Remember this from the 2008 general election? In all the commotion over Hillary Clinton’s long goodbye to the Democratic nomination fight, an odd moment in the Republican race got surprisingly little attention. Presumptive nominee John McCain called a Phoenix radio station last Friday and confessed to a secret passion for ABBA! Well McCain isn’t the […]
The Gipper’s grandson had a little run in with the law: Former President Reagan’s grandson is in jail this morning after police arrested him at his parents’ house in Van Nuys, Los Angeles Police Department officials said. Cameron Reagan, 31, was arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest, a misdemeanor, and is being held in lieu […]
The number two vote getter for the straw poll at CPAC, Bobby Jindal, clarifies the rules of Republicans to Larry King last night: King: One more thing. It may be moot now, but RNC Chairman Michael Steele took some shots at Limbaugh and then apologized. What do you make of all of that? Jindal: Well, […]
That is exactly what the CIA has done: The CIA destroyed videotapes it made in 2002 of two top terror suspects because it was afraid that keeping them “posed a security risk,” Director Michael Hayden has told agency employees. Hayden’s revelation to the CIA employees became public Thursday and it caused a commotion on Capitol […]
Republicans may change the rules allowing former senators to attend weekly GOP luncheon meetings after retired Sen. Lauch Faircloth attended a session while lobbying a bill pending on the floor. He attended Tuesday‘s luncheon, just hours before a crucial vote on the bill, which would end decades of lawsuits against manufacturers and their insurers, potentially […]
If you are just now starting to hear about Jack Abramoff and not really sure what all the commotion is about then fear not.Think Progress has done an excellent job at compiling a detailed list of deals Abramoff has made with lawmakers and what those deals encompass. It is a long read but will bring […]
From Reuters via MSNBC: Protest campsite moving closer to Bush ranch Relative of man who fired shotgun offers space to antiwar demonstrators Reuters CRAWFORD, Texas – Antiwar protester Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, is moving her camp closer to President Bush’s Texas ranch. The piece of private property was offered by a […]