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Rice on Clinton: ‘I am very fond of her’

December 1st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Bush administration, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Obama administration
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had some nice things to say today about the woman on track to succeed her, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Here's what Rice told reporters at a press conference in London: The first time...

Kerry, Hagel, Lieberman praise Obama national security team

December 1st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Foreign Policy, Iraq war, Obama administration, Republicans
Reaction is rolling in on President-elect Barack Obama's leadership team national security and foreign policy. First, some conservatives. Mary Katherine Ham at The Weekly Standard (jokingly?) accuses the Obama team of "blatant misogyny" and failure of usually "impeccable staging" because...

Obama announces national security team

December 1st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Foreign Policy, Obama administration
President-elect Barack Obama's transition office has just formally announced his national security team. His nominees are: New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, secretary of state; Defense Secretary Robert Gates, defense secretary; Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, homeland security secretary; retired Army...

‘Boston Globe:’ Kerry to chair Senate Foreign Relations Committee

November 20th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Foreign Policy, Senate
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., will chair the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the next Congress, the Boston Globe reports. It cites "congressional officials" as its sources. The top spot at Foreign Relations is opening up because Joe Biden is moving...

Joe the plumber says Obama would be ‘death to Israel’

October 28th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Economy, Foreign Policy, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Joe Wurzelbacher, the Ohioan made famous by Republican John McCain this year as "Joe the plumber," is branching out from tax policy to the Middle East. Fox News reports that today at a rally for McCain at a flag store...

GOP ticket seizes on Biden prediction that crisis would test Obama

October 21st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Foreign Policy, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Republican John McCain, running mate Sarah Palin and their party seized today on remarks by Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden to challenge Democrat Barack Obama's readiness to be president. Biden on Sunday called Obama "a brilliant 47-year-old senator" and...

TPM: McCain’s brother says he would pursue terrorists across borders

October 6th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Foreign Policy, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
The liberal blog Talking Points Memo has posted audio in which Republican John McCain's brother, Joe, tells Virginians at a political event that John McCain would chase Osama bin Laden across borders. As TPM summarizes: "McCain, of course, has ridiculed...

USA TODAY/Gallup Poll: Obama did better job in first debate

September 27th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Debates, Democrats, Economy, Foreign Policy, Polls, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
A new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows 46% of people who watched Friday night's presidential debate say Democrat Barack Obama did a better job than Republican John McCain; 34% said McCain did better. Obama scored even better -- 52%-35% -- when...

Palin talks to CBS about Russia and Putin ‘rearing his head’

September 25th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Foreign Policy, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
CBS has released another snippet of its extended interview with Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. This segment centers on an earlier Palin statement that she has foreign policy experience because her state is so close to Russia. Watch it...

Vets for Obama: Election is not about who was a P.O.W.

August 18th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Foreign Policy, Iraq war, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
A half-dozen young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars just had a conference call to talk about their efforts on behalf of Democrat Barack Obama. They were asked whether it is "appropriate" for Republican John McCain to highlight his...
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