Posted in Election, Republican, Democratic, US on February 5th, 2008 No Comments »
Truly, politics is a game of the unpredictable. Just a few months back, no one would have thought that anybody could shake Hillary Clinton from atop the Democratic line-up, and as for the Republicans, Rudy Giuliani seemed to be some extent the shoo-in (notwithstanding his multiple marriages, his support for abortion, and a few other […]
Posted in House, Legal, Investigate, Spy, Intelligence, Justice, Discussion, US, Bush, Democratic, Republican, Terrorism on September 2nd, 2007 1 Comment »
Former attorney-general, Alberto Gonzales was under fire for a number of his statement and actions when he was acting as the Chief Legal Officer of the US. He was the one who authorized a specific movement of the Government towards the legality of torture for getting information, much greater ease of wire-tapping and spying on […]
Posted in Democracy, Defense, Republican, Democratic, US, Society on September 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Embattled Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig finally resigned after it was pretty clear to him that he was losing his party’s support. The Republican Party is not comfortable with sexual indiscretions by its senators, and quite clearly, this is a trap of their own making. They have always sought to rule on a moral basis, […]
Posted in Democracy, Discussion, Republican, Bush, US, Terrorism on July 27th, 2007 No Comments »
If you are not related to the media or in politics, the troubles currently visiting Attorney-General may seem a bit incomprehensible. So what are the troubles facing the attorney-general ? He is facing questioning over the firing of some US attorneys. These are political appointments and they serve at the President’s discretion, so firing them […]
Posted in Discussion, House, Investigate, Court, Republican, Bush, Democratic, US on July 26th, 2007 No Comments »
The controversy over the firing of the US attorneys by the Bush justice department has been played at various levels and through the media over the past few months. Congress has been attempting to get White House aides and Justice Department personnel to depose in front of them for months now. When Attorney General Gonzales […]
Posted in Republican, Discussion, Democratic, Bush, US, Iraq on July 21st, 2007 No Comments »
The Democrats have long chafed at President Bush’s strategy on Iraq. For a long time, the Democrats were in a minority, and what they said or what they wanted did not make much difference in politics. But as the war lingered on, with no seemingly achievable solution, and people started getting frustrated with the continuing […]
