Where’s the Outrage? Where’s the Outrage?
Now I know how Republicans felt in 1998. Back then, the pursuers of Bill Clinton could simply not believe that the public was not rising up in rebellion aga...
Jun 4, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
Bush’s Postwar Iraq Causing Cracks? Bush’s Postwar Iraq Causing Cracks?
We don't know, says the Bush administration. And we don't care, says the public. That seems to sum up the matter of weapons of mass destruc...
May 27, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
Campaign Contortions 2004 Campaign Contortions 2004
Introducing a new feature of this web column: Campaign Contortions '04. Politicians often find themselves in tight spots. They have to take stands ...
May 15, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
Bush’s WMD Search: No Full Speed Ahead Bush’s WMD Search: No Full Speed Ahead
Why has it taken so long for the Pentagon and the Bush Administration to seriously search for weapons of mass destruction? At a Pentagon press confe...
May 8, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
No Dems Break Out in First 2004 Debate No Dems Break Out in First 2004 Debate
When the nine declared Democratic candidates for president gathered together for the first debate of the pre-preseason on Saturday night in South Carolina, ...
May 5, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
Bush’s Top Gun Photo-Op Bush’s Top Gun Photo-Op
Winning a war or two goes a long way toward redefining a man. As the cable news networks enthusiastically covered George W. Bush's trip to the USS
May 1, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
Where Have All the WMD-Hunters Gone? Where Have All the WMD-Hunters Gone?
The obvious question is, where are the weapons of mass destruction that supposedly prompted the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld-Wolfowitz quartet to invade Iraq? ...
Apr 23, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
The Gloating on the (Neocon) Cakewalk The Gloating on the (Neocon) Cakewalk
"Confused?" A friend asked me that as the Iraq war was drawing to a close and jubilant Iraqis were showing their feet to torn-down images of Saddam ...
Apr 15, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
Should US Pay for Civilian Casualties? Should US Pay for Civilian Casualties?
CNN showed his face. A twelve-year-old boy lying on a hospital bed. A white bandage on his head. Wide eyes. A grimace. One of the civilian casualties of the...
Apr 10, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
The Pentagon’s (CIA) Man in Iraq The Pentagon’s (CIA) Man in Iraq
Toward the start of the second Persian Gulf War, I found myself in a room with R. James Woolsey, CIA chief during the first two years of the Clinton adminis...
Apr 4, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn