DO THEY HAVE FAX MACHINES? So, according to the speech last night, we�re just now installing motion sensors and infrared cameras on the Mexican border? Can this be true? Watching Goldfinger a little while ago, I actually wondered about this. You�ll recall the early scene in which Bond, joined by a revenge-seeking Tilly Masterson, whose […]
Michael Tomasky
Michael Tomasky is the American editor-at-large of the Guardian (UK). He was executive editor of the Prospect from 2003 to 2006.
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WHAT�S THIS ABOUT?
WHAT�S THIS ABOUT? Like any lib, I was somewhat surprised by that Washington Post poll this morning finding that 63 percent of Americans approve of the NSA surveillance program (and when people were asked how they�d feel if their own calls were being monitored, approval went up by 3 percent!). Seems to me there are […]
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The T-Word
So Nancy Pelosi was on Meet the Press Sunday, and I thought she was doing pretty well as she was talking up the Democrats’ plan for energy independence. Then Tim Russert hit her with this: RUSSERT: But this will be huge subsidies to bring it about. Would you be willing to roll back the Bush […]
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HANDS DOWN. Can…
HANDS DOWN. Can I just say that my best moment as editor of The American Prospect came — no-brainer here, dude — when I parred the 16th at Rock Creek last summer. It�s a fierce Par 4 — just a slight dogleg left, but a ribbon-thin fairway with dense spinach on both sides and a […]
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The T-Word
So Nancy Pelosi was on Meet the Press Sunday, and I thought she was doing pretty well as she was talking up the Democrats’ plan for energy independence. Then Tim Russert hit her with this: RUSSERT: But this will be huge subsidies to bring it about. Would you be willing to roll back the Bush […]
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WRONG AGAIN, TOMASKY….
WRONG AGAIN, TOMASKY. Nope, not about the Democrats and the common good. I�m basically right about that. But my daring prediction that Matt Santos would make Arnie Vinick his vice president on The West Wing went up in smoke Sunday night (and I wasn�t even around to see it — I was in an undisclosed […]
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Party in Search of a Notion
The opportunity before the Democrats is far bigger than a few House and Senate seats if they can recognize — and seize — this unique historical moment.
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Party in Search of a Notion
The Democrats are feeling upbeat these days, and why not? The Republican president and vice president have lost the country’s confidence. The Republican-controlled Congress is a sump of corruption, sycophancy, and broken principle. Races in the midterm election that Democratic leaders wouldn’t have dreamed of a few months ago are in play (the Senate seat […]
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DEAN CALLS FOR…
DEAN CALLS FOR DECLASSIFICATION RE WASHPOST PIECE. DNC Chairman Howard Dean this morning called on the Bush administration to declassify a 2003 Defense Intelligence Agency-sponsored report that undercuts a key administration claim about Saddam Hussein-era Iraqi weapons. As reported in this morning�s Washington Post, the DIA sent a team of experts to Iraq in May […]
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HALFWAY HOME. As…
HALFWAY HOME. As I had predicted, Matt Santos won the presidency last night on The West Wing, eking out a surprise win in Nevada. Now the stage is set for the completion of my prediction, the more interesting second part: Santos, in the wake of Leo McGarry�s death, names Arnold Vinick as his national unity […]