Bush Katrina

GOP Attention Diminishes With The Winds Of Hurricane Gustav

Christopher Fink | Posted 09.09.2008 | Home


Christopher Fink

The best bet to weather natural disasters may be to live in an election swing state, then what happens in the the weeks after the disasters hit might really matter.

Leave No Katrina Victims Behind

Pierce O'Donnell | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics


Pierce O'Donnell

Today is the third anniversary of the worst man-made disaster in American history and not a penny of compensation has been paid to the victims; nor has a single Army Corps official been disciplined, demoted or dismissed.

Sam Stein

GOP Insider Eviscerates Bush And Party: Just "Phenomenal Arrogance"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


There is wide-spread acknowledgment, even within the party itself, that the Republican brand is currently poisonous. Faced with massive losses in Nove...

Obama vs McCain: Digging-In or "Standing Ready"

Beverly Davis | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

This weekend Barack Obama ditched his suit, picked up a shovel and started filling sandbags in the Midwest flood zone. John McCain sent a press release from a private fundraiser in Riverside, California.

Serving the People vs. Clinging to Power

Philip Slater | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics


Philip Slater

It's useful to compare the way China handled its national disaster with the way the Burmese handled the cyclone, and the way our Republican administration handled Katrina.

If Only the Wildfires Were Fake, Too

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 11.06.2007 | Politics


Robert J. Elisberg

Why should anyone think there was "mal-intent" by FEMA in holding a fake press conference and passing it off as real? It was just Bush administration business as usual. That's not mal-intent. It's just intent.