Mark Towner Spyglass: Today's Political Headlines

Dems Try to Choose Bush's Attorney General
Posted: 14 Sep 2007 12:54 AM GMT-06:00
In the next few days, President George W. Bush will choose a new Attorney General to succeed Alberto Gonzales. Even before he does, Democrats and their allies are announcing that the President...


Does America Want a Clinton Monarchy?
Posted: 14 Sep 2007 12:49 AM GMT-06:00
There's a strange debate dominating the Democratic campaign so far. Hillary Clinton's calling card seems to be the experience that she possesses and that Barack Obama lacks. " 'Change' is just a word...


A 'Realistic Chance' of Success
Posted: 14 Sep 2007 12:48 AM GMT-06:00
As always, the inadvertent slip is the most telling. Discussing the performance of British troops, Gen. David Petraeus told Sen. Joe Biden of the Foreign Relations Committee that he'd be consulting...


Dems Need to Break with the Outer Left
Posted: 14 Sep 2007 12:46 AM GMT-06:00
Democrats need their "Sister Souljah moment" with the outer left, and they need it now. The MoveOn.org ad -- "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?" -- was simply unacceptable. Not only was it dumb,...


Painting the Suburbs Blue
Posted: 14 Sep 2007 12:36 AM GMT-06:00
As Virginia goes, so goes the Senate -- and the nation? The decision of former Virginia governor Mark Warner to run for the seat of retiring Republican Sen. John Warner is more than just bad news...


The War Against Politics
Posted: 14 Sep 2007 12:35 AM GMT-06:00
WASHINGTON -- Reflecting on Gen. David H. Petraeus' report and surrounding carnival, it's little wonder the natives are restless -- popping off in angry ads, firing personal invectives and, as...


The Perils of Overreach
Posted: 14 Sep 2007 12:35 AM GMT-06:00
Hillary Clinton incontestably spoke the truth about the Iraq war this past February at the annual meeting of the Democratic National Committee when she said, "I understand the frustration and...


Putin's Puzzling PM Pick
Posted: 14 Sep 2007 12:21 AM GMT-06:00
Russia has been nothing if not full of (mostly unpleasant) surprises recently, from the resumption of bomber patrols to planting flags on the Arctic seabed. And while the collapse of Prime Minister...


Stopping the Next War
Posted: 14 Sep 2007 12:21 AM GMT-06:00
President Bush has won the Battle of September. When he turns over the presidency on Jan. 20, 2009, there will likely be as many U.S. troops in Iraq as there were when Congress was...


Circus Maximus
Posted: 14 Sep 2007 12:13 AM GMT-06:00
WASHINGTON -- Any objective observer who watched or read this week's House and Senate testimony of Gen. David Petraeus received an informative assessment of the battlefield situation in Mesopotamia....


Hillary Wants to 'Change Our Country'
Posted: 13 Sep 2007 01:30 PM GMT-06:00
In the spring of 1993, shortly after her husband and political benefactor Bill Clinton took office as the nation's 42nd president, Hillary Clinton delivered the commencement address at the University...


Turning the Page in Iraq
Posted: 13 Sep 2007 12:45 AM GMT-06:00
Clinton, IA September 12, 2007 A few months ago, I met a woman who told me her nephew was leaving for Iraq. As she started to tell me about how much she'd miss him and how worried she was about...