washingtonpost.com - Washington Sketch by Dana Milbank (washingtonpost.com)Dana Milbank's Washington Sketch looks at the political scene in the White House, Congress and throughout the nation's capital.Don't Get Around Much Anymore- February 29, 2008 The bulletin reached President Bush toward the end of his news conference yesterday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/28/AR2008022804135.html?nav=r... At the High Court, Damage Control- February 28, 2008 Chief Justice John Roberts was pained.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/27/AR2008022703207.html?nav=r... Team Clinton: Down, and Out of Touch- February 26, 2008 They are in the last throes, if you will.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/25/AR2008022502501.html?nav=r... A Man, a Mission- February 22, 2008 SAN ANTONIO Mike Huckabee could read the writing on the wall.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022102727.html?nav=r... Lawmakers Seek to Sweeten the List of Md. Symbols- February 21, 2008 What's in a symbol Should a soybean become one A slice of cake What about the act of walkinghttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/20/AR2008022002747.html?nav=r... Teetering on the Border- February 21, 2008 HIDALGO, Tex. Hillary Clinton, drubbed by Barack Obama in 10 straight votes, flew down to this dusty border town on Wednesday to make her last stand for the Democratic presidential nomination. But where was the cavalryhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/20/AR2008022002933.html?nav=r... Obama by the Numbers: Twice-Told Tales, and Nine in a Row- February 20, 2008 HOUSTON, Feb. 19 In the lavatory aboard Barack Obama's campaign plane, a cartoon shows the Clintons attempting to roast Obama in a cauldron. Bill stirs, Hillary adds salt and pepper. But Obama is smiling, and all that emerges from the pot are bubbles labeled "Hope."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/19/AR2008021902342.html?nav=r... Taking the Economists' Pulse- February 15, 2008 Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson could have been the secretary of ennui as he slouched in the witness chair before the Senate banking committee yesterday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/14/AR2008021403470.html?nav=r... Bottom Feeders- February 14, 2008 The world might look very different today if Congress had spent as much energy probing Iraq for weapons of mass destruction as it did yesterday examining Roger Clemens's derriere.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/13/AR2008021303537.html?nav=r... The Decisive Winner, by a Nose- February 13, 2008 Hold your nose.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/12/AR2008021203502.html?nav=r... |