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Podcast: Quin Hillyer of The Washington Times Talks Byrd, Kagan
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyToday's the first of our podcasts posted on Politics Daily. You can check in here each week day for a new interview. On today's podcast, we chat with Quin Hillyer, a senior editorial writer for The Washington Times, as well as a senior editor for The American Spectator. Hillyer discusses Senator Robert C. Byrd's legacy and the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. Subscribe to The Matt Lewis Show on iTunes! ...
Poll: Republicans Are Warming to Census
By David Knowles - AOL News(March 16) -- Despite months of skepticism from conservative politicians and pundits, at least as many Republicans as Democrats now say they are certain to participate in the 2010 census, a new poll finds. According to a Pew Research Center poll conducted March 10-14, 74 percent of Republicans surveyed said they "definitely will" participate in the census. That number is up 20 percentage points from when Pew asked the same question the week of Jan. 6-10. The strong showing of support for the census among Republicans comes after months of criticism from conservative figures. Ross D. ...
The New Right-Wing Hit Job: Kevin Jennings
By David Corn - Politics DailyIs the right-wing hit squad going cruel? After chasing both Van Jones, a White House green jobs adviser, and Yosi Sergant, the communications director of the National Endowment for the Arts, out of their jobs, they have a new target in the crosshairs: Kevin Jennings, director of the Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. The conservative Family Research Council has launched a crusade to get Jennings canned. The Washington Times has accused Jennings of "failure to report" statutory rape. Fox Nation Web site has also bashed Jennings for "covering up statutory rape." ...
McCain Adviser: Stop Whining, America!
By David Knowles - Politics DailyVia The Washington Times and TPM comes yet another embarrassment for John McCain's campaign. This time, McCain's "top economic adviser," Phil Gramm had the following to say about the lousy economy and its effects on American working men and women:"You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession," he said, noting that growth has held up at about 1 percent despite all the publicity over losing jobs to India, China, illegal immigration, housing and credit card problems and record oil prices. "We may have a recession; we haven't had one yet.""We have sort of become a nation of ...
Reporter Subpoenaed in Spy Case
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyVeteran national security reporter from the Washington Times Bill Gertz has been ordered by a Federal judge to reveal his source for a series of articles he wrote in 2006 that discussed a pending Federal indictment in a little-noticed espionage case. Gertz reported that Chinese engineer Tai Mak and four of his relatives had been targeted by the Justice Department for indictment over allegations that Mak conspired to provide U.S. defense information to China. Mak and his relatives later pleaded guilty to lesser charges and are serving time in Federal prison.The court order for Gertz to testify ...
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