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Iraq Gov't Fails Progress Report
Iraq Gov't Fails Progress Report
Jul 10, 2007 11:26 AM CDT

Iraq Gov't Fails Progress Report

US-backed regime lags on all economic and political targets

(Newser) - The Iraqi government has failed to meet any of the benchmarks for reforms mandated when Congress funded the troop surge, according to a progress report due out this week. An unnamed official tells the AP that the disappointing outcome will accelerate the administration's decision-making process on Iraq, but another anonymous...

Senate Post Won Thompson Sons Top Lobby Job$

Access to dad kickstarts kids' careers

(Newser) - Fred Thompson's two sons won lucrative jobs as lobbyists after their father became a Senator, despite having next to no qualifications for the work, the New York Times reports. The information could prove embarrassing to the Thompson campaign as the GOP presidential candidate strives to present himself as a reformer...

Wall Street, GOP Team Up on Tax Bill

Proposal would raise tax rate for private-equity profits from 15% to 35%

(Newser) - Wall Street stormed Washington yesterday, as more than 70 lobbyists for financial firms met with GOP lawmakers to organize opposition to a bill that would raise the tax rate on private-equity partners. The proposal would require managers at private partnerships to pay the normal income tax rate of up to...

Bloomberg Waves Goodbye to GOP
Bloomberg Waves Goodbye to GOP
Jun 19, 2007 6:29 PM CDT

Bloomberg Waves Goodbye to GOP

NY mayor's party shift may foretell White House run

(Newser) - Mike Bloomberg has changed the party in his voter registration from Republican to "unaffiliated," sparking speculation that he will throw the 2008 campaign into turmoil by running for president as an independent. The New York mayor has vowed to leave politics after his term expires in 2009, the...

Repubs Desert Bush, Driving Approval Numbers Down

NBC/Journal poll records record low

(Newser) - President Bush's approval rating has dropped to 29%, plummeting 6 points in two months. It's his lowest number ever in the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll and reflects disintegrating support within his own party. The results further reveals that only one in five Americans believe the country is on the right...

Thompson Gains on Giuliani
Thompson Gains on Giuliani
Jun 12, 2007 11:16 AM CDT

Thompson Gains on Giuliani

Unannounced candidate polls second, ahead of McCain, Romney

(Newser) - Fred Thompson hasn't even declared his candidacy, but he's already gaining support in the race for the Republican nomination. Rudy Giuliani has the backing of 27% of likely voters in an LA Times/Bloomberg poll reported today, with Thompson just behind at 21%. The poll's director cautions that Thompson "has...

Report: White House Stacking Immigration Courts

Bush appointees chosen for GOP loyalty

(Newser) - The White House is illegally packing the nation's immigration courts with GOP partisans, circumventing civil service rules to appoint administration insiders and cronies, according to a Washington Post analysis of relevant records. A third of judges appointed to the immigration bench since 2004 have been party loyalists, and half had...

GOP Hopefuls Turn On Bush
GOP Hopefuls Turn On Bush
Jun 6, 2007 5:30 AM CDT

GOP Hopefuls Turn On Bush

Take White House to task on war, immigration

(Newser) - There was so much criticism of the Bush administration at the GOP debate last night the Republican White House hopefuls sounded like Democrats. John McCain, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Tommy Thompson all cranked up criticism of the administration's handling of the war. The president's diplomatic deficiencies and stand on...

Business History Boosts, Bogs Down Romney

Controversial moves shadow onetime buyout specialist

(Newser) - Mitt Romney's business success gives him the resources necessary to run a presidential campaign, but his deal-making background also opens him to criticism. The success of Bain Capital helped Romney built his personal fortune, the Times report, and the fact that he wasn't afraid to cut jobs for the sake...

Laziness Rep Dogs Thompson
Laziness
Rep Dogs Thompson
Jun 1, 2007 2:24 PM CDT

Laziness Rep Dogs Thompson

The '08 contender's biggest hurdle will be overcoming his indolent image, John Dickerson says

(Newser) - Fred Thompson has declared his intention to run in '08, but to succeed he'll have to get past his longstanding reputation for laziness, writes Slate's John Dickerson. The former senator and "Law & Order" star prefers adages to more strenuous tactics, and that approach could sink the self-styled outsider...

Thompson to Enter '08 Race
Thompson to Enter '08 Race
May 30, 2007 3:25 PM CDT

Thompson to Enter '08 Race

Actor and ex-senator has GOP royalty in his camp, frontrunners in his sights

(Newser) - Fred Thompson will enter the 2008 presidential race in early July, the Politico reports, bolstered by millions of dollars in contributions and the support of key Republican insiders. The "Law & Order" star and former Tennessee senator, a hard-line conservative, will pitch himself as a steady, consistent presence who...

Immigration Debate Splits GOP
Immigration Debate Splits GOP
May 28, 2007 1:13 PM CDT

Immigration Debate Splits GOP

Fears for party's future amp up rhetoric for and against legalization path for immigrants

(Newser) - Deep divisions within the GOP over immigration reform have become increasingly bitter in recent weeks, the LA Times reports, with senior figures on both sides  engaging in a rare public spat. On one side are those who fear alienating the mostly white conservative base; on the other those who want...

Breaking from Bush, GOP Splinters
Breaking from Bush, GOP Splinters
May 28, 2007 8:00 AM CDT

Breaking from Bush, GOP Splinters

Rove, DeLay, and Gingrich on the future of the conservative movement

(Newser) - The Republican Party is fracturing politically and strategically, writes the New Yorker's Jeffrey Goldberg. As Bush's approval ratings continue to sink, current and former GOP bigwigs—like Newt Gingrich and Tom DeLay—are looking to redirect the conservative movement as the 2008 election nears.

Supporters Back Condi in '08
Supporters Back Condi in '08
May 24, 2007 8:07 AM CDT

Supporters Back Condi in '08

'We're going to draft her like Eisenhower,' enthusiasts say, despite her demurrals

(Newser) - Condoleeza Rice has a campaign manager and a campaign bus, even though she's not running for president, thanks to Crystal Drueker, a die-hard backer of the secretary of state who won't  take no for an answer. Based out of her mobile home—"The Condi Mobile"—Drueker launched the...

McCain Misses 42nd Straight Senate Vote

Why vote on Iraq if you could be campaigning in New York?

(Newser) - John McCain missed his 42nd straight Senate roll call yesterday, marking a whopping five weeks in a row that he hasn't showed up to be counted. If he misses the next three votes, he will have been AWOL for 50% of the votes in the 110th Congress, the Washington Post...

Debate Torture for GOP Hopefuls
Debate Torture for GOP Hopefuls
May 16, 2007 7:25 AM CDT

Debate Torture for GOP Hopefuls

Front-runners clash over interrogation techniques, conservative credibility

(Newser) - Ten Republican presidential candidates mixed it up in an often boisterous and contentious debate last night at the University of South Carolina. John McCain, Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, in particular, clashed on the war in Iraq, abortion rights, immigration, each other's conservative credentials and the use of torture in...

Thompson Fails Reagan Test
Thompson Fails Reagan Test
May 7, 2007 11:40 AM CDT

Thompson Fails Reagan Test

Novak: Would-be candidate's 'ordinary' debut disappoints supporters

(Newser) - For a party in search of its last, best hope, Fred Thompson may turn out to be not so much savior as dud. The actor-turned-senator-turned-heir to the Reagan throne chose Orange County's conservative Lincoln Club for his first speech since the presidential hype began, and the reaction, writes Robert Novak,...

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