President Bush trying to wave off reporters questions was confronted by a locked door.
It seems like every time the President takes to foreign soil he has to try and prove he is human by taking to his bike. This time he did it in Beijing. This from CNN: BEIJING, China (Reuters) — U.S. President George W. Bush took a break from talks with Chinese leaders on Sunday, trading […]
This morning, Rep. Murtha was on Meet the Press and did an excellent job at keeping the support for his resolution up. Russert questioned him on what the other Republicans have said and he was good at steering clear of making it a political showdown. Even when Russert asked Murtha about Bush lying the country […]
Tomorrow is our holy day. No not the day when Christians take to churches, I am talking about the day when political junkies like myself wake up early to take to the Sunday morning talk shows. Tomorrow’s sermon seems to be synonymous across the spectrum, it is a simple but stern message. That message is […]
The noose seems to be tightening around NSA Stephen Hadley. Earlier this week, Raw Story reported that they had learned through lawyers and sources close to the leak investigation that Hadley was Bob Woodward’s source. Since then there has been limited denial from Hadley and his office. As matter of fact it is so limited […]
Why the sudden uproar over Rep. Murtha’s plan? Most likely it is because he stole the thunder from the GOP. CNN is reporting that General Casey has issued a plan to the Pentagon outlining a phaesed withdrawal starting first of the year. The top U.S. commander in Iraq has submitted a plan to the Pentagon […]
An investigative division of the Pentagon has decided to turn the investigation of the no-bid contracts for Iraq, which were awarded to Halliburton over to the Justice Department for a possible criminal probe. The news came from Democratic Senators who have been holding hearings into the alleged contract abuse. The New York Times has more […]
The Republican’s plan to divide the Democrats over the issue of pulling troops out of Iraq backfired last night. With a final vote of 403-3 defeating Duncan Hunter’s resolution of immediate withdrawal. The debate over the issue was some of the most heated I have seen in years. The Republican’s tried to maintain that the […]
The Republicans are pulling a strictly political stunt tonight in order to try and insult the Democrats. At approximately 7:00 tonight, they will be holding a vote on a plan to pull troops out of Iraq. The full resolution, which can be viewed at Raw Story, is very simple compared to that offered by Rep. […]
Roll Call is reporting that former Abramoff partner Michael Scanlon will turn himself in and has reached a deal to plea guilty in exchange for testimony against his former partner. Scanlon will also offer testimony against anyone else named in indictments from this investigation. There are numerous others under the microscope on this probe. They […]