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: […]

That’s what prosecutors are seeking for Guantanamo Bay detainees charged with connections to 9/11.

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.

That’s how badly Obama was losing Maine by in October. Instead he turned that to a 59-40 victory yesterday. This shows a huge momentum in his campaign. More from Yglesias.

CBS has joined MSNBC in calculating Obama as the front runner now. CNN MSNBC FOX CBS ABC AVERAGE Clinton 1148 895 1127 1131 1126 1085.4 Obama 1121 943 1093 1134 1108 1079.8 McCain 723 724 719 706 712 716.8 Huckabee 217 234 234 201 234 224 Romney 286 278 298 168 282 262.4 Paul 16 […]

Clinton has lead with party insiders Should the voters decide who becomes the nominee or “party insiders”? This is the exact reason the super delegates have been under fire since the beginning. The DNC needs to look at getting rid of them and letting the people decide. This is a democracy – isn’t it?