Writing on behalf of his One America political action committee, former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards sent an email Saturday seeking signatories in an effort to expand the powers of Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to investigate President Bush’s role in the strategic leaking of information related to Iraq. In the form letter on Edwards’ […]
(Raw Story has brought this old entry I did up. It is of significance right now with the news that Tony Snow could be slated to replace Scott McClellan so I decided to bump it up considering I have changed servers and domains since then). While digging around trying to find more dirt on FOX news […]
It looks like there is dissent amongst the GOP ranks Raw Story is reporting: At least four Republican members of Congress are calling on the House Republican leadership to hold a floor debate on the Iraq war, and are holding a press conference today, RAW STORY has learned. The GOP members will announce that they […]
Kind of an odd timing for Card to resign now. The reason given by Bush this morning was so that Card could return to “private life”. Sounds kind of Claude Allenish to me. Yesterday Raw Story gave us this: Karl Rove, Deputy White House Chief of Staff and special adviser to President George W. Bush, has […]
Today the Washington Post had this little article in it that I thought was interesting: Republicans, worried that their conservative base lacks motivation to turn out for the fall elections, have found a new rallying cry in the dreams of liberals about censuring or impeaching President Bush. The proposal this week by Senator Russell D. […]
Raw Story has uncovered some very serious information regarding the government spying on people: Documents released today by the American Civil Liberties Union reveal that the Federal Bureau of Investigations has indeed monitored political groups solely on the basis that they opposed a U.S.-led war. According to a memo written in 2002, the FBI launched […]
I got to say this is big. I said in my Sunday Line Up post that “This Week” looked promising and indeed it was: In an exclusive interview on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold called on the Senate to publicly admonish President Bush for approving domestic wiretaps on American citizens without […]
Raw Story has uncovered this interesting report about Chris Matthews A new report advanced to RAW STORY Thursday suggests that Chris Matthews, the star of the Sunday talk show circuit’s Hardball, has accepted hefty speaking fees from an array of conservative trade associations. Matthews has given speeches to at least ten major conservative trade associations […]
Insight Magazine has this new piece of information up. Vice President Dick Cheney is expected to retire within a year. Senior GOP sources envision the retirement of Mr. Cheney in 2007, months after the congressional elections. The sources said Mr. Cheney would be persuaded to step down as he becomes an increasing political liability to […]
Poor Ricky Santorum. The guy can’t stay out of trouble: Progressive ethics watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee alleging that Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) violated the Senate Gift Rule by accepting a mortgage from The Philadelphia Trust Company, a bank that serves affluent clients, […]