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Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider Archive for June 2008
Blog Entries for Wednesday, June 25
The Second Amendment
The U.S. Supreme Court will finish the 2007-2008 term today with three final rulings, with most eyes on a case involving the constitutionality of a handgun ban in Washington, D.C. The odd part about the issue of gun rights, is that the Supreme Court has never ruled directly on the ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, June 24
Going Backwards On Oil In Congress
If you really thought that somehow the Congress would make strides this week on the oil and gas legislative front, then maybe you should get in the car and see if you can find gas for under $3.50 a gallon. It was hardly one step forward and two steps ...
Let's Make An Energy Deal
As you read blogs and stories about the energy policy fight going on in Congress, all of you certainly have your own beliefs about what the "right" answers are in this battle. But if you could cut a deal on this, what would get enough votes to become law? It ...
No Clintons on Camera
In the news business, it's pretty easy to understand who is having trouble dealing with a story. It is usually the people who don't want to speak in public or in front of TV cameras. The way Bill and Hillary Clinton dealt with Barack Obama on Tuesday makes you wonder ...
Blog Entries for Monday, June 23
Obama On The Spot
As the Congress rushes to finish a bunch of major legislation before taking a July 4th break, Democratic leaders are trying to figure out how to help Barack Obama deal with a potentially difficult vote on terrorism surveillance legislation. At issue is a bill on terror surveillance that pretty much ...
Searching For Oil Answers
As lawmakers on a House panel probed for answers at a hearing Monday with a variety of oil analysts, regulators and business types, it was more than apparent that both parties have ideas on oil that deserve consideration. The problem is, it's hard to convince each party that is the ...
Democratic Unity In New Hampshire
The loud groan that you might have heard around 1:15 on Monday afternoon may have come from the Senate Radio TV Gallery, as several of my colleagues received word on where Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will join forces to stump together for the first time on Friday. Unity, New ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, June 22
The Supreme Court Heads For The Barn
The U.S. Supreme Court is definitely in the stretch run of the 2007-2008 term, as the justices have only ten cases left to decide, before heading off to their summer vacation. The big one that's left is a Second Amendment gun rights case. That ruling could be the first to ...
I'll Take Politics For $400, Alex
Oh, this should be a good week in the Congress. Not necessarily a good week to cover this place, but a good week to sit back and listen to grandstanding from both sides on the high cost of oil and gasoline. After this week, Congress takes a week off for ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, June 19
Legislative vs Executive
Chalk another one up for both the Bush White House and the Democratic Congress, as they both won legislative victories on Thursday after weeks and months of partisan wrangling on high profile issues. First, the White House will finally get extra money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as ...
A Real Election Wild Card
We are at an interesting point in this year's presidential race, as the jump in gasoline prices over $4/gallon gives us an issue that could well shake up the political landscape before November. In terms of the Blame Game, Democrats have been able to pin much of it on Messrs Bush and ...
Money, Money, Money
Last year, when no one thought that Barack Obama and John McCain would be the presidential nominees of their parties, the two men agreed that they would observe federal campaign fund raising limits if they ran against each other. But times changed. While the Obama move ensures that he will ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, June 18
The Politics of Disasters
As President Bush goes out to Iowa today to get a first hand look at some of the flooding in the Midwest, there are probably some somewhat nervous people over at FEMA, hoping they don't get flogged in the media in coming days over their response. The last thing John ...
Democrats Keep Bullseye on Big Oil
One thing that certainly hasn't changed in the last few years is the tone of the attacks from most Democrats when it comes to oil price politics, as they keep their sights squarely on Big Oil. "Big Oil seems more concerned with pumping up prices than pumping more oil," says ...
The Reality of Oil Politics
While Republicans hailed President Bush's four point plan to increase domestic oil and gas production, the reality is that most of it stands little chance of getting through Congress, at least right now. All you had to do was listen to the reaction from both parties, as it reinforced the ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, June 17
Bush Ratchets Up The Oil Pressure
It shouldn't be a surprise that President Bush is going to get himself involved in the current political battle over higher gas prices - even though he's a lame duck, his megaphone is still louder than John McCain's or Barack Obama's. The White House said Tuesday night that Mr. Bush ...
Is It Nothing, Or The Start of Something?
The news in recent days that two Democratic U.S. Senators got special treatment from the politically connected head of the Countrywide Financial company when it came to personal mortgages has put our Capitol Hill News Spidey Senses on Alert. While both Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) ...
A Texas Oilman Gives His Energy View
From time to time, you know you want to cover a certain Congressional hearing, simply because of who is on the witness list. That happened to me Tuesday, when I saw the name of T. Boone Pickens. What could be better than a Texas oilman, a larger than life kind ...
It's The Price of Gasoline, Stupid
Back in 1992, Democratic strategist James Carville gained a lot of fame when he boiled down the race between Bill Clinton and then President George H.W. Bush to just one sentence, "It's the economy, stupid." The recent jump in oil prices may modify that for 2008 into, as this race ...
Blog Entries for Monday, June 16
Democrats Begin To Unite A Bit
The big news politically on Monday was a major figure in the Democratic party endorsing the presumptive nominee. But maybe the bigger news was who joined the campaign as a top aide. The announcements about Al Gore and Patti Solis Doyle do tell a story, a story that should be ...
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