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Sully v. the Shrill One on Fiscal Policy

…you’re a former Bush supporter who now says, as Mr. Bartlett did at the Cato event, that “the administration lies about budget numbers,” you’re a brave truth-teller. But if you’ve…

Finally, a Plan

…the White House plan. The effort is being directed by Mr. Bush’s chief political adviser, Karl Rove, and his communications director, Dan Bartlett. I’m relieved. I’m glad that the Bush…

…on the money, too). What’s next? Mark Kleiman defending Bush from The National Review’s Bruce Bartlett? AB UPDATE: See also this lukewarm endorsement of Kerry by Volokh contributor Jacob Levy….

…Iraq and al-Qaeda, became so strained that they are barely on speaking terms, according to the book. White House communications director Dan Bartlett described Powell’s agreement to make the U.S….

…And when White House communications director Dan Bartlett was asked whether Hussein was an imminent threat to U.S. interests, he replied: “Well, of course he is.” In addition, Bush aides…

…fourth box for the “Uber-Wealthy” CEO making $16 million. Will’s plan (and the Bartlett administration’s) is to raise the rate on the CEO by 1 percentage point (to 37%) to…

…and the 2001 tax cut? Here’s a funny Bruce Bartlett quote from 1999: Although dynamic scoring is no panacea for the Republicans’ budgetary problems [the problem being the inability to…