2005 Note Archives
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December 16, 2005 — Ice Fishing: Resolute About 2006
December 15, 2005 — "Responsible" Seems to (Not) Be the Hardest Word: A Secret Ersatz Timetable
December 14, 2005 — Gymnastics with George: President to Speak, Do Hume Interview, Hold Presser (?)
December 13, 2005 — MEDICARE.GOV: After Plan A Comes Plan B
December 12, 2005 — Electoral Strategy: Purple Fingers in Purple States
December 9, 2005 — The Rule of Five: Remember, Learn, Acknowledge, Reform, Shop
December 8, 2005 — Matthew Dowd and the Old Gray Lady: Dim All the Lights, Pour the Wine, Start the Music
December 7, 2005 — Skies Are Brighter Canary Yellow: Dean's Divided Democrats Debate Defense
December 6, 2005 — Rooting Interest: Donning the Dons
December 5, 2005 — Mixed Messages: What Is a President To Do?
December 2, 2005 — Party On: There's Nothing Lonely About Camp David
December 1, 2005 — Plan, Plan, Plan: Progress, Progress, Progress (Iraqex????)
November 30, 2005 — Best in Note, II: Membership Still Has Its Rewards
November 29, 2005 — Best in Note: Membership Has Its Privileges
November 28, 2005 — Border Crossing: A Nation of . . .
November 21, 2005 — Behind the Locked Double Doors: Which Came Out -- the Lady, or the Tiger?
November 18, 2005 — Rhetoric and Reality: Authenticity Cannot Be Easily Faked
November 17, 2005 — A Little Hyper: And a Prior Lack of Commitment
November 16, 2005 — All the Vice President's Men: No Rebuke
November 15, 2005 — 535 Secretaries of State: And: Does Anyone Want Roe Overturned?
November 14, 2005 — Sweat the Big Things: While Little Things Affect Little Minds
November 11, 2005 — "The Hollowness of Their Current Attack": Clear, Hold, Build
November 10, 2005 — Credit Where Credit Is Due: Mean What You Say
November 9, 2005 — "God Is Not a Republican:" "In a Word: No"
November 8, 2005 — Asking for the Vote: Tired, Exhausted, Bushed
November 7, 2005 — The State of Our Union Is . . . Confused: Or Maybe It's Just Us
November 3, 2005 — Membership Has Its Privileges, Part III: Enter with Caution
November 2, 2005 — Adrenaline Rules: The Heart Surgeon and the Boxer
November 1, 2005 — As Goes Maine: Trenton Makes, the Senate Takes
October 31, 2005 — "A" is For Alito: Remind Us Again: What Was All That About "Official A"?
October 28, 2005 — Chapter II, Part I: A Child's Vehicle Consisting of a Long Footboard Between Two Small End Wheels
October 27, 2005 — "End Game: Miers Out, Fitzgerald On Deck"
October 26, 2005 — "Yada, Yada, Yada -- and So We Go": http://www.udaytonedu/~grandjur/fedj/fedj.htm
October 25, 2005 — Lawyers Involved in the Case: Out West, Where You Vacation, the Aspens Will Already Be Turning
October 24, 2005 — The Raptor and the Three-legged Rabbits: The Storm Before the Storm
October 21, 2005 — A Lot of Chatter, a Lot of Speculation and Opining: Andy Card "Looks Totally Burned Out"
October 20, 2005 — Friends Come and Go: But Enemies Accumulate
October 19, 2005 — Constitution Avenue Freeze-Out: When Scooter and the Big Man Bust This City in Half
October 18, 2005 — The Owl Flies West (?) (A Mysterious Note Headline for Just One Reader)
October 17, 2005 — Do a Good Turn Daily: A Scout Can Face Danger Even If He Is Afraid
October 14, 2005 — Grand Junction: Attack with FAQ
October 13, 2005 — Take It on Faith: Take It to the Heart
October 12, 2005 — Life Choices: Harriet, The Sigh
October 11, 2005 — Very Dignified: If We Had a Hammer
October 10, 2005 — "Really a Unique Person" (sic): "Hard to Put Into Words Why" (sick)
October 7, 2005 — Confidence, Man: "A Roaring Reception"
October 6, 2005 — Friends and Allies: It's Always Darkest
October 5, 2005 — "Am I a What?: Proudly So, Proudly So"
October 4, 2005 — "'You'll Be Proud of Harriet's Record, Rush': Trust Me"
October 3, 2005 — It's a Small World After All: Meet Harriet Miers
September 30, 2005 — Down Time, Break Time, Summertime: Tuned In, Going Nowhere, Second Wind
September 29, 2005 — Justice Delayed: Justice ?
September 28, 2005 — History Will Judge: Prime Time, Cute Kids, Red Herring, Stick to the Eye?
September 27, 2005 — What Might Come Next: What Might Have Come Before
September 26, 2005 — Place Your Bets: Seriously, Who Didn't Know That Zach Was Mike's Son All Along
September 23, 2005 — Q: Is It a Game or Is It Real? A: Outside of Washington, It Is Very Real
September 22, 2005 — The Streaming Note: Let All the Dreamers Wake the Nation
September 21, 2005 — "Mr. Reid. . .?": "Mr. Reid, No"
September 20, 2005 — Everything That Ought to Be Up Is Down: OK: Not Everything
September 19, 2005 — Pretend It's All the Same: (Not) Everything's Different Now
September 16, 2005 — Found in the Flood: Is It Quicksand or Mud?
September 15, 2005 — Not Lowest and Least: Let the Eagle Soar
September 14, 2005 — Prime Time Live: A Charge to Keep, Part VII
September 13, 2005 — The POTUS Loves New York: Bushie, Kofi, Freddy, Anthony
September 12, 2005 — Anger, Management: Dry Heaving
September 9, 2005 — Ten Minutes from the New New Normal: Iron Triangulation
September 8, 2005 — Oblivious, In Denial, and Dangerous: A Campaign of Permanence
September 7, 2005 — Red Versus Blue, Part XXXII: The Absence of the Color Purple
September 6, 2005 — A Soul, a Spirit Capable of Compassion: Strength and Weakness of Biblical Proportions
August 16, 2005 — Gone Fishin', 2005: Fall Back, Spring Forward
August 15, 2005 — Wherever It Leads: "Chee-knee"
August 12, 2005 — The Note: August 12, 2005
August 11, 2005 — The Note: August 11, 2005
August 10, 2005 — The Note: August 10, 2005
August 9, 2005 — The Note: August 9, 2005
August 8, 2005 — The Note: August 8, 2005
August 5, 2005 — Case By Case: Moral Relativism and the Gang of 500
August 4, 2005 — (Working) Vacation: Had To Get Away
August 3, 2005 — Just Born That Way: As They Say, It's in Your DNA
August 2, 2005 — Lede With The Lede: Dick Keil, Call Home
August 1, 2005 — Finding The Gang: The Lauriol-Plaza-to-Juice-Bar Migration Begins
July 28, 2005 —Tough Duck: Same Lame Plame Dame Blame Game
July 27, 2005 —Some Are More Co-equal Than Others: Clogs on the Hill
July 26, 2005 —Impossible Schemes: You Can Laugh When Your Dreams Fall Apart at the Seams
July 25, 2005 —Opportunity, Responsibility, Security: We Want Our "Community" Back!
July 22, 2005 —Walking and Chewing Gum: How Can Josh Gerstein Be in Two Places at the Same Time?
July 21, 2005 —Still, It Begins: The Needle Threaded
July 20, 2005 —An Intellectual Feast: Leaving Nothing to Chance
July 19, 2005 — And You Knew Who You Were Then: Girls Were Girls And Men Were Men
July 18 2005 — When The Dog Bites: When The Bee Stings
July 15, 2005 —Somewhere, Rollie Evans Is Smiling: Active and Passive Voice
July 14, 2005 —"Nervously Watching:" Waiting is Always the Hard Part
July 13, 2005 —Talking Is Cheap: People Follow Like Sheep
July 12, 2005 —"Where Does This Go?": "We Can't Know"
July 11, 2005 —This Cause of Terror: The Re-beginning of History
July 1, 2005 —Don't Know What It Always Was With Us: We Chose the Words, and Yeah, We Drew the Lines
June 30, 2005 —The Future Is Now . . . . Is Not Something Bill Frist Says Much
June 28, 2005 —A Warrior's Ethos: Not His First Rodeo (Part XVI)
June 27, 2005 —On a Big Roll Now: Except for Monday, Which Was Never Good Anyway; Tuesday I Get a Little Sideways
June 24, 2005 —"Telling It Like It Is": Rhetorical Retooling
June 23, 2005 —Manic Moves and Drowsy Dreams: Or Living in the Middle Between the Two Extremes
June 22, 2005 —They Hold These Truths: See the World Spinning Around
June 21, 2005 —Taking Stock, Part VI: Moving the Goal Posts on a Fishing Expedition
June 20, 2005 —Summertime: Frist Is Jumpin' and Joe Biden Is High (in a Good Way, Norm)
June 17, 2005 —The Last Time a New York Times Poll Write-up Was Positive for Republicans Was . . . : Can We Get Back to You on Monday?
June 16, 2005 —I Know I Messed It Up Before: But Baby I'm Gonna Change
June 15, 2005 —Right Time, the Right Place, The Right Body, the Right Face: If a President Falls in the Woods . . .
June 14, 2005 —Room with a View: Brookings Interns Don't Have Balconies
June 13, 2005 —Rule Of Three: 1+1+1=?
June 10, 2005 —Don't Be Offended By Frank Analysis: Think of It As Personality Dialysis
June 9, 2005 —Over the Line: You Can't Tell the Foot-faulters Without a Scorecard
June 8, 2005 —The Note for America: Dean for the DNC
June 7, 2005 —You Can't Always Get What You Want: And that can be a Real Anti-Climax
June 6, 2005 —June Comes in Like a Lamb: Like Bob Novak at Neil Sedaka's Junior Prom
June 3, 2005 —Wait Till You See That Sunshine Place: There Ain't Nothin' Like It Here
June 2, 2005 —One of Those Finger Things. . . : . . . On the Way to the Bank
June 1, 2005 —Throat Clearing: Revealed Later Today: Did Oswald Act Alone?
May 31, 2005 —At This Point in Time, Part IV: Complete Naifs or Radical Spinners?
May 27, 2005 —Extraordinary-Circumstance Purgatory: Quacks and a Quiz
May 26, 2005 —Fiddle Sixes: Hot on and off the griddle . . .
May 25, 2005 —Intraparty Love and Warfare: Who Is Your American Idol?
May 24, 2005 —Holding the Center . . .: . . . Will Require Careful Monitoring
May 23, 2005 —"Proudly Willing to Say Anything": "The White House Isn't Stupid" (Search For Them Both)
May 20, 2005 —If Cher Could Turn Back Time: Over Brunch, Kabuki Dinner Theater at Lauriol Plaza
May 19, 2005 —Rising for Principle: "When Congress Is at Its Most Interesting"
May 18, 2005 —A Bee to a Crying Face: Nevada Charm and Tennessee Efficiency
May 17, 2005 —One Minute to Midnight: Neko Ni Koban (Feel Free to Google It)
May 16, 2005 —A Man Soon Forgets That He Trod on a Lion's Tail . . .: . . . But the Lion Never Forgets the Man
May 13, 2005 —Bases Support, Splinter, and Close: Put Your Chips Down Now
May 12, 2005 —The New Abnormal: Free Sound and Pictures
May 11, 2005 —Freedom's Light Burning Warm: Bush Returns To Filibuster/Bolton Boil
May 10, 2005 —A Male, Hoarse: POTUS Steals the Spotlight Back From FLOTUS
May 9, 2005 —Questionable Figures: The Sixth Estate
May 6, 2005 —Learning to Use Irrationality As a Bargaining Tool: The Turtle on the Fence Post, Part 5
May 5, 2005 —Special Relationships: The Citizens of an Undivided Nation
May 4, 2005 —Plot So Fowl: May Becomes a Month of Turducken Fricassee
May 3, 2005 —Hotter Than a Match Head: Doesn't Seem to Be a Shadow in the Capital City
May 2, 2005 —Bet the Ranch: And Sometimes a Cigar Is More Than a Cigar
April 29, 2005 —The First Cut Is the Deepest, Baby I Know: Rod Stewart -- No Benefit Reduction; Not So for Sheryl Crow
April 28, 2005 —I Made It Through the Night: And That's One in a Row
April 27, 2005 —"As Strongly As He Ever Has": "Which Is Strongly"
April 26, 2005 —Do We Feel Comfortable About the Kitchen Test?: "This Was Not a Political Game"
April 25, 2005 —A Sprint, Not a Marathon: This Is the Week That Is
April 22, 2005 —Strain on My Face, Sustained Devotion: Not a False Witness
April 21, 2005 —Just Because Your Composure Sort of Slips: Washington Takes Its Chances
April 20, 2005 —The Interpreters: Fill 'Er Up
April 19, 2005 —Smiling Lately, Dreaming About the World As One: . . . Some Day It's Going to Come
April 18, 2005 —Blessed Is He Who Expects Nothing . . .: . . . For He Shall Never Be Disappointed
April 15, 2005 —Nothing to Fear . . . : . . . But People Paying Attention
April 14, 2005 —There are Different Levels of Friendship: DeLay, DeNy, DeBunk, DeFend
April 13, 2005 —You Would Cry Too If It Happened to You: They Have Not Led; We Will
April 12, 2005 —Totally Machiavellian and Self-Loathing: (F)POTUS on the Couch
April 11, 2005 —Mistaking Obstructionism for Progress: Inside Out, Vol. IV
April 8, 2005 —Everywhere You Want to Be: Truth In Labeling
April 7, 2005 —Another Seedy Attempt by the (Liberal) Media: Under the Cover of Papal Roadblock . . .
April 6, 2005 —Courage Mounteth with Occasion: Several Plays in Two Acts
April 5, 2005 —Delegating Authority: Roman Holiday: Just One Day Out of Life
April 4, 2005 —Pope Scope: Insiders Cope
April 1, 2005 —Serenity: In the Midst of Battles, in the Roar of Conflict
March 31, 2005 —Hanging on the Telephone: "Are You IM'ing While We Talk??!!"
March 30, 2005 —Flying Pigs: Surprise, Surprise, Surprise, Surprise
March 29, 2005 —Everybody into the Pool: Safires and Diamonds
March 28, 2005 —Weekend Update: And Have a Pleasant Tomorrow
March 25, 2005 —Lessons, Questions, and Choices: Something's Happening . . . Somewhere
March 24, 2005 —Special Attention on 2.7%: Social Security Horizons
March 23, 2005 —Kennedy Center: The Highest Court in the Land
March 22, 2005 —(Un)making a Federal Case: The News Cycle Loop De Loop
March 21, 2005 —Life and Liberty: Whose Is It?
March 18, 2005 —Brackets: No Friends or Relations on Weekend Vacations
March 17, 2005 —Oh, Somewhere in This Favored Land the Sun Is Shining Bright: The Band Is Playing Somewhere, and Somewhere Hearts Are Light
March 16, 2005 —More Painful and More Drastic: The Business of Social Security
March 15, 2005 —News Headlines Every 30 Seconds: Make That: "New" Headlines . . .
March 14, 2005 —The More You Hear: The More You Know
March 11, 2005 —And the Benny Goes to . . . : Washington -- Like America -- Loves Awards
March 10, 2005 —Early Action Would Be Prudent: A Force of Nature
March 9, 2005 —Follow The Money: The More There Is, the Closer One Needs to Follow
March 8, 2005 —'Both Hopeful and Precarious': 52% Nation
March 7, 2005 —Dynamic Scoring: Building a Better Way to Keep Track of Who Is Winning
March 4, 2005 —Advice and Dissent: There Are Addictions to Feed and There Are Mouths to Pay
March 3, 2005 —Carving Out the Carve-Outs?: Adding on the Add-Ons?
March 2, 2005 —The Boy Looking for the Pony: It Is in There . . . Somewhere
March 1, 2005 —The Long View: "Thank You for Calling the Social Security Information Center"
February 28, 2005 —Trillions Dollar Baby: What Temperature Is the Bathwater?
February 25, 2005 —We Read the News Today, Oh Boy: How Many Holes It Takes to Fill the Kodak Hall
February 24, 2005 —"I Looked into the Soul of the Boy Sitting Next to Me": Bratislava and Crawford Could Well Be Sister Cities
February 23, 2005 —What Do Mindy and Katie Think About Iran's Nuclear Capability?: And Who Will Have the First Post-Recess, Post-Trip National Poll?
February 22, 2005 —Astriding Europe Like a Reformer Seeking Results: "Folding Before the Flop"?
February 18, 2005 —If You Don't Embrace a Duck . . . : . . . Do Your Lips Move?
February 17, 2005 —On the Table But Not Embraced: The Devil's in the Dusty Details
February 16, 2005 —Approximately 3/5th of the Gang's All Here: The Beltway Has a Pulse
February 15, 2005 —There Are No Public Events on the President's Schedule: That Leaves the Charismatic McClellans in Charge
February 14, 2005 —A Storytelling Festival: Like Two Peas in a Pod
February 11, 2005 —Pumpin' Up the Volume, Breakin' Down to the Beat: "Never Interfere with Your Enemy While He's in the Process of Destroying Himself"
February 10, 2005 —Seasons in the Sun: Now That the Spring Is in the Air
February 9, 2005 —Minister With Portfolio: Sick Days, Office Space, and Flow Charts
February 8, 2005 —Searching For Light: The Thin Reid of Outrage
February 7, 2005 —Budgeting Time: The Land Without Magic Asterisks
February 4, 2005 —Feeling (Anti-)Social: Opportunity, Responsibility, and Security
February 3, 2005 —Like Going to the Racetrack: Making Some Fair Inferences
February 2, 2005 —The State of the Union Is Like a Wasabi Sandwich: POTUS SOTU PDQ
February 1, 2005 —Getting Over It: Much Ado About the Flu
January 31, 2005 —Elections Are About Choices: So Is Governing
January 28, 2005 —First Among Equals: Sum Totals
January 27, 2005 —The More Things Change: Watch the Ripples Change Their Size
January 26, 2005 —Political S.A.T.: Bush-Clinton-Bush-?
January 25, 2005 —Meet and Greet: With a Joy That's Hard to Hide
January 24, 2005 —Peggy Noonan Has Never Met Belinda Carlisle: As Emily Litella and George Bush Say: "Never Mind -- You Can't Make Heaven a Place on Earth"
January 21, 2005 —Having No Useful Result: Gin and Juice
January 20, 2005 —A Participant, Not Just an Observer: "We Have Grown in Appreciation for Our Freedom"
January 19, 2005 —The Head of a Dead Horse: Chairman Thomas Covets the LaHood Award
January 18, 2005 —Google "Howard-Dean" and "SSMIP" for Three Hits . . . : . . . And "Howard-Dean" and "SMIP" for Only Two
January 17, 2005 —The Head of a Dead Horse: Chairman Thomas Covets the LaHood Award
January 16, 2005 —Google "Howard-Dean" and "SSMIP" for Three Hits . . . : . . . And "Howard-Dean" and "SMIP" for Only Two
January 15, 2005 —What Doesn't Kill You Only Makes You Stronger: Strength in Numbers
January 14, 2005 —If You Guessed This One Is Not Like the Others . . . : Then You're Absolutely Right!
January 13, 2005 —The Shrum Primary Color: Is Big Apple Red
January 12, 2005 —"What I Want to Know Is . . . ": You've Got the Power . . . Until You Don't
January 11, 2005 —Up Pup, Pup Is Up: The Note Is
January 10, 2005 —What We're Thankful For
January 7, 2005 —The Best Little Political Briefing on Television or the Web: "Sue Me, Sue Me, Shoot Bullets Through Me"
January 6, 2005 —Wise to Resolve, and Patient to Perform: "You Can Hate the U.S., But You Can Still Love Democracy"
January 5, 2005 —Memories: What's Too Painful to Remember, We Simply Choose to Forget
January 4, 2005 —Still Believe in a Place Called Kennebunkport/Chappaqua: Second in a Two-Person Race