Today is d-day, as in debt: The U.S. government is expected to hit the $14.294 trillion debt ceiling Monday, setting in motion an uncertain, 11-week political scramble to avoid a default. The Treasury Department plans to announce Monday it will stop issuing and reinvesting government securities in certain government pension plans, part of a series […]
Today is D-Day for General Stanley McChrystal. Catching up on the overnight and early morning news, I noticed two very interesting takes from one source – ABC. First off, here’s what George Stephanopoulos has to say: All of my reporting indicates President Obama truly hasn’t made up his mind, but my bet is Obama will follow Lincoln’s […]
This Tuesday is when Senate Democrats will vote on Lieberman’s fate, and that vote will be by secret ballot: Senate Democrats will decide by secret ballot Tuesday whether to take away Sen. Joe Lieberman‘s chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee — a post from which he oversees U.S. security issues, as well […]
Last night all the talk was about some “big news” coming from the McCain campaign this morning. Here is what Jonathan Martin said: McCain camp making news in the morning On what, they won’t say. “We’ll have something to talk about,” is all a campaign aide would allow. Check back again in this space or […]
Today is becoming D-Day for Gonzales. The HIll is reporting that a “bombshell” is supposed to be released by the administration today regarding Gonzales: The Senate Judiciary Committee’s ranking Republican, Arlen Specter (Pa.), emerged from a crucial Monday briefing and gave the Bush administration 18 hours to resolve the controversy over apparent contradictions in Attorney […]
And a new story has emerged that he MUST answer for: President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans’ mail without a judge’s warrant, the Daily News has learned. The President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal reform bill into law on Dec. 20. Bush then issued a “signing […]
Well today is the end of days. It is 6-6-6. The bible thumpers should be going crazy. It is also D-Day, even though Bush 41 thinks that is in December. Today happens to also be Primary day in numerous states and a special election in California to replace Rep. Duke Cunningham. The states with primaries […]