
| The Hill | Hmm: Sen. McCain huddles with Dems on campaign finance reform |
0 |
| Gallup | 0 | |
| NYT | Unreal: States Diverting Mortgage Settlement Money to Other Uses |
0 |
| Politico | 0 | |
| Nate Silver | Campaign 2012: A 30,000-Foot View on the Presidential Race |
0 |
This is nice to see: The resilient Iraqis are making the most of their return to the Olympics. They defeated Costa Rica 2-0 Sunday night in a soccer game that was temporarily halted when jubilant fans ran onto the field. The Iraqis second straight victory put them in the quarterfinals, quite an achievement for a [...]
Thune versus Daschle (SD) Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle — one of the most powerful Democrats in Washington and a harsh critic of President Bush — is locked in a tough re-election battle at home in South Dakota. Daschle faces former GOP Rep. John Thune, who left the House to run for the Senate in [...]
Some Dems in NJ are pressuring Gov. McGreevey to step down before November 15th: High-level New Jersey Democrats said Sunday that pressure is building among members of Gov. James E. McGreevey’s own party for him to step down before his announced Nov. 15 resignation date. A senior administration official and a Democratic consultant, both speaking [...]
Z’ most beautiful girl in the world! Her 5th bday is next month but she doesn’t look a day over 4! 9/11/05 Update: Thanks to John at Castle Argghhh! for tweaking the photo of my cat so she can be seen in all her beautiful glory
In spite of the surge in violence in recent months there, it appears that nearly 10 millions Afghans are welcoming democracy into their country with open arms. Democracy brought to them by, who else, but the US: Thousands of U.S. troops in Afghanistan may have failed to catch Osama bin Laden but they are credited [...]
… to the Puerto Rican team. It was an historic loss, but luckily, it won’t hurt our gold medal chances.
A tiny part of me wishes reporters would be evicted from the whole damn country. Here’s the story, from AP. Iraqi police ordered all journalists to leave the holy city of Najaf on Sunday, just as a new U.S. offensive against militants hiding out in a revered shrine there began. Four police cars surrounded a [...]
The NH Union Leader makes some interesting points regarding the discovery that Kerry made up the story of Mary Ann Knowles having to work through her chemo treatment for fear of losing her health insurance: Knowles, the New Hampshire resident and campaign volunteer he cited in his Democratic National Convention acceptance speech and used as [...]
It certainly seems that way. Although the “other man” involved in this alleged affair is saying it wasn’t a consensual affair but sexual harassment. The latest word is that he’s saying he’s “straight” as well. Hmmmm. Does anyone get the idea that his alleged lover is milking this for all it’s worth? McGreevey won’t get [...]
(wink and nod to my Jewish friend “muppetmel” for the play on words Seems Iran’s world Judo champ doesn’t want to compete against a formidable opponent – who also happens to be Israeli. Olympics officials are doing their best to put the most positive (or PC, rather) spin on this by stating: The official reason [...]