mailbag
Evidently the last week or so in U.S. politics left a number of people very aggravated, and their notes showed up in my Inbox. "Your hero Pelosi - Are you one of the few to have her book? demanded Lou "The Toe" Grucza, who then happily noted how few books ...
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