Compliments of the Washington Post FOX NEWS SUNDAY (WTTG), 9 a.m.: White House homeland security adviser Francis Fragos Townsend , Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.), Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) and Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs . THIS WEEK (ABC, WJLA), 9 a.m.: Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.) and actor […]
Think Progress has some great details on the White House lying about Bush’s meetings with Abramoff. Head on over and check them out. AMERICABlog has done some great checking into Osama’s ties with Republicans in defense of the Chris Matthews smear campaign against the left. Crooks and Liars has the video clip up of John […]
The following is the Sunday morning line up courtesy of the Washington Post: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (WTTG), 9 a.m.: Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) and Gary Williams , University of Maryland men’s basketball coach. THIS WEEK (ABC, WJLA), 9 a.m.: Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), Reps. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) and Peter […]
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 […]
We now have at least one republican in Senate joining the fight with Democrats to investigate the pre-war intelligence. That Senator is none other than John McCain: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who has emerged as a leading opponent of the Bush administration’s policy on interrogating detainees in the war on terrorism, wants Senate investigators to […]
Roll Call is reporting that former Abramoff partner Michael Scanlon will turn himself in and has reached a deal to plea guilty in exchange for testimony against his former partner. Scanlon will also offer testimony against anyone else named in indictments from this investigation. There are numerous others under the microscope on this probe. They […]
Patrick Fitzgerald has met with attorney’s of Matt Cooper to discuss Rove’s involvement with the leak case even more. Washington Post is reporting that Fitzgerald is considering charging Rove with making false statements during the investigation. This could happen in the next few weeks. It may not take an indictment in the leak case to […]
New AP-Ipsos poll shows Bush’s approval rating holding steady t 39%. Right now only 21 % strongly approve of his job. The alarming numbers come from the dwindling support in his actual base. Approval Rating Based Upon Group GROUP JANUARY NOW +/- Evangelicals 33 49 -16% Republican Men 57 42 -15% Protestants 36 25 […]
Senate passed with a 90-9 vote an amendment to the defense bill which would limit torture of suspects in United States custody. This high rate of passage should send a shock to the White House, where Bush has already promised a veto. Only problem now is that Senate has enough votes to overturn Bush’s veto. […]
Last night on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Senator Joe Biden was the guest. Stewart asked Biden about his potential run for the White House in 2008. Biden said he is in the process of going out and seeing if he has the potential to win. This does not come as a shock since […]