Early reports from Iraq are indicating a higher than expected turn out in Sunni areas. This could lead to a defeat of the constitution as it will take 66% of the votes in 3 provinces to defeat the measure. Iraqi officials are saying there could be some news of the count as early as tomorrow […]
Over the last 24 hours, Iraq has seemed to descend back into a state of chaos. Numerous car bombs have gone off killing at least 152 people and there have been reports of mortar fire within the well fortified green zone. Al Qaeda has laid claim to the latest attacks via their website. They are […]
Arlen Specter just finished his first round of questioning with John Roberts. It was interesting watching the “pro-choice†Republican try to get answers out of Roberts. In a usual tactic that is employed during confirmation hearings, especially those for the Supreme Court, Roberts refused to answer questions on the specific case of Roe V. Wade. […]
President Bush is starting a 5 day campaign to try and regain support for the war in Iraq. This is most likely going to be a failure, much the same way his last attempts were. In his radio address today, the President did not offer any new or promising news from Iraq, instead he just […]
Freedom Walk 2005, a project that was started by the Pentagon is losing support. The Washington Post has dropped out as a sponsor of the event. Post Spokesman Eric Grant said: “As it appears that this event could become politicized, The Post has decided to honor the Washington area victims of 9/11 by making a […]
Iraq has extended their constitution deadline. This puts a bump in the road for the administrations “plans†for Iraq. Since we have started this war, the reasons have changed more than the seasons. First it was WMD then it was a 9/11 link. Finally we were there to achieve democracy in the region. Well as […]
First it was “we need an extension†now it is “we will be done on timeâ€ÂÂ. This came out of the council in Iraq that is authoring the new constitution. If they can’t agree on how much time is needed to complete the constitution, then how can we expect them to agree on an actual […]
The first President Bush, also what I like to call version 1, told Larry King in an interview on Tuesday that he would like to see his other son Jeb run for president “when the timing is right”. He did how ever say that the timing now is not right. This is could lead to […]