The co-anchor of ABC nightly news and his camera man has been seriously injured in Iraq: ABC news anchor Bob Woodruff and camera operator Doug Vogt were seriously injured in a roadside bombing in Iraq on Sunday, the U.S. television network said. At the time of the blast, they were traveling with an Iraqi Army […]
Just a couple quick updates: Jane has the details of the conference call with Senator Kennedy. Daily Kos has a running update on who is supporting the filibuster and who needs calls. Do what you can tomorrow and Monday to get the message out to the Senators. Let them know we need their help on […]
Rather your for Alito or against him, you got to admire the historical event taking place this weekend. Bloggers from the left side are working non-stop to oppose the confirmation and muster enough support for a filibuster of Alito. This is the first movement of its kind considering it has taken place on the internet […]
‘Bring New Orleans Back’ Commissioner’s Campaign Contributions: 94% Went to Republicans The MYDD polling project releases1 and2 The administration is unable to keep America safe. NSA Hits and Myths by The Heretik Primaries are around the corner –does AccuPoll have problems? As always. Political and other conversation over atPolitical Nutshell
American Prospect commissioned a non-partisan research firm to investigate the allegations that Abramoff gave money to Democrats also. Their findings: in total, the donations of Abramoff’s tribal clients to Democrats dropped by nine percent after they hired him, while their donations to Republicans more than doubled, increasing by 135 percent after they signed him up; […]
Bush spoke too soon on the economy Ann Coulter thinks we should poison justice Stevens. Arianna -VS- Russert (also check out Jane’s take on this) America’s Secret War – A review by Chancelucky. 58% rate Bush as a failure and in a separate poll give him a 35% approval rating
With news like this hitting the Washington Post, Bush must really be hiding something: A strong bipartisan majority of the public believes President Bush should release records of meetings between disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and White House staffers despite administration claims that media requests for details about those contacts amount to a “fishing expedition,” according […]
Al Jazeera magazine (not affiliated with Al Jazeera television) raises the question of the authenticity of the latest Osama tape. The audiotapes of OSAMA BIN LADEN have become an important medium between AL-QAEDA network and the outside world. If authentic, these tapes could enable BIN LADEN to convey his opinions to his enemies and followers, […]
Bush is down to a 37% approval rating in the latest poll released byCBS and the New York Times. 7 out of 10 respondents also are concerned the deficit will grow by the end of Bush’s Presidency. It will be interesting to see what the numbers do next week after the State of the Union […]
“Truth no longer matters in the context of politics and, sadly, in the context of cable news,” said Aaron Brown, whose four-year period as anchor of CNN’s NewsNight ended in November, when network executives gave his job to Anderson Cooper in a bid to push the show’s ratings closer to front-runner Fox News. Read the […]