The Senate’s longest serving member, Robert Byrd, died this morning at the age of 92. This really isn’t a big shocker. Byrd’s health has been deteriorating for years and given his age, it was pretty much expected that this was coming after the news of his serious condition yesterday. As far as a replacement for […]
Chuck Hagel was on Rachel Maddow last night and he went all out against the Republican Party, from putting a lot of blame for the economic mess on their shoulders, to defending Obama from Cheney’s recent comments. One thing that really stuck out to me was when Hagel was asked about Michael Steele and his […]
I posted about California’s GOP punishing some of its members for voting for tax hikes the other day. It looks like that notion is picking up steam as the RNC’s Michael Steele is now talking about punishing senators Collins, Specter and Snowe for their support of the stimulus. (h/t AmericaBLOG) Something we used to hear […]
Here are some choice quotes from this New York Times article today about the Hayden hearings and the NSA program: “It would be very difficult to have a confirmation hearing for General Hayden when half the committee knows what he’s been doing and the other half hasn’t,” said Senator Christopher S. Bond, Republican of Missouri. […]