Call It A Comeback
The Note has an interesting exchange about the FEC and Campaign Finance Reform. Congress may win in the end, but clearly this is a case where Presidential influence in bureaucratic decision-making is dominant. Calling McNollgast and Moe.
Politically, this creates a problem for Bush. Pissing off McCain only has a downside.
When not whining about Democrats and Howell Raines, Kaus does some good stuff. If correct, this is the scoop of the day.
The problem with the analysis is that Davis is so incredibly obsessive he probably has 13 interest groups ready with attack ads against Arnold and Riordan. I doubt Arnold can hold up to the ugliness. Riordan is a different deal and here in Misserah, he’d be a liberal commie pinko along with Rudy Guiliani. So I’d be all for Riordan taking on the blowhards. The problem is with the mediocre race he ran in the primary, it is unclear Riordan want to be governor.
Thanks to Counterspin Central for the linkage. For those here for the first time–Blog Saint Louis linked at the side is for news concerning the Saint Louis Region. This page covers everything else with a healthy dose of Illinois politics. Florida and Iowa news make regular appearances as well.
I’m starting the Church of Urlacher.
Zorn identifies the problem with blanket amnesty. If you grant it, the rest of the debate and discussion will be ruined.
At least Kass agrees with me about Bob Greene. And kudos for the consistency. As much as I disagreed with him about Clinton and abortion, Kass is always consistent.
Steve Chapman is great. The article above is good, but best is this joke:
” The USDA’s persistence brings to mind the joke about the civil servant found weeping at his desk in the Bureau of Indian Affairs. “What’s wrong?” someone asked. “My Indian died,” he answered.”
The hard work is just beginning on welfare reform and Califano points out why. The easy cases have largely been solved barring large increases in unemployment. Keeping strict standards is fine, but one has to understand the population we are dealing with.
So let’s have a countdown to the first moron who says that the environmentalists were crying wolf over ozone depletion now that the ozone hole is being replenished. The real story is the Montreal Protocol worked perfectly.
Even better, the double screw-up when they confuse global warming and ozone depletion will come from somewhere (other than Freepers who are just too easy).
I’ve been rooting for McBride for some time. Right after Pete Peterson said he wouldn’t make the race after the terrorist attacks a year ago and McBride got in, I thought he would be a good candidate. However, it appears that I might have my cake and eat it too.
Oh, Jeb is running a commercial bragging that he got a stop light placed near a high school. Admittedly, the US political system focuses on casework, but one of the Big 4 governors thinks that is going to get him votes?
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