Informed Speculation

It’s not only Alcee Hastings that should give us pause, says Radley Balko, as he calls for Pelosi to live up to her pledge to ‘drain the swamp’: Here’s the challenge:  [Rep. Alan B.] Mollahan is, to say the least, “ethically challenged.”  There’s no sensible reason for him to retain his seat on the most [...]

You know Media Matters, right? The George Soros-funded, Duncan ‘Atrios’ Black (aka The World’s Laziest Blogger, aka Open Thread)-employing home for hackery? If you’re not familiar with it, you should correct that, because it’s one of the most surefire addresses for hilarity on the Net. A perfect example of how Media Matters catches ‘bias’ is [...]

Another day, another Harry Reid financial impropriety: Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has been using campaign donations instead of his personal money to pay Christmas bonuses for the support staff at the Ritz-Carlton where he lives in an upscale condominium. Federal election law bars candidates from converting political donations for personal use. Questioned about the [...]

The Washington Post has some harsh words for the Senate Minority Leader: THE BEST CASE for Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) is that he was sloppy about financial disclosure rules in accounting for a real estate deal on which he made a $700,000 profit. The more unattractive case is that the senator’s inaccurate [...]

Dean Barnett takes a look at the Kossack reaction to Israel’s war with Hezbollah, and he sees still more trouble ahead for candidates who seek to pander to the progressive blogosphere. Barnett first notes the silence of the front-pagers: THE CONFLAGRATION in Lebanon has provided an example of the people-powered movement’s potential to be a [...]

The defense of Harry Reid regarding his latest ethical lapses is so plainly flimsy that it’s no wonder he has already decided he’d better give in and try to move on. Let’s break it down: 1. John Solomon is biased. Need I spend any time on this? Blaming the messenger is surely not an argument [...]

Put another nail in the coffin of the ‘Culture of Corruption’ talking point: Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, who has criticized Republican ethics, accepted free ringside tickets to three professional boxing matches from Nevada officials who were trying to influence his federal legislation regulating the sport. Reid, D-Nev., took the free seats for Las Vegas [...]

Want another reason the Democrats aren’t rushing to endorse the Feingold censure proposal? Try this on for size: On the Senate side, Sen. Harry Reid and his chairman of the DSCC, Sen. Chuck Schumer, continue to press the anti-war rhetoric as key to their success. On Thursday afternoon, Reid took heat from some members for [...]

Lots of reaction from the lefties to the recent stories linking Harry Reid with Jack Abramoff, most of it of the self-serving tortured logic variety. The AP sets the stage (curiously, the story isn’t getting much play from the New York Times): Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid wrote at least four letters helpful to [...]

Say it ain’t so…I’ve been assured by everyone that Abramoff only touched the corrupt Republicans…but here come rumors that Harry Reid is in big, big trouble…Chris Wallace caught Howard Dean this morning with a report from the Center for Responsive Politics: WALLACE: I just want to ask you about this question of the Democratic involvement. [...]

Do I lie? No, no – here’s the proof: The YearlyKos Board of Directors announced today that Democratic Senator Harry Reid will speak at the 2006 YearlyKos bloggers convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. “Senator Reid’s reputation as a common sense leader who unapologetically stands for what he believes in has made him a hero to [...]

How does a Democrat who dissents from the ‘progressive’ viewpoint on Iraq get treated? Let’s take a look: Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) is troubled by Lieberman’s comments, Reid’s aides said. “I’ve talked to Senator Lieberman, and unfortunately he is at a different place on Iraq than the majority of the American people,” [...]

By now, everyone has heard that Dick Cheney has moved into counterattack mode in a big way, saying: “The President and I cannot prevent certain politicians from losing their memory, or their backbone — but we’re not going to sit by and let them rewrite history.” I have nothing new to add, other than my [...]

Yep, we have our first two-time winner. What has Kos done to earn this distinction? In less than 100 words, he has proven that his political acumen is fast approaching zero. Consider this, referring to yesterday’s precedent-shattering and extremely foolish declaration of partisan war by Harry Reid: I think it bears restating that Reid just [...]

By now, no one is even pretending that yesterday’s partisan move by Harry Reid was anything less than a gimmick to try to derail the Bush comeback: Democrats did not deny it was a stunt: a brazen effort to change the subject from the Supreme Court confirmation of Sam Alito, which Republicans prefer, to war [...]

The Democratic pitch on today’s brief Senate closed session was that it was necessary to get Pat Roberts to move on Phase 2 of the report on intelligence failures pre-Iraq War. It sounds plausible; maybe it’s true, maybe it isn’t, but certainly the timing was meant to coincide with a renewed vigor in the Bush [...]

The Senate Minority Leader has just taken a quite remarkably partisan and reckless step and moved the Senate into ‘closed session’ to discuss the intelligence that led to war. Fitzmas was a bust, and Alito stole the spotlight, so Reid is trying to steal it back, plan and simple. Horribly irresponsible, but I do hope [...]

From our Chillin’ fellow Coalitionist Eric of Viking Pundit fame, commenting on Harry Reid’s implied filibuster threat: That the Democrats would vote against such a qualified nominee indicates they’re completely in the tank for their special interests. Reid is utterly insane if he believes this is a threat…the filibuster threat…was spayed and neutered last year! [...]

Is there any way a Republican can escape slander and opposition from the partisan hacks who rule the Democratic Party? Take John Roberts, a man who, by all accounts, is brilliant, personable, and extremely capable. Democrats on the Judiciary Committee privately praised Roberts as the best candidate to ever appear before them. Yet, apparently, there [...]

Kathryn Lopez at NRO’s The Corner is predicting a Michael Brown resignation Friday morning. Is that a good move? Probably, in a fall-on-your-sword, protect-the-commander way. I’ve resisted calling for the firing or resignation of Brown, though, for reasons like this: After Andrew, Mikulski slammed the agency for a “pathetically sluggish” response, and on the ground, [...]