We can Democratic leaders are preparing to launch the second session of the 110th Congress this week with a partisan shot, hints of conciliation and some serious procrastination. In its first couple of weeks after it returns tomorrow, the House is likely to take up contempt-of-Congress resolutions against White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. […]
Because Iran is the big threat: An explosion and several rounds of gunfire went off Monday at a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners, and a Taliban spokesman said a suicide bomber and three militants with grenades and guns were responsible for the attack. An American who was exercising in the hotel gym said she heard […]
Bush in Saudi to court ally on Mideast peace That’s from Reuters and of course to Bush that courting means beating a war drum. I wonder how much saber rattling he will do towards Iran today? Let’s ask USA Today: Bush takes anti-Iran push to Saudis Yup that’s what I thought.
Jake Tapper from ABC apparently thinks it’s newsworthy that Giuliani went to church yesterday: This morning former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani attended church — the first time he has apparently done so during this campaign. Giuliani, according to ABC News’ Jan Simmonds, this morning joined worshippers in the pews of the El Rey Jesus […]
From TPM: A new Quinnipiac poll in Florida shows a four-way dead heat on the Republican side, much like the Rasmussen poll also out this morning. Here are the numbers, compared to the last Quinnipiac poll from mid-December: McCain 22% (+9) Giuliani 20% (-8) Huckabee 19% (-2) Romney 19% (-1) Thompson 7% (-1) Paul 5% […]
So all the talk in print and on the news channels this morning is how Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are going after each other. Also they are finally mentioning John Edwards, but that is only because he threw some criticism towards Clinton. This would typically be nothing, but they are making such a big […]
Well it appears to be nothing more than an actual death sentence to members of Saddam’s party. DDay explains: Essentially, this law forces a Baath Party member who wants a job in the government to appear before a judiciary board in public view and announce that they are an ex-Baathist, in a time where Shiite […]
It seems like a lot of top people say this, but will it ever happen? The chief of the U.S. military said Sunday he favors closing the prison here as soon as possible because he believes negative publicity worldwide about treatment of terrorist suspects has been “pretty damaging” to the image of the United States. […]
Think Progress has posted video of Tony Snow on Real Time blowing off the failures we had in Iraq. MAHER: In fact, the smarter people in his administration said to do just that. “We need more boots on the ground. We need more security.†But because he’s stubborn and stupid, he said, “No, let’s do […]