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Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider Archive for September 2008
Blog Entries for Wednesday, September 17
New Terrain - 47 Days Out
It's a different type of day in the Presidential race on this Thursday, as John McCain ventures out of pure battleground territory and into a pair of states where he is the underdog to Barack Obama. After spending the first three days of this week in classic states like Florida, ...
No Questions For You, Sucka
It's been almost three weeks since Sarah Palin was named as John McCain's running mate, and she still hasn't held a news conference or taken questions from reporters covering her. It's been over a month since President Bush answered questions from White House scribes. I write that not to be ...
GOP Vows Continued Fight On Energy
With Democrats openly mocking them on the floor of the House, Republicans tried to regroup after their defeat Tuesday on energy legislation, as GOP lamwakers vowed to keep up their calls for real energy reform before and after the elections. One way that seems likely is another round of daily ...
Democrats In Congress Find Their Voice
This week's troubles on Wall Street and approval of an energy bill in the House seems to have given a boost to Democrats in the Congress, as they've ended months of reactive political behavior and gone on the offensive against Republicans and John McCain. Democrats seemed more feisty than ever ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, September 16
Another Ballot Battle In Texas
While Democrats and Republicans battle over the ballot position of a Senate race in Mississippi, Libertarian Presidential candidate Bob Barr is going to court to keep the Democrat and Republican candidates off the ballot in Texas. Barr on Tuesday filed suit in the Lone Star state, charging that neither party ...
The House Finally Votes On Energy
On the day that the price of oil fell further under $100, the cheapest it has been in months, the House finally got around to voting on a major energy bill, a plan designed by Democrats. It passed, but is most likely going nowhere. "It won't do a damn thing about ...
The Campaign - 48 Days Out
It's another day of battleground campaigning in the Presidential race, as Barack Obama stays out West and John McCain and Sarah Palin spend another day together in a key Midwest state. What may get more attention today is not where Obama goes today - he's in Nevada - but where ...
Mississippi's Senate Ballot
There will be a number of skirmishes as always this election year over certain decisions by elections officials on the ballot that voters get. One of those, from Mississippi, is already before the Justice Department. At issue is a special election in the Magnolia State to fill out the term ...
Blog Entries for Monday, September 15
I Can't Make This Stuff Up
As I have made clear over the past few weeks, this campaign just keeps giving journalists and late night comedians more than enough material to work with. The latest example, Sarah Palin's tanning bed. "Self-proclaimed "hockey mom" Sarah Palin had a private tanning bed installed in the Governor's Mansion in ...
Ethics Heat on Rep. Rangel
Pressure is growing on powerful House Ways and Means Committee chair Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) to step aside as head of that committee, as more stories surface raising ethical questions about his business dealings. The week began on a sour note, as the New York Times used a lead editorial ...
The Schedule - 49 Days Out
I say it a lot, but I really do think it is important to the story of covering an election - the schedule tells us so much about what a campaign and the candidate want to achieve, and that's true again today. Barack Obama began the week in Colorado and ...
Election Opportunity For Obama?
The troubles on Wall Street Monday which resulted in an over 500 point loss on the Dow Jones Industrial Average could well help Barack Obama steer the attention of the 2008 Elections back to the economy, an issue that should give an advantage to Democrats. "This turmoil is a major ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, September 14
Seven Weeks To Go
As my father and I sat in front of the TV watching what seemed at first to be another Redskins loss on Sunday, we tried our best to unlock the 2008 Presidential race and figure out who has the advantage right now, with seven weeks of campaigning left. "I don't ...
The Sarah Palin Factor
While Barack Obama cancelled his guest spot on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, the SNL crew did what many had expected, using Tina Fey to do a dead-on imitation of GOP running mate Gov. Sarah Palin. If you didn't see it, I'm sure you can find it on the ...
Congress Finally Getting Energized?
With gasoline prices above $5/gallon in some areas thanks to Hurricane Ike, lawmakers return to work this week with votes looming on major energy issues. But I will still be surprised if anything consequential becomes law on energy before Election Day. House Democrats last week unveiled plans that were roundly ...
Blog Entries for Monday, September 8
Gone Fishin'
Going on vacation! Be back soon...
Blog Entries for Friday, September 5
Palin The Savior
There were times during the final night of the Republican convention when you suddenly realized that few people seemed to be paying attention to anything that didn't involve a mention of the name of Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Delegates were still buzzing about the Alaska Governor's speech from Wednesday ...
John McCain, GOP Nominee
After falling short eight years ago, John McCain basked in the glory of the Republican nomination for President on Thursday night in St. Paul, Minnesota, as he predicted victory in November. McCain seemed to play 'Good Cop' to VP nominee Sarah Palin's 'Bad Cop' attacks of the night before, as ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, September 4
Todd Palin Speaks
At lunch time on Thursday in St. Paul, I was trying to figure out how best to stay awake when I suddenly looked at the TV screen, and saw something that made me jump. And it wasn't the pushpin that I had been sticking into my knee in hopes of ...
Gov. Palin Answers The Call
I figured that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wasn't going to choke in the spotlight of the Republican National Convention last night. And she didn't. Instead, she absolutely smoked her first test as a high profile candidate. Gov. Palin used a well refined delivery to mix barbs directed at the media, ...
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