Getting Satisfaction with the White House

I can’t get no perspective

There was a song 42 years ago, released in 1965, called “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” Anybody heard of it?

It was one of the defining tunes of a generation

President Defends Iraq Build-Up, Touts Agreement with North Korea

But withers before tough Iraq questions from reporters

In a rare news conference Valentine’s Day morning, President Bush strongly defended the troop surge in Iraq and touted the recent multinational agreement on nuclear weapons with North Korea. While both received…

231 Years Later, History Repeats Itself

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

Elizabeth de la Vega to discuss U.S. v. George W. Bush

Former Minneapolis-based U.S. Attorney Elizabeth de la Vega will discuss her book, United States v. George W. Bush et al., at various locations around the Twin Cities area beginning Thursday, Feb. 1, as well as appear…

Retired Terrorism Expert Continues to Expose White House Failings

“When I was in the government, I could not criticize the government. I hope to make up for that now.

Voice of Minnesota, SOTU Analysis: Tim Penny, Former Congressman

Tim Penny responds to President Bush’s State of the Union address. Penny, currently a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, represented Southeastern Minnesota’s First Congressional District from 1982 through 1994 and was the…

POTUS Delivers SOTU — BFD, I FA

This POTUS is no Pétrus

So all the rage this week is POTUS‘s (the President of the United States’) SOTU (State of the Union) speech. Yawn. I had opened a nice petit Bordeaux

Voice of Minnesota, SOTU Analysis: Tom Maertens, Retired Counterterrorism Adviser

Tom Maertens responds to President Bush’s State of the Union address. He is a former National Security Council director for nonproliferation at the White House and deputy coordinator for counterterrorism at the State Department. Maertens, who served in both the…

State of the Union Liveblog

9:25 PM: We’re done.  Grades: Webb, A+–the best response I’ve ever seen.  Bush?  F.  This was lousy.  When the Fox can’t spin it, it’s grim.

Incidentally, as I leave for the night, Rudy Giuliani is arguing Bush gave a good…

Voice of Minnesota, SOTU Preview: Tom Maertens, Retired Counterterrorism Adviser

As a preview to President Bush’s State of the Union address, we asked Tom Maertens, former National Security Council director for nonproliferation at the White House and deputy coordinator for counterterrorism at the State Department, for his thoughts on…