Greg Sargent is reporting that Lou Dobbs is weighing a run for the White House in 2012. To this we should give thanks this week. Now that will be a fun campaign to watch explode.

Image via Wikipedia What a way to really shrink the size of the RNC tent: First Read has obtained a resoultion being e-mailed around to Republican National Committee members for comments that proposes a conservative litmus test of sorts. This comes on the heels of a rift in the party that was exposed in the […]

Image via Wikipedia FishBowlDC has obtained an internal FOX News memo, where it looks like they are tired of all the mistakes lately and making changes: Subject: Quality Control We had a mistake on Newsroom today when a wrong book cover went on screen during a guest segment, the kind of thing that can fall […]

Image by Getty Images via Daylife A South Carolina House panel is holding a hearing today on the pending impeachment of Mark Sanford. So far not much has come out of it, but I did just get this in my inbox: COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Embattled SC Gov. Mark Sanford faces 37 ethics charges he broke […]

Assholes like this should not be allowed to wear a badge: The most recent atrocity committed by the self-proclaimed “America’s Toughest Sheriff” involves a woman who was detained while 9-months pregnant. Alma Minerva Chacon’s case has been receiving media attention due to the brutality with which she was treated. The very same night of her […]

According to a report in the Financial Times, Microsoft has approached News Corp. about de-listing their sites from Google, which would be an apparent escalation in the search engine wars. It appears that Microsoft isn’t limiting this to just News Corp either. It’s reported that they are approaching numerous online publishers and offering to pay […]

The health clinic held in Arkansans Saturday saw 1,500 uninsured Arkansans come through to receive care on the very same day Blanche Lincoln was toying with the idea of killing healthcare reform. Here is a video from the event: But somehow Bill Clinton has totally lost the message on this great endeavor, lead by Keith […]

Anyone who has read this blog for awhile should know how I like to talk about other empires in history and their sudden collapses and compare it to the rapid rise of the American empire. Here’s an interesting animation illustrating the fall of some of the biggest empires over the past couple of centuries. While […]

While many on the left side of the blogosphere seemed to enjoy Chuck Todd, I have never liked him. I don’t believe he is the “political insight machine” that so many credit him with and here is more proof of it: John Cole, who caught this little tweet of <cough> brilliance from Todd, says this: […]

Image via Wikipedia Good news from the Senate on the healthcare front: WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Blanche Lincoln says she’ll vote ‘yes’ on health care test vote, giving Democrats 60. This morning Mary Landrieu said she would also vote yes today. Tonight’s the big vote, so keep an ear out. Things will get really interesting and […]