By SCHUYLER DIXON
Posts Tagged: past
SC Dems to Make Desperate Attack on Sanford’s Past ‘Ethics’ Charges
After former Republican South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford won the GOP nomination for Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-SC) congressional seat on Tuesday, Democrats signaled they will not focus on Sanford’s affair with his Argentinian mistress–now his fiancée–but will highlight possible ethics violations surrounding his trips to Argentina while he was governor. Party strategists believe there’s little… Read more »
AP: ‘Obama Limits Media In Ways No Past Administration Would’ve Dared’
Nothing’s funnier than the media whining about how Obama treats them. What the media does not seem to understand is that Obama treats them this way for one simple reason: because he can. Obama knows the media will never do anything to damage him politically. That assurance gives the president enormous latitude when it comes… Read more »
Wapo, NYT Omit Obama Nominee’s Radical Past
On Monday, President Obama tapped Thomas Perez, currently the head of the Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department, to take the helm at the Department of Labor, replacing outgoing Secretary Hilda Solis. This will be the third controversial Cabinet appointment after Brennan and Hagel. In covering the story, Peter Baker of the New York… Read more »