https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/thereporters/ en-us Copyright 2006 Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:21:08 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Do Republicans have all the best soundbites? It seemed that way as I hunted through tape after tape of final Democrat stump speeches and interviews looking for a good "clip" - the phrase we tend to use in the BBC... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/thereporters/james_westhead/2006/11/sound_bites.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/thereporters/james_westhead/2006/11/sound_bites.html James Westhead Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:21:08 +0000 A figure I came across tonight suddenly put American spending on elections into a frightening context. We Brits tend to think US politicians raise and spend a scarily absurd amount to get themselves elected. In an earlier blog I mentioned... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/thereporters/james_westhead/2006/10/scary_spending.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/thereporters/james_westhead/2006/10/scary_spending.html James Westhead Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:00:19 +0000 The 300-millionth American has arrived - plus a few thousand more in the last 24 hours - but why the virtual silence from the White House on the matter? Perhaps one reason for the coyness is political - just who... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/thereporters/james_westhead/2006/10/quietly_conflicted.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/thereporters/james_westhead/2006/10/quietly_conflicted.html James Westhead Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:57:00 +0000 Sex and money - two essential ingredients in the best political dramas, and this mid-term election is proving no different. We have certainly heard plenty about the first, given former congressman Mark Foley's internet intercourse with teenage boys. What about... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/thereporters/james_westhead/2006/10/sex_and_money_1.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/thereporters/james_westhead/2006/10/sex_and_money_1.html James Westhead Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:53:58 +0000 How bad can it get? For the Republicans, could the first day of the mid-term election campaign really have been any worse? Well perhaps if they were caught sending sexually explicit emails to underage children and then trying cover it... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/thereporters/james_westhead/2006/10/an_unwholesome_start.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/thereporters/james_westhead/2006/10/an_unwholesome_start.html James Westhead Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:51:41 +0000 I've been based in Washington, reporting on the US for the BBC, since November 2005. I'm the late reporter here in the bureau, so I'm responsible for overnight coverage on BBC World Service radio, World TV, and the UK TV... https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/thereporters/james_westhead/2006/10/about_james_westhead.html https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/thereporters/james_westhead/2006/10/about_james_westhead.html James Westhead Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:45:00 +0000