Washington Babylon

Read top official’s resignation letter A few months back I reported on internal fighting at the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), describing what looked to be a power grab by…

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Barack Obama doesn’t have the Democratic presidential nomination sewn up, but barring some very unexpected results tonight the odds seem to be moving in his favor. Obama has proved to…

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Christopher Ward, the man at the center of the scandal brewing at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), has resigned from Political Compliance Services, the firm announced yesterday. Meanwhile Politico…

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Mitt Romney reportedly teared up during his withdrawal speech yesterday but so far the pundits aren’t analyzing his moist eyes. Did he really get choked up? Was it merely a…

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Plus: News on the federal investigation Former Republican Congressman Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania is currently under federal investigation due to charges that he steered business to a lobbying firm headed…

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Politico has shed some light upon the mysterious scandal brewing at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). “Top House Republicans were told in recent days that a former employee of…

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Yesterday I planned to write a post about the likely outcome of the Super Tuesday voting, but gave up when I saw the glut of over-excited punditry filling the newspapers…

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Back in 2000 construction began on a $3.7 billion pipeline running from oil fields in southern Chad to the Atlantic coast of Cameroon. An international consortium led by ExxonMobil and…

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Take a look at the website of the brand new Washington Independent, which offers terrific original political reporting and analysis. Good pieces recently posted include Spencer Ackerman’s story on CIA…

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Last July, a Florida entity called 8433, LLC contributed $5,000 to Congressman Connie Mack’s personal Leadership PAC. Since corporations aren’t allowed to make political contributions, the Federal Election Commission sent…

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Rudy Giuliani’s campaign released its 4th quarter fundraising figures today, which show that Mr. 9/11 spent $48.9 million through last December 31. In light of that figure (which of course…

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Make sure to read the terrific op-ed in Sunday’s Fort Worth Star-Telegram on the massive boondoggle otherwise known as the F-22 fighter. The article is co-authored by James Stevenson, Winslow…

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I recently came across an interesting New York Times story from January 1997 that reported on a tough new lobbying reform package then shaking up Washington. The legislation fulfilled a…

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On January 8, I reported on the formation of “Republicans for Traditional Conservative Values,” a fundraising operation headquartered in the home of Linda Chavez, the conservative commentator and once George…

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“Some in Party Bristle At Clintons’ Attacks,” ran the headline on a story in yesterday’s Washington Post, “Anti-Obama Ad Heightens Unity Fears.” The story said that a Hillary Clinton radio…

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On July 24, 2007 a new entity called the Freedom & Security PAC registered with the Federal Election Commission. The PAC was based in Minnesota and its treasurer was named…

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Associated Press, January 8, 2007: Republican Mitt Romney and 400 of his strongest supporters raised over $6.5 million on Monday in a glitzy fundraising blitz aimed not only at financing…

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In dissecting the Democratic presidential primaries so far, Hillary Clinton seems to be attracting a higher share of working class and older voters, while Obama polls higher with higher-income and…

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Andrews Sullivan posted an item today noting National Review’s endorsement of Mitt Romney. He cited an article of mine that said Romney had previously given money to the magazine. The…

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“The fight for the nomination ‘is going to be like the Bataan Death March,’ said Ron Kaufman, a top adviser to Mr. Romney.” – in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. From…

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Here’s an old but interesting story that combines two things I’ve discussed before: press bias on the presidential trail and Richard Cohen’s lamentable hatchet job on Barack Obama. Washington Post…

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Bob Woodward is planning a fourth book on the Bush Administration to be published later this year, Editor & Publisher reported today. Woodward declined to discuss the contents of the…

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South Carolina GOP campaign percolating nicely I just posted an item in which I wrote that I thought it would be tough for Mitt Romney to replicate his success in…

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I admit I didn’t see Mitt Romney winning the Michigan primary over John McCain, certainly not by as comfortable a margin as 9 percent. Still, it’s hard to see how…

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When was the last time you read anything about Louis Farrakhan? My guess is that it was in a column by Richard Cohen of the Washington Post. Cohen has been…

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All week long reporters and pundits have been issuing apologies for the coverage from New Hampshire, during which it was almost universally declared that Barack Obama would emerge as the…

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The Democratic Party and other leftist rabble are in big trouble. Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s new Coalition for a Conservative Majority (CCM) is raising money from conservative donors…

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Plus: Media Stockholm Syndrome It was amusing to watch the news last night and see so many pundits explain why they had essentially been right all along about the New…

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