I wonder what this Tim Pawlenty exploratory committee person was trying to explore? A 15-year-old girl found a campaign worker from Alabama banging on her Ankeny family’s back door early Wednesday morning. Chloe Steward told KCCI she heard her dog barking around 3 a.m. and went to investigate. She said she found a man trying […]
We hear Bush saying how he will get rid of earmarks all the time. Well that doesn’t look like the case so much: But Bush hesitates to exercise his authority. Surely he doesn’t fear challenging a Congress that trails him in public approval surveys. House Republican Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo., has reportedly warned administration officials […]
This can become a nice campaign photo: Federal agents raided the home of the daughter of U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon (R., Pa.) and his longtime friend Charlie Sexton this morning. The agents departed Karen Weldon’s three-story brick home on Queen Street in Philadelphia with arms loaded with boxes. A government car pulled into the alley […]
Now that President Bush has agreed to back John McCain’s torture ban, house rep. Duncan Hunter has some problems with it, leading to another hurdle. Hunter apparently wants some sort of assurances put into the bill that will protect soldiers from criminal and civil penalties if they do engage in torture. This sounds like an […]