In all honesty he would be more at home there then at the Democratic convention. None the less it would be nice to have a solid enough majority in the Senate next year to tell Lieberman to shove off to the other side of the aisle.
If Bush pushes with permanent bases in Iraq, despite Congress passing a bill saying no (which he did a signing statement on), Jim Webb thinks that legal action might have to be taken. Read the details at the Huffington Post.
Yesterday when I blogged about the Marine being convicted of killing an Iraqi citizen, I also talked about the problems out troops are facing by being forced into these extended stays. To further that point, here is an article, published today, about a soldier being released from medical care earlier and sent back to Iraq: […]
The TNR has published an editorial today titled “Stop Thief“, taking on the Clintons and their attempts to seat the delegates in Florida and Michigan. It is worth a read, especially when you consider the TNR has not endorsed any candidates.
There is a major fight brewing in Washington state over the called race for McCain. I can’t remember a time when they stopped counting votes because a party chair figured out the winner, but that appears to be what’s happening: Esser said he declared McCain the winner after calculating what Huckabee would have to win […]
Just a week ago we heard that “al Qaeda may be moving outside of Iraq” to operate, something I though rather absurd since it was pretty obvious they always operated outside Iraq. Then yesterday we heard that al Qaeda was in a weakened state. Now we have Chertoff out warning of “earth shattering events” that […]
Just now breaking on MSNBC and the AP. He was a great leader, and the only Holocaust survivor still serving in Congress. He will be greatly missed.